The DeepNostalgia feature is powered by tech developed by Israeli tech firm D-ID. MyHeritage says it uses several drivers to animate the faces: — MyHeritage (@MyHeritage) February 25, 2021 I’d love the chance to speak to my grandparents again. But I’m uncomfortable about digitally resurrecting them without their consent. [Read: How do you build a pet-friendly gadget? We asked experts and animal owners] MyHeritage says DeepNostalgia doesn’t generate speech to prevent people from using it to make deepfake videos....

The proposed guidelines would create a “confidence scale” in order to “set reasonable expectations” about NASA’s endeavors to track down evidence of alien life. Per the team’s article: Up front: Wow! What a great idea right? Every single scientist on Earth should definitely be conducting unbiased scientific analysis, communicating the results clearly, and ensuring that any assertions or observations made during a study are verifiable and repeatable. But… uh… I’m pretty sure that’s covered under the scientific method and peer review....

So when Netflix announced it was adapting the story into a live-action series yesterday I was a little concerned. The history of live-action anime adaptations is… not good. The fact that the series has avoided one so far is something I considered a blessing, not a curse. — NX (@NXOnNetflix) January 29, 2020 It’s worth noting, Oda first announced a live-action adaptation in 2017, but it’s the Netflix involvement that’s new....

The two companies will produce shows based on existing intellectual properties and all new ones. The two companies have already produced new series based on Nick’s existing properties, including Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling and Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus. They’re also reportedly working on a live-action series based on Avatar: The Last Airbender. It’s pretty obvious what these strategic moves are intended to counter. While neither company’s moves have any direct reference to Disney’s latest venture, the fact that the House of Mouse is keeping all its nostalgic and child-friendly content for itself can’t be great for the likes of Netflix....

Stanford University researchers created the system to increase transparency around editorial decisions, by analyzing who’s getting coverage and what they’re talking about. “By letting researchers, journalists, and the public quantitatively measure who and what is in the news, the tool can help identify biases and trends in cable TV news coverage,” said project leader Maneesh Agrawala. Normally, monitoring organizations and newsrooms rely on painstaking manual counting to find out who and what’s getting screen time....

Public records show that a bill filed this time last year, which would allow government agencies to accept digital assets for tax payments, has been shuttered. [Read: This Canadian town is letting residents pay taxes in Bitcoin] Had the plans gone ahead, the US state of New Hampshire would have theoretically been ready to begin accepting tax payments in cryptocurrency after July this year. Last November, the General Court’s Executive Departments and Administration Committee voted in favor of ending the bill....

Okay, an explanation of how we got here might be in order. Read: Pokémon Go offers stay-at-home raids to keep people inside Animal Crossing‘s allows players to accrue bells, the in-game currency, by selling off various natural resources. The idea is that you’ll then use those bells to spruce up your island — or, as one player did, make an exact replica of Hyrule. But some gamers have been taking advantage of the in-game market to do some pretty shady things — including insider trading on the Stalk Market and a whole swapping mechanism devoted to moving specific villagers to in-game islands, like some kind of demented, semi-literal banana republic....

Now I know this might be an exaggeration, but it really is time for a change. A historical focus on network-based metrics — bytes downloaded per page or assets per page, for example — and an excessive emphasis placed on first-page load times have meant the rest of the customer journey on the web has suffered. Developers and product managers have been relying on tools like Google’s Lighthouse to measure page load speed, and once the search giant began considering mobile page speeds in its website ranking algorithm, that reliance only grew....

Clipt’s idea is simple: it acts as a universal clipboard between your devices using Google Drive. It creates a temporary and siloed folder in your Google Drive to store files, text snippets, links, and images; so that you can access them from any of your devices. The app lets you retrieve the last 10 items in your clipboard through the app. OnePlus says that as it stores these items in a siloed folder, the app can’t see or access other files in your Drive....

The U.N. First Committee deals with disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community. On Nov. 1, it approved a resolution that creates an open-ended working group. The goals of the group are to assess current and future threats to space operations, determine when behavior may be considered irresponsible, “make recommendations on possible norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviors,” and “contribute to the negotiation of legally binding instruments” – including a treaty to prevent “an arms race in space....

— Vex Ashley (@vextape) June 27, 2018 But it seems the crowdfunding site has now taken a step further against NSFW content. As reported by The Daily Dot, erotic game developer Changer tweeted a locked Patreon post claiming the site has “zero tolerance” for “forced transformation and sexual slavery.” With this policy update, Patreon is effectively banning any form of transformation content where a dominant-submissive power exchange is involved. According to Patreon’s notice, its definition of “forced transformation and sexual slavery” includes content like “feminization, sissification, bimbofication, expansion, and muscle growth....

Given the table’s importance, one might be forgiven for thinking that the ordering of the elements was no longer subject to debate. However, two scientists in Moscow, Russia, have recently published a proposal for a new order. Let’s first consider how the periodic table was developed. By the late 18th century, chemists were clear about the difference between an element and a compound: elements were chemically indivisible (examples are hydrogen, oxygen) whereas compounds consisted of two or more elements in combination, having properties quite distinct from their component elements....

Asa Saint Clair, a resident of New York, is now reportedly under house arrest in Arizona, having been released from US federal custody on a $500,000 bond. Prosecutors sought strict conditions for his release, as he’d bought a one-way ticket to Madagascar in the wake of investigator interviews. Authorities arrested Saint Clair at the airport. According to Law360, prosecutors allege Saint Clair defrauded at least three investors out of thousands of dollars with claims that World Sports Alliance was in a position to help developing countries with access to water, food, and sports facilities....

You can place it in the kitchen and dance to some tunes while preparing your Masterchef-worthy dishes. Or control your prized speaker system with voice commands, just by wiring up the Echo to your existing audio setup. The options are endless. The third-gen Echo Dot has all the smarts of Alexa and an improved speaker for better sound. It would be stupid if you don’t buy the new Echo Dot just for $22 ($27....

You know how Dave ticks, and you know how this type of request usually ends. With a tight timeline and a few sketchy instructions to go with, you’re definitely not going to impress him. But hey, this is your job, so you do your best anyway. Three weeks later, you go back to Dave with the finished prototype. And he’s furious. According to him, you totally ignored his team’s instructions....

With every failed legal case and subsequent appeal, the ride-hailing firms are skating on thin ice and are putting an increasing amount of faith in the public as they look to Proposition 22 to play the deciding role in the future of how drivers are classified. [Read: LiDAR is getting so cheap it’d be madness not to use it in self-driving cars] Proposition 22 is going to crop up a lot in the next few months, so let’s take a closer look at what it is, and how it could set a precedent for all kinds of gig-workers....

On February 12, the finance director of the island’s Industrial Development Company, Rubén Rivera, filed a compliant to police, noting the agency wired the funds to a fraudulent account, AP reports. The transfer purportedly took place on January 17, after the agency received an email which suggested there has been a change to a banking account tied to remittance payments, according to a police statement. [Read: Hackers breached Bulgaria’s tax agency and leaked the data of 5M people] “This is a very serious situation, extremely serious,” Industrial Development Company Manuel Laboy told AP....

First of all, let me give you my thoughts on Python. This is a programming language I love and it can be used in a wide variety of applications, though I agree that all languages have their faults. I do believe it’s a great language for professionals to use, and also for beginners to enter the fascinating world of programming. With that said, would I use Python on every single project?...

With so many players in the streaming space, it can be easy to overlook some of the smaller players that might offer a better experience for a cheaper price. So with that in mind, Redbox is now offering a free, ad-supported streaming option on its site and app. There’s not much to it yet, but if you just want a free way to watch some Family Feud and Unsolved Mysteries, it’s a thing that exists....

Your dog thinks you’re pretty cool, no matter what. Even if you’re smelly, a nerd, a jerk or even kind of an idiot, your dog doesn’t care. He’s Team You, ride-or-die. For most dogs, that means some whining when you leave the house, probably followed by some excited jumping and tail-wagging when you finally return. But for other canines, pooches a little more highly-strung or anxious than the norm, that separation can lead to some serious upset....