Accelerating scientific breakthroughs with an AI co-scientist
Acknowledgements The research described here is a joint effort between many Google Research, Google Deepmind and Google Cloud AI teams. We thank our co-authors at Fleming Initiative and Imperial College London, Houston Methodist Hospital, Sequome, and Stanford University — José R Penadés, Tiago R D Costa, Vikram Dhillon, Eeshit Dhaval Vaishnav, Byron Lee, Jacob Blum […]
1977 Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune by David Matthews
[embedded content] Even if you’ve never read Frank Herbert’s Dune, you may well have encountered its adaptations to a variety of other media: comic books, video games, board games, television series, and of course films, David Lynch’s 1984 version and Denis Villeneuve’s two-parter earlier this decade. But before any of those came Dune, the jazz-funk […]
Gravitational Effects of Small Primordial Black Hole Passing Through Human Body
Abstract:The gravitational effects of a primordial black hole (PBH) passing through the human body are examined, with the goal of determining the minimum mass necessary to produce significant injury or death. Two effects are examined: the damage caused by a shock wave propagating outward from the black hole trajectory, and the dissociation of brain cells […]
Try out how it feels being a startup CEO for one day
CEO Simulator Startup Edition Welcome! Watch the video below to learn how to play. For detailed rules and additional information, simply click the menu button! Don’t show this tutorial again Got it
Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger
Phishing Campaigns Abusing Signal’s “Linked Devices” Feature The most novel and widely used technique underpinning Russian-aligned attempts to compromise Signal accounts is the abuse of the app’s legitimate “linked devices” feature that enables Signal to be used on multiple devices concurrently. Because linking an additional device typically requires scanning a quick-response (QR) code, threat actors […]
Seeing Through the Spartan Mirage
Why does this ancient society capture the modern imagination? Thanks for reading! To support my work, please click the button below: If you want to help keep this project going, please consider purchasing a paid subscription. Paid subscribers — it’s only about 75 cents a week! — get access to the archives, the satisfaction of […]
Experiment: Can 3D improve AI video consistency?
Guiding AI with 3D AI images and videos look great, until you try to make more than one. Then characters change, lighting shifts, and few things stays consistent. 3D can make a big difference here. It locks in camera angles, composition, lighting, and character details, ensuring the AI generates consistent images and videos. It also […]
Where are all the Rewrite Rules?
I think a thing that’d be nice is to have a databank of rewrite rules. Here’s some of the ones I know about. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTERESTING OR NOT SO INTERESTING RULES PLEASE DROP ME A LINE. You can email me at [email protected] or dm me on the various social medias. I feel in […]
Debugging Hetzner: Uncovering failures with powerstat, sensors, and dmidecode
February 17, 2025 · 5 min read Burak Yucesoy Principal Software Engineer At Ubicloud, we build software that turns bare metal providers into cloud platforms. One of the providers we like is Hetzner because of their affordable and reliable servers. About a year ago, Hetzner launched the AX162 server line. It offers better performance and […]
Broken Legs and Ankles Heal Better If You Walk on Them Within Weeks
Twenty years ago my husband, Mark, broke his left ankle and was in a cast and on crutches for nearly two months. Last year he broke the other ankle. But this time, after surgery, his doctor surprised us by instructing Mark to walk on it two weeks later. It turns out the standard advice to […]