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The researchers described the remains of ancient sea “dragons” that are surprisingly well preserved – predatory underwater reptiles of mososaurs. The fossil, named Wakayama Soryu, meaning blue dragon, was discovered in Wakayama Prefecture in 2006. This is the most complete mosasaur skeleton ever discovered in the Northwest Pacific. Study co-author Akihiro Misaki of the University […]
At night, Russian forces once again attacked the port infrastructure on the Danube. Romania has launched F-16 combat fighters and Eurofighter Typhoon military aircraft. The country’s Defense Ministry reported that a downed Russian drone had crashed in Romania. The UAV reportedly left a 1.5-meter-deep crater near the village of Hryndu, which is located about 8 […]
The private messages tab on Instagram will become a little busier. The app introduces the option to add two-second looping videos and direct replies to notes, a feature similar to status updates that is located at the top of the private message tab. The feature was first introduced a year ago as a way to […]
Google has introduced an updated version of its Imagen neural network for image generation. Imagen 2 has expanded capabilities for creating texts and logos based on text prompts. The new model was developed with the involvement of specialists from DeepMind, a division of Google specializing in artificial intelligence technologies. According to the engineers, Imagen 2 […]
South Korean designers want to start production in 2 years after the start of work. The South Korean aerospace corporation Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed an agreement with the Taurus-LIG Nex1 consortium to develop a smaller version of the KEBD 350 Taurus cruise missile and has already begun work in this direction. It is […]
A new video published by the agency shows the Orion spacecraft re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 11 kilometers per second, which is 32 times the speed of sound. The footage was shot as part of the Artemis-1 mission last year and became one of the most impressive of the entire year. A […]
Two Chinese and four Russian military aircraft entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone on Thursday, December 14, as the country raised its fighter jets. This is reported by Yonhap, referring to a representative of the Seoul Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is stated that Russian and Chinese military aircraft entered the zone in the […]
A team from the University of Tokyo has presented Alter3, a humanoid robot that can perform movements using the GPT-4 large language model (LLM). Alter3 uses the latest Open AI tool to dynamically assume various poses, from selfie pose to ghost imitation, all without the need for pre-programmed database entries. “Alter3’s response to spoken content […]
Elon Musk plans to open his own university in Austin, Texas. But first, he will open a school there for elementary, middle, and high school students. This is what writes Bloomberg, after examining the tax returns of Musk’s new charity, The Foundation, and Austin American-Statesman. Musk has already made donations worth about $100 million. Among […]
A new study has demonstrated the prospects of combining human brain cells with computers. Live neurons learned faster than artificial models and demonstrated almost identical results. With the help of stem cells, researchers were able to create a colony of cells that replicate the structure of neural connections and neurons in the human brain. The […]