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Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNETI have certain beliefs that aren't susceptible to shaking.Baseball is infinitely better than cricket, for example. And then there's the belief that nothing should adorn a French fry, other than salt and ketchup.Another of these unshakeable beliefs is that phone cases have a fundamental paucity of pulchritude and are therefore not for me.Also: 5 reasons why I always use a MagSafe phone caseEver since (my) phones began, I've eschewed phone cases and pooh-poohed other people's phone case choices.…

Alibaba unveils EMO AI tool that converts photos to lifelike talking, singing videos; Leonardo CEO highlights concerns over human 'Stupidity' in AI use; Kara Swisher unveils new book on AI generated scams amidst global concerns; Meta's resistance and the rising AI threat: Challenges to journalism in Australia- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. Alibaba unveils EMO: AI converts photos to lifelike talking, singing videosChina's Alibaba introduces "EMO," an AI tool from its Institute for Intelligent…

As It Happens6:05Spider webs catch more than prey. They're also jam-packed with animal DNAJosh Newton probably isn't very popular with spiders. After all, the Australian scientist has a tendency to go around undoing their hard work. "I liken it to when Princess Fiona in Shrek makes some cotton candy for Shrek from spider webs, where she collects a stick and just wraps around the spider web for him. But I do it with a clean, sterile stick," Newton, a PhD candidate in life sciences at Curtin University, told As It Happens…

The CEO of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, his wife and his son are believed to be among the six passengers in a helicopter that crashed in the US early Saturday Nigerian time (late Friday local time). The New York Times reports that a total of six people were in the helicopter that crashed near the California-Nevada border. No survivors have been located as of the time of this report. Access Holdings, owners of Access Bank, have yet to confirm Mr Wigwe’s death as of the time of this report. However, people close…

Apple Apple didn’t release a new iPad last year, which means 2024 should be a banner year for the popular tablets. And now there’s been word that the upcoming iPad Pro lineup, likely to include OLED for the first time, might not cost as much as we once feared. According to a new report from DigiTimes, the upcoming iPad Pro models won’t see a dramatic price hike, as was suggested in December. Previously, it was reported that the 2024 11-inch iPad Pro would cost at least $1,500, while the next 12.9-inch model (which…

From the humble street corners to the grand hotels, from the bridges over the Amstel canal to the tram stops near the Rijksmuseum, wherever you go in Amsterdam there is a story from the city’s years of Nazi occupation. This spot is where the first “No Jews Allowed” sign was posted. Over there is where the RAF mistakenly dropped a bomb. And here’s where the attack on the civil registry office was plotted.“It’s a lot of stories,” agrees historian and film-maker Bianca Stigter, as we walk the streets, together with her…

There are many social media discussions happening about the development of Thor 5, yet there is no official news that has come out from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well, if that happens for sure, then Chris Hemsworth will again grab the role of Thor for the fifth installment. Chris has led 4 films in the Thor franchise, but this actor once felt sudden concern about his character in the MCU, he thought that he may get fired out of the MCU. “Thor” 2011 was the first big venture of Chris where Natalie Portman was…

With just one new movie coming from Marvel Studios this year, MCU lovers are about to spend a lot of time bingeing old Marvel stuff on Disney Plus. Unfortunately, a worrying trend that had started to build up across 2023 has now been confirmed to be a constant fixture thanks to The Marvels. Meanwhile, a beloved hero who’s brought the studio one of its biggest Multiverse Saga hauls might just be snubbed by Avengers 5. On the plus side, at least we don’t have to wait until that movie for the Captain Marvel/Captain America…

A popular class of weight loss and diabetes drugs looks to be safer than feared, at least so far. This week, the Food and Drug Administration announced it hasn’t found compelling evidence that Wegovy, Ozempic, and other GLP-1 drugs can cause suicidal thoughts or behaviors—a concern that first emerged last year. The FDA hasn’t definitively ruled out a possible connection just yet, however, and it is still conducting further investigation into the matter.Would Peter Capaldi Return to Doctor Who?In summer 2023, health…

AI Roundup: Several notable developments took place in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) today, January 4. Microsoft launched the Copilot key, a key that can summon Microsoft's AI chatbot at just a press of a button. Meanwhile, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said that AI will be one of the two key issues for Italy during its one-year presidency of the G7. Nearly 58 pct of the researchers think that AI could have catastrophic effects, according to a new survey. All this, and more in today's AI…