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Lumiere can generate video from different inputs, including text-to-video, which works like a regular image generator and generates a video from a text prompt, and image-to-video, which takes an image and uses its accompanying prompt to bring the photo to life in a video. The model can also put a fun spin on video generation through stylized generation, which uses a single reference image to generate video in the target style using a user prompt.  In addition to generating video, the model can be used to edit existing…

Pocketpair’s Palworld is a very pretty game with adorable creatures and hilarious moments that provide no end of fun for players. However, they’ve left out something that many Palworld players think would improve their gameplay experience – Photo mode.  Within the first day of playing, I racked up 11 hours of adventure with my Pals and shared a lot of screenshots of my progress. I’m not alone, either. Over a million players joined the game within the first eight hours of the Beta being released and many of them are…

Malia Obama walked the red carpet at the Sundance Film Festival Thursday to promote her debut film as a writer and director, receiving mostly encouraging reviews so far. As Vanity Fair reported, Obama’s 18-minute film was one of a number of short works being screened at the annual festival, and it was submitted under the name “Malia Ann,” a name that doesn’t immediately call attention to her connections to her father, the 44th president of the United States. According to the Sundance website, Obama’s film, “The Heart,” is…

Three years after Sylvester Stallone reprised Rocky Stallone in Creed, 2018's Creed II brought Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago back into play for the first time since Rocky IV. The sequel saw the man who killed Apollo Creed training his son Viktor to become the heavyweight champ, which of course brought them into conflict with Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed. The story ended on an optimistic note for the father/son duo, and a few years back, word came in that MGM was considering making a Drago spinoff w. Now Lundgren has…

Jackery Solar Generator Mars Bot. Jackery/ZDNETJackery, maker of innovative portable power, off-grid, and green energy solutions, showed off some cool stuff at CES 2024 that could make harvesting solar power when off-grid a lot quicker, easier, and more efficient. Also: CES 2024: What's Next in TechFirst up, the Jackery Solar Generator Mars Bot, an automatic sunflower-shaped solar tracker featuring 600W retractable Solar Wings that allow for 25% max solar conversion efficiency.These solar panels are built onto a…

Duckie Dale may not have gotten the girl in the end of Pretty in Pink —despite that controversial original ending—but actor Jon Cryer still looks up to his famous character. One of the best '80s movies, the cult-classic teen drama from the late, great John Hughes stars Cryer as the besotted best friend of Molly Ringwald's Andie Walsh, who is a bit too taken by preppy popular boy Blane McDonnagh (Andrew McCarthy) to reciprocate her pal Duckie's feelings (even after that epic Otis Redding lip sync). We already knew how…

When it comes to Mean Girls, October 3 is generally the date most fans have circled on their calendars, but not in 2024. January 12 marks the theatrical release of Mean Girls, the musical adaptation starring Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Christopher Briney (aka Conrad from The Summer I Turned Pretty) and more. If this musical becomes a phenomenon anywhere close to what the 2004 film did, the Mean Girls musical cast is in for a wild ride, and OG star Jonathan Bennett had some words of advice for the actor taking over his…

A volcano that had rumbled for weeks erupted in southwestern Iceland, spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of Earth's power in the land known for fire and ice.The eruption that started Monday night occurred about four kilometres from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. The town near Iceland's main airport was evacuated in November after thousands of earthquakes damaged homes and raised fears of an imminent eruption.On Tuesday, fountains of orange lava shot into the…

A life without burps might sound like a blessing, but a new study shows it’s anything but. Researchers interviewed patients with the rare condition retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD), which makes them unable to burp or belch, about how it affected their daily life. Not only did patients report unpleasant symptoms like constant farting and gas, they also often felt embarrassed, depressed, and socially awkward.Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023Burping plays an important biological function. When food and water…

During a year that has seen much conversation about film running times, I have found myself frequently reflecting on a quote from Roger Ebert: “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” The logic of the sentiment is not difficult to decipher; well-made cinema will keep your attention regardless of length, and it’s always a relief when the end credits of a terrible feature start to roll. It’s been a handy reference to have in my back pocket this fall when explaining that I love all 206 minutes of Martin…