A US-based company, Bluebook Cities, is inviting people to be the residents of a futuristic semi-autonomous city that is expected to be built overseas. The company is looking for 2,000 people to settle in its charter city and is seeking backers and possible residents through their online community, Praxis....
Veritone has launched an AI-based platform called Marvel.AI, which lets celebrities and high-profile creators generate and license deepfakes of their voices, allowing them to earn money for sponsored endorsements without ever saying a word. Marvel.AI’s technology will enable anyone to create a copy of their voice and...
A new report by Galaxy Digital has revealed that Bitcoin mining consumes approximately half of the energy consumed by the entire global traditional banking system every year. The research estimated that the global Bitcoin network consumes 113.89 terawatts per hour (TWh) of energy, compared to conventional banking’s 263....
China has confirmed that it has safely landed its first Mars rover, Zhurong, launched into space last July with its Tianwen-1 spacecraft. With this development, China has become the second country to touch down on the surface of Mars after the USA. Before landing, the spacecraft had explored the Mars...
Preparing for an autonomous future, Tesla recently patented a design for swiveling front seats and possibly a moving steering wheel. The patent filing depicts a cabin where both the driver and the shotgun passenger can rotate their seats 180 degrees, transforming the interior into a lounge. The diagram also showcases...
Privacy-focused messaging app Signal claims that a series of Instagram ads it tried to run got the company banned from Facebook’s ad platform. The highly targeted and detailed ads aimed to show users the enormous amount of data Instagram and its parent company Facebook collect about them and how...
