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Chinese gamers are using a Steam wallpaper app to get porn past the censors

Online porn is banned in China, so people there have to get creative to access it. Steam is one of the only popular global platforms still available in the country, and its... Read more »

The Download: urgent climate change questions, and DALL-E’s big launch

Blistering heat waves have smashed temperature records around the globe this summer, scorching crops, knocking out power, fueling wildfires, buckling roads and runways, and killing hundreds in Europe alone. The sudden shift... Read more »

A digital human could be your next favorite celebrity—or financial advisor

Digital human created by Baidu AI Cloud and modeled after Chinese celebrity, Simon Gong. “Rising demand is driving the boom of digital humans,” says Shiyan Li, head of the digital human and robotics... Read more »

Do these heatwaves mean climate change is happening faster than expected?

Scientists simply have had too short of a time period with a climate system warmed by human actions to determine the answers to those sorts of questions.  “There’s a lot of uncertainty... Read more »

Do these heatwaves mean climate change is worse than we thought?

Scientists simply have had too short of a time period with a climate system warmed by human actions to determine the answers to those sorts of questions.  “There’s a lot of uncertainty... Read more »

OpenAI is ready to sell DALL-E to its first million customers

A DALL-E Beta subscription won’t break the bank. $15 buys you 115 credits, with one credit letting you submit a text prompt to the AI, which returns four images at a time.... Read more »

The legacy of Europe’s heat waves will be more air conditioning. That’s a problem.

Climate change is making extreme heat the norm across more of the world, increasing the need for adaptation. But in the case of AC, some experts are concerned about how to balance... Read more »

The feud between a weed influencer and scientist over puking stoners

The group had been started by a CHS patient named Erica, a 37-year-old artist who had looked online for resources after her diagnosis and, finding nothing, had decided to establish “basically a... Read more »

Deep learning delivers proactive cyber defense

The increased pace of high-profile threats (e.g., ransomware) is up to double–digit (15.8%) growth. The result is a dangerous path most likely to lead to continued losses for organizations that fall victim... Read more »

The Download: a cannabis disorder conflict, and ever-hotter heatwaves

Alice Moon couldn’t stop throwing up.  She had made a name for herself as an online cannabis influencer, but after a weed-infused dinner in a Malibu home in 2018, she spent more... Read more »