Jun 21
The victims ranged in age from 17 to 20, and the driver, who was allegedly speeding, has been arrested.
Jun 21
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con was just dealt a major blow, as it seems Marvel Studios will not be presenting its upcoming slate in Hall H this year.
Jun 21
U.S. Funded Scientist One of Several Wuhan Lab Researchers Sickened During Early Covid Outbreak
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In November of 2019, less than a month before the covid-19 pandemic took off and spread to nations all over the world, several scientists working at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China fell seriously ill from an unknown virus. One of the researchers was Ben Hu, a scientist who had received significant funding…
Jun 21
Immortals of Aveum, a fantasy first-person shooter that EA is publishing under its Originals umbrella, was one of our highlights at Summer Game Fest earlier this month. Unfortunately, you’ll need to wait a bit longer than expected until you can dive into Ascendant Studios’ upcoming game. The developer has delayedImmortals of Aveum until August 22nd, a month after it was previously scheduled to arrive.
“In order to realize our full vision, we are going to take a few extra weeks, making our new launch date Tuesday, August 22nd,” game director Bret Robbins and the Ascendant team wrote in a blog post. “This will give us time to further polish the game, finish optimizing all platforms and deliver a strong launch. We owe it to ourselves and to you to get this right.”
Ascendant, which counts several former EA and Telltale developers among its ranks, started work on its first project as a self-funded studio five years ago. Although Immortals of Aveum is a first-person shooter, it eschews guns for magic. You’ll have an array of spells at your disposal.
Immortals of Aveum is one of the first major games built in Unreal Engine 5 (UE 5.1, to be precise) to be released and the visuals certainly look impressive. However, during our hands-on preview at Summer Game Fest, Engadget Senior Editor Jessica Conditt ran into a bug that temporarily broke the game when a door failed to open. Here’s hoping Ascendant can use the extra time to squish that bug and work out any other kinks.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/eas-immortals-of-aveum-is-delayed-until-august-22nd-180133135.html?src=rss
Jun 21
Days Of Sweltering Heat, Power Cuts In Northern India Overwhelm Hospitals As Death Toll Climbs
Posted in: Today's Chili“So many people are dying from the heat that we are not getting a minute’s time to rest,” one hearse driver said.
Jun 21
For a long while, Netflix has decided the popularity of its most-watched TV series and movies should be determined by how many hours the streaming service’s customers watched it. So, for instance, if you rewatched a season of Stranger Things, you’d be boosting its ratings just even though you’d already seen it. Now…
Jun 21
While lawmakers in the House (and soon, the Senate) call for a “blue-ribbon commission” to study the potential impacts of AI on American society, President Biden on Tuesday met with leaders in the emerging field to discuss and debate the issue directly. The President met with Tristan Harris, executive director of the Center for Human Technology; Fei-Fei Li, Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute; and Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, among others, at the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco.
Staying atop the growing swell of AI technology advancements in recent months and years, specifically the emergence of generative AI systems, has become a focal point for the Biden administration. Generative AI systems hold the promise to revolutionize many sectors of the economy and drastically reimagine the nature of modern office work. However, those same systems could just as likely wipe out entire professions, as the fields of digital art and journalism are now experiencing.
The White House announced a $140 million investment in May to establish seven new National AI Research Institutes and has begun investigating the technology’s use in business. As the White House chief of staff’s office told AP, top White House staff meet regularly on the subject, two to three times each week. Biden himself has reportedly met with multiple subject matter experts and technical advisors on the subject to discuss, “the importance of protecting rights and safety to ensure responsible innovation and appropriate safeguards.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/president-biden-meets-with-ai-tech-leaders-in-san-francisco-182140363.html?src=rss
Jun 21
Parkland Deputy Would Have Seen Bodies If He Opened Door, Officer Testifies
Posted in: Today's ChiliSunrise Police Lt. Craig Cardinale testified against former deputy Scot Peterson on Tuesday.
Jun 21
Incarcerated people in Ohio have an easier time getting their hands on the book that founded Nazism than computer coding literature due to a series of bizarre, unequally enforced policies restricting access to certain reading materials. Nonprofits and authors speaking with The Marshall Project say the state’s…
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