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OpenAI's new Sora text-to-video generation tool won't be publicly available until later this year, but in the meantime it's serving up some tantalizing glimpses of what it can do – including a mind-bending new video (below) showing what TED Talks might look like in 40 years. To create the FPV drone-style video, TED Talks worked with OpenAI and the filmmaker Paul Trillo, who's been using Sora since February. The result is an impressive, if slightly bewildering, fly-through of futuristic conference talks, weird laboratories and underwater tunnels. The video again shows both the incredible potential of OpenAI Sora and its limitations. The FPV drone-style effect has become a popular one for hard-hitting social media videos, but it traditionally requires advanced drone piloting skills and expensive kit that goes way beyond the new DJI Avata 2 . Sora's new video shows that these kind of effects could be opened up to new creators, potentially at a vastly lower cost – ...

Pixel 9 Pro design has been spotted in leaked images, ahead of the smartphone's debut. The handset is expected to debut between the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro XL, and is tipped to feature a periscope camera that is housed in a revamped rear camera island, according to live images that have been leaked online. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/cSryVb1

It's time for your Monday instalment of NYT Strands, the word game that challenges you to solve a kind of leveled-up wordsearch. Today's puzzle is not too bad, in my experience, but if you need hints to help you then scroll down and you'll find a selection. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #50) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is… Character class NYT Strands today (game #50) - hint #2 - clue words What are some good clue words today? Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. • SASH • SORE • BORN • NASTY • TASK • NIGHT NYT Strands today (game #50) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram? • Dungeons and dragons NYT Strands today (game #50) - hint #4 - spangram position Where does today's spangram start a...

AMD is introducing two new adaptive SoCs - Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 for AI-driven embedded systems, and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 for classic embedded systems. Multi-chip solutions typically come with significant overheads but single hardware architecture isn’t fully optimized for all three AI phases - preprocessing, AI inference, and postprocessing.  To tackle these challenges, AMD has developed a single-chip heterogeneous processing solution that streamlines these processes and maximizes performance. Early days yet The Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 adaptive SoCs provide end-to-end acceleration for AI-driven embedded systems, which the tech giant says is built on a foundation of improved safety and security. AMD has integrated a high-performance processing system, incorporating Arm CPUs and next-generation AI Engines, with top-class programmable logic, creating a device that expertly handles all three computational phases required in embedded AI applications. AMD says the V...

The majority of personal gadgets feature LCD and OLED screens, but most just show information. To make these screens do more - like detecting touch or changing light levels - they need additional sensors. Researchers at Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden have invented a new kind of screen where all these sensor functions are built right into the screen's LEDs. The breakthrough in display technology was achieved by crafting RGB LED displays from a "miracle" material known as perovskite. This development marks a potential revolution for future screens of smartphones, computers, and tablets. Perovskite is renowned for its remarkable light absorption and emission capabilities. This crystalline substance forms the core of the LED and fuels the array of features in the screen.  Still a decade away Apart from touch and light response, the perovskite screens can recognize fingerprints and sense the user's pulse. Most impressively, they can harvest light to transform th...

Either today's NYT Strands game is the toughest for weeks or I was off form today. I suspect it's a little of column A, a little of column B. Give it a go and see how you fare – and take advantage of my Strands hints if you need help finding the answers. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #49) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is… That's life! NYT Strands today (game #49) - hint #2 - clue words What are some good clue words today? Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. • TEAR • RATES • SKATE • TASK • LEAK • CRANE NYT Strands today (game #49) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram? • Landmark events NYT Strands today (game #49) - hint #4 - spangram position Where does today's spangram start and end? • Star...

We're set to hear much more about what's coming with macOS 15 when Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) gets underway on June 10 – and one app in particular is rumored to be getting a major upgrade. That app is the Calculator app, and while it perhaps isn't the most exciting piece of software that Apple makes, AppleInsider reckons the upcoming upgrade is "the most significant upgrade" the app has been given "in years". It's so substantial, it's got its own codename: GreyParrot (that's said to be a nod towards the African grey parrot, known for its cognitive abilities). Part of the upgrade will apparently include the Math Notes feature we've already heard about in relation to a Notes app upgrade due in iOS 18 . It sounds as though Math Notes is going to make it easier to ferry calculations between the Notes and the Calculator apps. A new sidebar showing the Calculator history is reported to be on the way too. Th...