Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

World models like Genie 3 create a video that responds to your control inputs, allowing you to explore the simulation as if ...
PCGamesN

New Path of Exile 2 patch notes nerf the ARPG's game-breaking temples, but GGG might have gone too far

January 5 - Added a note on hotfix 15, which reverts the controversial change to room locks in the Vaal Temple. New Path of Exile 2 patch notes have just dropped from developer Grinding Gear Games ...
Scientific American

Two Möbius Strips Combine to Create a Bizarre Object That Only Exists in 4D

Visually, the “Klein bottle” doesn’t seem all that impressive. On first glance it looks like a trendy Japandi-style vase. And yet it has fascinated mathematicians for more than 140 years. To ...
The New York Times

Dutch Return ‘Java Man’ Bones, With 40,000 Fossils Set to Follow

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to get them back for decades. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam The ...
TechCrunch

Figma launches new AI-powered object removal and image extension

Design tool Figma launched new AI-powered image-editing features today, including the ability to remove and isolate objects and expand images. The company said that these features will save the hassle ...
Live Science

Scientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery — they say it'll make EVs cheaper and safer

A new sodium-ion battery offers a cheaper and safer alternative to conventional lithium-ion systems, scientists say, paving the way for more sustainable EVs. When you purchase through links on our ...
SpaceNews

Blue Origin targets four-flight campaign for New Glenn’s path to Space Force certification

Blue Origin’s New Glenn lifts off on the NG-2 mission Nov. 13. Credit: Blue Origin ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will have to complete four successful orbital flights as its pathway ...
NJ.com

PATH rolls out new payment system today, ending MetroCard, SmartLink era

Pour one out for the ancient MetroCard and its equally old cousin, the PATH SmartLink card. The beginning of the end for these longtime ways to pay fares on the bi-state PATH system came Thursday when ...
FanSided

Inside the New York Mets path to landing Kyle Tucker: How the rich get richer

The New York Mets will always be connected to the best free agents with Steve Cohen, the richest owner in the league, running things, but not all of the superstars are ideal fits. Kyle Tucker, at the ...
Phys.org

New universal law predicts how most objects shatter, from dropped bottles to exploding bubbles

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...
New York Post

Do NASA’s 3I/ATLAS photos show evidence of spacecraft targeting meteors in its path?: Harvard scientist

Does 3I/ATLAS have interstellar headlights? Harvard scientist Avi Loeb speculated that NASA’s recently released photos of 3I/ATLAS could potentially point to its artificial origins — and even wondered ...
SiliconANGLE

Meta’s new image segmentation models can identify objects and people and reconstruct them in 3D

Meta Platforms Inc. today is expanding its suite of open-source Segment Anything computer vision models with the release of SAM 3 and SAM 3D, introducing enhanced object recognition and ...