Plunder Removed from Warzone 2
Plunder has been removed from Call of Duty: Warzone 2 Season 3 Reloaded and will not return as a playable mode until May 17.
2023-05-12 00:19
ALGS Heads to London for Split 2 Playoffs: Tickets, Dates
The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) is heading back to London, UK for the Split 2 Playoffs this June where players will compete for a share of the $1 million prize pool.
2023-05-11 23:56
EU Eyes Cyber Plan Aimed at Keeping Cloud Data in Europe
The European Union is weighing a plan that would require cloud providers to store all of their data
2023-05-11 23:51
Wes Anderson actor slams 'bulls**t' Lord of the Rings AI parody of the director
The actor Jared Gilman, best known for his role in Wes Anderson's 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom has branded a new AI trend surrounding the director as "bulls**t." If you aren't aware, a YouTube channel called Curious Refuge has been using artificial intelligence to create trailers for famous movies but reimagining them as if they were directed by Anderson in his typical whimsical aesthetic. Earlier this month a version of Star Wars directed by Wes Anderson went viral and immediately caused some division with many fans wishing it was a real movie while others felt that the trailer missed the point of what makes Star Wars and Anderson movies great. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter Now Curious Refuge have used AI to imagine what a Wes Anderson Lord of the Rings film would be like. The trailer called 'The Whimsical Fellowship' features all your favourite Tolkien characters but this time they are played by the likes of Timothee Chalamet, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton and Owen Wilson to name a few. Lord of the Rings by Wes Anderson Trailer | The Whimsical Fellowship www.youtube.com While the clip has already gone viral again, 24-year-old Gilman, who has also starred in the Jim Jarmusch film Paterson wasn't as enthusiastic about it. He tweeted a version of the Return of the King title and instead changed it to read 'Return of the Wes Anderson AI bulls**t.' Gilman's tweet also went viral and one person asked him: "I'm assuming he texts you every time one of these comes out asking 'have u seen this?'" The actor replied: "Lmao I hope he never sees any of them." Meanwhile, Anderson's next real film Asteroid City is set for release on June 23rd and stars Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Maya Hawke and Jason Schwartzman. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-11 23:49
Italy's antitrust watchdog probes Apple over competition in app market
Italy’s antitrust authority has announced a probe into allegations that Apple is abusing its dominant position in the app market, thwarting competition
2023-05-11 23:23
Tesla shouldn't call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says
The top U.S. transportation official says Tesla shouldn’t call its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves
2023-05-11 23:20
Twitter's new encrypted message feature criticized by security and privacy experts
Privacy and security experts widely panned a new feature that Twitter unveiled Wednesday that encrypts some direct messages between users, raising questions about the future of user safety on the platform.
2023-05-11 23:19
IRS Working With Ukraine to Track Russian Crypto Sanctions Evaders
The IRS criminal investigation division is ramping up collaboration with counterparts overseas in pursuit of sanctions evaders. The
2023-05-11 23:17
Fed’s Waller Says Climate Change Doesn't Pose Serious Financial Risk
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said there’s no need for central bankers to pay special attention to risks
2023-05-11 22:55
Analysis-Liftoff: Modi's space push for India counts on private players
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU Encouraged by high-profile successes elsewhere, India wants its private space companies to increase their
2023-05-11 22:22
Scientists discover mystery behind 'runaway supermassive black hole'
There’s a “runaway” black hole which has been speeding through the universe and mystifying the scientific community – or so we thought. Now, a possible explanation has been found that could explain the unusual, long star structures which have been observed over recent weeks. Last month, scientists thought they’d discovered something very unusual, with a trail of stars observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Some believed then that they were the result of a black hole creating eye-catching formations. Yale University researchers also posited the theory that the formation after two galaxies merged together millions of years ago. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter However, a new possible explanation from scientists at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) suggests that it is in fact just a flat or thin galaxy. “The motions, the size, and the quantity of stars fits what has been seen in galaxies within the local universe,” said Jorge Sanchez Almeida, an IAC researcher who is the first author of the article, in a statement. “It’s a relief to have found the solution to this mystery, the new proposed scenario is much simpler. In one sense it is also a pity, because the existence of fleeing black holes is expected, and this could have been the first one to be observed.” The team published its findings in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics under the title “Supermassive black hole wake or bulgeless edge-on galaxy?”. They compared the unusual feature to a galaxy IC5249 and found it to be similar. They found that it was surprisingly similar. The stars were moving in similar ways to those found in closer, comparative galaxies, researchers said. “We also looked at the relation between the mass of the assumed galaxy and its maximum velocity of rotation, and discovered that indeed it is a galaxy which behaves like a galaxy,” said Ignacio Trujillo, an IAC researcher who worked on the study. “It is an interesting object, because it is quite a large galaxy at a very large distance from Earth, where the majority of the galaxies are smaller.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-11 21:53
Indian government's e-commerce network ONDC expands into 236 cities, CEO says
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI The Indian government's open e-commerce network ONDC has expanded its operations into 236
2023-05-11 21:49