The Flash, a superhero film that marks the reset point for James Gunn’s revamped DC Universe, has opened to a sluggish $139 million at the global box office. The opening is just shy of Black Adam’s opening weekend, which stood at $140 million. Despite the multiverse-hopping shenanigans that have been successful in other superhero films,
France is positioning itself as Europe’s leading hub for artificial intelligence (AI), with French President Emmanuel Macron stating that he believes France is the number one country in AI in continental Europe. The French government is backing the country’s tech push, with the aim to create two or three “big global players” in AI. Macron
Meta Platforms, the AI research wing of Facebook, has developed a new machine learning model called Voicebox. This model is unique in that it can perform many tasks for which it has not been specifically trained, such as noise removal, style transfer, and editing. Voicebox is a generative model that can synthesize speech in six
The long-promised AI revolution is finally here. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a language model with 175 billion parameters, has set a new record for the fastest-growing user base. The wave of generative AI has extended to other platforms, creating a massive shift in the technology world. It is changing the landscape of the threat and risk industry,
US-based semiconductor firm Intel is set to invest $25 billion in a new plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the country’s largest-ever foreign investment. Plant Details According to the Israeli finance ministry, Intel’s new facility will open by 2027 in the southern city of Kiryat Gat and operate until
Instagram’s parent company, Meta, has announced that the Channels feature is now available worldwide, allowing creators to broadcast messages to their followers. The feature was initially available to a select few creators and users before becoming widely available. Instagram tested the broadcast channels feature in February 2022, allowing creators to share text, video, and photo
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new process for producing transparent quartz glass with high resolution and excellent mechanical properties. The process involves printing micro- and nanometer-scaled quartz glass structures from pure silicon dioxide, using a hybrid organic-inorganic polymer resin as the feedstock material. The process enables the free-form printing
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Saturday that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has agreed to repatriate assets held for the benefit of customers of the Binance.US trading platform. The move comes as the SEC pursues a major lawsuit against Binance for securities law violations. The regulator did not specify the
Microsoft’s flagship office suite, Outlook email, OneDrive file-sharing apps, and cloud computing platform suffered from sporadic but serious service disruptions in early June. It was later revealed that a shadowy hacktivist group, known as Anonymous Sudan, was responsible for the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The group flooded Microsoft’s sites with junk traffic. Initially, Microsoft was
Generative AI technology has taken the world by storm, with the launch of advanced chatbots like ChatGPT capturing the attention of consumers, business leaders, and the media alike. However, the true potential of generative AI lies in its ability to revolutionize the way businesses operate, from product design to customer service and beyond. With new