Competition-winning microscope video rejected for its use of generative AI
Organizers of Nikon’s Small World in Motion photomicrography competition have rejected this year’s winning entry after determining it violated rules against generative AI. “After carefully re-evaluating the video and materials and consulting…
One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
Half of the participants ranked their session among the most meaningful experiences of their lives, and 24 ranked it in their personal top five. Stolkier and his colleagues began analyzing data from their brain scan to find out why. Blurred borders By…
NVIDIA Reportedly Discontinues RTX 5090, Reserves GB202 Silicon for Workstation GPUs
NVIDIA has reportedly stopped allocating GB202 silicon to the GeForce RTX 5090, according to MEGAsizeGPU leaker (@Zed__Wang) on The GB202 is the largest “Blackwell” graphics chip, and the RTX 5090 doesn’t even max it out. The same chip…
PhotoCraft is an open source Photoshop clone built by AI
It was only a matter of time before someone pointed the finger at AI coding tools. Photoshop and ask it to create a copy. PhotoCraft is that copy – a cross-platform open source image editor written in Rust. The application is part of several creative…
Nikon Microscopic Video Competition Winner Disqualified for Using Generative AI
Nikon says the video that initially won first place in its Small World in Motion competition “did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI.” BBC reports that Dr. Ning Xu’s original video purported to show…
Gears of War: E-Day sold 168,000 copies on Steam but Xbox Game Pass players generated 130% more revenue
We recently reported that Gears of War: E-Day didn’t have the best launch week on Steam, but according to Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics, Steam doesn’t even account for half of the game’s revenue or owner base. The analytics company…
The official GTA 6 merchandise collection is available via Rockstar Games: where to buy
As we count down the days until we can finally take to the streets of Vice City, Rockstar Games is letting us dress the part right now. The official Grand Theft Auto VI The merch collection is live on the Rockstar Store, incorporating Leonida’s…
My brief romance with an AI bird feeder
It started out promising enough. Dozens of small, colorful birds were attracted to my garden just weeks after mounting a $350 $269 Kiwibit 2 Pro Bird Feeder. “It looks like a great tit!” I read the first AI-based alert sent to my phone. “It looks like…
Every MacBook Air M5 is now $200 off at Amazon
Prime Day deals have started to dry up, but you can still get $200 off every model of the MacBook Air M5 as the weekend approaches. These are the best post-hike prices we’ve seen on the MacBook Air M5, and prices now start at $1,099.00 for the 512…
Instinct was the hottest AI agent – can it survive Muse?
Before there were cute little guys, there was Instinct. In August, the startup brought its AI agent to market with an unusual playbook: invitation-only, no marketing, and barely a website. And yet, Instinct has quickly become the hottest thing in AI,…