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Via Sony Viola Davis looks like a true badass in The Woman King and reveals what it took to make the transformation happen. The Oscar-winning actress plays General Nanisca, the leader of the all-female military team who protect the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, and she’s not taking the role lightly. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Davis revealed how rigorous her training was to prepare for the demanding role. “We started intensely a few months before shooting—four hours a day, five days a week. Weight…

Alexandra Daddario just had what appeared to be an amazing wedding, and now is the time for an equally amazing honeymoon. This part usually involves running off to some beautiful and/or fun vacation destination and relaxing with your new life partner. Or, for Alexandra Daddario, it apparently means rescuing wildlife, in this case a turtle, from being crushed in the road.  Alexandra Daddario and her longtime partner Andrew Form recently were driving down the road and saw a tortoise in distress. It was trying to cross a…

AI experts agree that we’re still in the early days of teaching systems to deeply reason After decades of experiencing a slow burn, artificial intelligence innovation has caught fire to become the hottest item on the agendas of the world’s top technology firms. Today’s flurry of AI advances wouldn’t have been possible without the confluence of three factors that combined to create the right equation for AI growth: the rise of big data combined with the emergence of powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) for…

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: As state laws limiting abortion kick in, tech companies could be forced by law enforcement to hand over users' search histories and other pregnancy-related data — The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement … Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: As state laws limiting abortion kick in, tech companies could be forced by law enforcement to hand over users' search histories and other…

A toaster-sized probe will soon scope out a special orbit around the moon, the path planned for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station. The Gateway, to be rolled out later this decade, will be a staging point for the astronauts and gear that will be traveling as part of NASA’s Artemis lunar program. The launch of this small yet powerful pathfinding probe will inaugurate the Artemis mission, finally setting the space agency’s ambitious moon projects in motion.The plucky little spacecraft is called Capstone, or, more…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jurfaDbAadU Interceptor star Elsa Pataky is giving the behind-the-scenes lowdown on how she trained to kick some serious butt in the Netflix film. The movie is about a lone officer, played by Pataky, being the last line of defense in a battle for her life — and her country — amidst a group of terrorists who have 16 stolen nuclear weapons aimed at the U.S. The filmmakers are touting Pataky as having gotten into shape on the same level as Linda Hamilton portraying Sarah Connor in…

Europe has a plan to stop buying Russian natural gas within five years by installing wind turbines and solar panels on a massive scale. But on the ground, a gauntlet of environmental groups, local opposition and bureaucracy stands in the way.In Germany, Europe’s biggest buyer of Russian gas, wildlife protection groups routinely challenge wind farms, stretching their approval time to more than five years. In Italy, Europe’s second-biggest Russian gas consumer, authorities reject 90% of all wind energy projects. Permitting…

Ahead of the June 10 release for Mario Strikers: Battle League Football, Nintendo is releasing a timed demo that will feature an offline tutorial and online matches. You’ll be able to download the “first kick” trial from Friday May 27 as long as you’re a Nintendo Switch Online member, as this is a requirement to play the demo. The actual online matches will be running at very specific times, however, as follows (all times are BST): Saturday 4th June 04:00-05:00 Saturday 4th June 12:00-13:00 Saturday 4th June…

Flipkart has announced that it is kicking off its next major sale on Monday, January 17. Called Big Saving Days, the Flipkart sale will last for six days until January 22 and will bring deals, discounts, and offers on various smartphones and gadgets including digital cameras, smartwatches, and truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds. Flipkart also claims to offer discounts on various televisions and home appliances under its next sale. Additionally, the Walmart-owned e-commerce company has tied up with ICICI Bank to provide…

Natron's sodium-ion batteries have an enormous cycle life, practical power density, excellent safety and super-fast charging, without using any lithium. Through a partnership with Clarios, they'll go into mass manufacture in Michigan next year.Current battery tech is headed for a lithium crunch, according to some experts, with the vast majority of the world's supply chain owned by China and simply not enough lithium in known reserves to meet projected levels of demand for the electric vehicle market – let alone all the…