Dutch police have received dozens of leads after using deepfake technology to virtually bring to life a teenager almost two decades after his murder. Sedar Soares was shot dead in 2003 while throwing snowballs with friends in the parking lot of a Rotterdam metro station. The 13-year-old’s murder baffled police Read more…
The United States said on Monday that it would supply Romania with a training simulator in preparation for building a new type of nuclear power generating plant in the country. If an agreement on moving ahead with a power station is reached, Romania could become the first country in Europe, Read more…
Samsung is rumored to be assembling a special task force dubbed “Dream Platform One team” tasked with designing a custom in-house Samsung mobile Application Processor (AP) that can take on Apple Silicon. It’s probably fair to say that Samsung hasn’t had the best time with its Exynos offerings when compared Read more…
The idea that autonomous cars, even in small numbers, can increase fuel efficiency, travel times and safety for all cars on the road will be put to the test on routes around Nashville, Tennessee, later this year. Benedetto Piccoli at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and his colleagues previously used a Read more…
China christened a remarkable new 290-foot ship last week — the world’s first semi-autonomous drone carrier. It’ll carry, launch, recover and co-ordinate the actions of more than 50 other autonomous aerial, surface and underwater vehicles. The Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard began construction on the Zhu Hai Yun last July in Guangzhou. Read more…
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now demonstrated a low-cost gel film that can pull many liters of water per day out of even very dry air. The gel is made up of two main ingredients that are cheap and common — cellulose, which comes from the Read more…
Scientists have created genetically edited tomatoes, each containing as much provitamin D3 — the precursor to vitamin D — as two eggs or a tablespoon of tuna. Outdoor field trials of the tomatoes are expected to begin in the UK next month, and if successful, could provide an important new Read more…