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Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have given new tools to science, but the most interesting thing to watch out for will be what it can do to accelerate science, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.He also dismissed concerns that AI cannot be governed or regulated. "There is nothing that cannot be controlled or governed by humankind for better use and this is one of the easiest and simplest technologies. What is needed is that it is governed properly and I'm sure it will happen," Nadella said. He also said that…

Just as we pack our clothes, shoes, and other items in a suitcase for a trip, a .jar file packs together all the pieces needed for a Java program to run.And there's one suitcase/jar that we think is right up your alley. Only this one contains images.Enter the enigmatic world of 'NoContext.jar' on Instagram. As the name suggests, this account curates a collection of whimsical pictures completely devoid of context and invites followers to embark on a journey where it's impossible to predict what you're going to see next.A…

Slapping a “best of” label on a product at the Consumer Electronics Show is a dicey proposition. Too many of the things on display evolve and lose their magic or disappear into a puff of smoke before they ever get to retail. But “most interesting”? That’s a bit more approachable.There were plenty of things at this year’s CES that turned heads. Some were flashy. Some combined two items into one. Some were simply practical. (Practical, it’s worth noting, can’t be overstated. A see-through TV, for example, is an incredible…

Katie Crutchfield, the artist better known as Waxahatchee, is at home and relaxed in Breeders T-shirt and cardigan, her hair piled up high around her headphones. She is feeling reflective about the decade so far. “There’s a lot more room for happiness in my 30s – it’s really interesting. I wake up every day and I’m like: ‘I’ve changed.’” She lets slip a rueful chuckle. “I’m different now.”Crutchfield, 35, credits the shift to maturity, sobriety and success – although, she makes clear, they are all linked. Having played in…

Film: Jesus RevolutionCast: Joel Courtney, Kelsey Grammer, Jonathan Roumie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Anna Grace Barlow, Julia Campbell, Alexia Ioannides, Matthew MontemaroDirectors: Jon Erwin, Brent MccorkleRating: 2.5/5Runtime: 120 min Back in the 60`s and 70’s when the US’s involvement in Vietnam faced a backlash and the era of hippies, Woodstock and peace signs were peaking, there were people known as “Jesus freaks” who slowly and steadily made inroads into that hip cultural phenomenon,…

Easy access to information has somewhat caused people to forget that the world we live in is a lot weirder than we tend to think. From hippo sweat being pink to the vast amount of hydrogen being burnt by a star every single second, the universe still has surprises around every single corner. Someone asked, “What is the coolest fact you know?” and people from across the internet shared their best bit of lesser-known information about the world. So get comfortable, scroll through, upvote your favorites, and comment your…

 CES 2024 kicks off in Las Vegas this week. The multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is set to feature swaths of the latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and more — with burgeoning uses of artificial intelligence almost everywhere you look.The Associated Press will be keeping a running report of everything we find interesting from the floor of CES, from the most interesting developments in vehicle tech, to wearables designed to…

Mark Coppock / Digital Trends The HP Spectre x360 14 and Dell XPS 14 are two of the biggest new laptops announced at CES 2024. Deliberately or not, both HP and Dell have rolled out significant upgrades of their premier laptops to coincide with the arrival of Intel’s Core Ultra Meteor Lake chipset. The latter introduces a new manufacturing process and design, as well as several features the promise improvements in performance, battery life, and AI performance. Dell’s XPS and HP’s Spectre x360 lines have been on and…

Although Apple TV+ subscribers can currently get their MonsterVerse fix by streaming Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the franchise is finally returning to the big screen later this year with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which dropped its first trailer last month. Among the interesting things highlighted in the preview was Kong wearing a mysterious mechanical glove and the introduction of an adolescent member of his species who’s nicknamed Mini-Kong. Well, some Godzilla x Kong merch has revealed both an interesting…

This year, outer space is going to be a busy place.We've got the launch of the Europa Clipper, which will orbit one of Jupiter's enigmatic moons and investigate whether it could harbour conditions suitable for life; we could cheer on the first Canadian to orbit the moon; and we're getting a total solar eclipse that will be visible across eastern Canada.Here are just some exciting events to look forward to in 2024.Meteor showersAs always, the year starts off with the annual Quadrantid meteor shower, which is pretty…