AstraZeneca has announced a global recall of its COVID-19 vaccine, developed jointly with the University of Oxford, after confirming the potential occurrence of a rare side effect – thrombosis with thrombocytopenia (TTS) – in legal documents. While the mechanism of the disease remains unknown, AstraZeneca acknowledged in its statement that the vaccine may, in rare…
The company has introduced the Quick Charge 5 standard, promising a significant breakthrough in smartphone charging efficiency. The new standard allows for charging the battery up to 50% in just 5 minutes and fully in 15 minutes. While actual performance may vary, the progress is impressive. It has been four years since the announcement of…
Director Dean DeBlois announced on social media that the filming of the upcoming movie “How to Train Your Dragon” has been completed. The shoot took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and lasted 85 days. DeBlois mentioned that while the filming was challenging, it was also exciting, expressing his gratitude to the crew and his satisfaction…
AeroHT, a subsidiary of the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng, has been developing a flying car for 10 years. At a press briefing during the Auto China 2024 car show in Beijing, CEO He Xiaopeng announced that the new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft would offer an alternative mode of transportation in cities,…
While so-called “fans” of Silent Hill are engaging in toxic discussions about the altered design of one of the characters in the Silent Hill 2 remake and calling for pre-orders to be canceled, real enthusiasts are meticulously analyzing the recent gameplay footage. To the surprise of many users, the developers of the updated edition have…
Artificial intelligence technologies continue to penetrate new industries. Recently, there has been much discussion about AI-generated models, who were created entirely by neural networks and earned significantly more than real women. Now, this phenomenon is no longer surprising; moreover, a separate beauty pageant is being prepared for such AI models. The first “Miss AI” ceremony…
The film industry lost another talented actor today, and fans of the cult fantasy “The Lord of the Rings” lost their “beloved king.” It was announced today that the talented actor Bernard Hill passed away at the age of 80. Throughout his thirty-year career, he is best remembered by audiences for his role as King…
Google DeepMind specialists have introduced a relatively small model with 11 billion parameters. After reviewing 200,000 hours of videos of people playing two-dimensional platform video games, it deduced the rules of the game and the physical laws of the flat world, despite the recordings lacking information on which buttons were pressed by the players. But…
“OpenAI President Greg Brockman has shared on his account X the first publicly available image generated using the company’s new model GPT-4o. The image depicts a person writing on a board about ‘cross-modal transfer.’ The illustration appears realistic, showcasing the accuracy of text generation and significantly surpassing the quality of DALL-E 3. However, the image…
Scientists at the pharmaceutical company Moderna have developed the first mRNA vaccine targeting both influenza and coronavirus. This combined vaccine successfully completed Phase 3 clinical trials and is awaiting approval from the US regulator FDA. According to Nature, the combined vaccine has shown higher efficacy compared to monovalent vaccines targeting only one virus. mRNA technology…
