Engine Gimmick Humans

Unreal Engine superpowers a CG TV show

Unreal Engine, which has been known in its various incarnations as the premiere — perhaps even de facto — game engine for over a decade, is already quite familiar to major game developers, ...

VentureBeat - 3h

This New AI Search Engine Has a Gimmick: Humans Answering Questions

A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin.

Wired - 8h

Sunfish that got sick recovers — thanks to human cutouts

A popular sunfish in Japan lost its appetite and banged on the side of its tank after the aquarium it lived in closed for renovations.

CBS News - 7h

Stripe cuts 300 jobs in product, engineering and operations

Stripe has cut 300 jobs, or about 3.5% of its workforce, CNBC confirmed.

CNBC - 1d

Haas appoint Muller as F1's first female race engineer

Haas restructure their race operations team with a series of changes that include appointing Laura Muller as the first female race engineer in Formula 1.

BBC News - 1d

TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s idea, a 50-50 “joint venture” between the existing Chinese owner and some kind of American entity, was more politics than substance.

The New York Times - 3d

Anthropomorphizing AI: Dire consequences of mistaking human-like for human have already emerged

Anthropomorphizing AI creates dangerous blind spots in business decision-making beyond simple operational inefficiencies.

VentureBeat - 4d

Devin 1.2: Updated AI engineer enhances coding with smarter in-context reasoning, voice integration

Devin 1.2 will help developers with accelerated workflows and less cognitive load in file searches, understanding codebases or fixing code.

VentureBeat - 5d

NHTSA Looking Into Reports of Engine Failures in Certain GM Vehicles

Complaints received by the agency allege a bearing failure that may result in either an engine seizure or a breaching of the engine block. GM said it is cooperating with the agency.

The Wall Street Journal - 5d

Bird feathers, blood found in both engines of crashed jet in South Korea, source says

Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air 089590

NBC News - 5d

World of Tanks Blitz gets Reforged update with Unreal Engine 5 visuals

Wargaming said that World of Tanks Blitz, the cross-platform, free-to-play tank action game, is about to enter a new chapter with the upcoming Reforged Update. Wargaming said the update for the ...

VentureBeat - 6d

The Engineer’s Guide to Putting Employees in Boxes

How to think outside the box with people management, when you don’t know what a box is.

Inc. - Jan. 15

Human remains 'in various states of decomposition' found on public hiking trail

Human remains that had been decomposing “for an extended period of time” have been discovered just off of a public hiking trail in Utah, police said.

ABC News - Jan. 14

Artificial Intelligence and the New Human Experience

Labor, identity, and the future of work are at stake.

Inc. - Jan. 13

Taliban don't see women as human beings, Malala Yousafzai says

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai decried the state of women’s rights in Taliban-led Afghanistan as “gender apartheid.”

NBC News - Jan. 13

Taliban 'do not see women as human', says Malala

Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders to challenge policies restricting girls and women's schooling.

BBC News - Jan. 12

‘I think there is life there. Today’: the race to put a human on Mars – in pictures

Ever since the first fuzzy images of its surface were captured in 1964, Mars has sparked imaginations worldwide. As Nasa publishes its photographic archives of the red planet, will Elon Musk’s wild ...

The Guardian - Jan. 11

Delta passengers flee plane in Atlanta after engine fire

Passengers from a Delta flight on an Atlanta airport tarmac were forced to evacuate as snow slams parts of Georgia. CBS News' Skyler Henry reports.

CBS News - Jan. 10

AI is taking the 'human' out of human resources

Companies increasingly rely on AI-based tools to replace everyday HR functions, from tracking job applications to monitoring employees’ performance to making decisions about promotions and layoffs.

The Hill - Jan. 10

The rising threat of deadly diseases jumping from animals to humans

Zoonotic pathogens very likely caused the last pandemic. Can we get better at halting them before the next one?

Financial Times - Jan. 10

Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’

Tech boss suggests move to self-learning synthetic data though some warn this could cause ‘model collapse’. Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence companies have run out of ...

The Guardian - Jan. 9

Don’t Count Out Human Writers in the Age of AI

The appetite for AI-derived drivel isn’t as strong as many publishers would have you believe, and demand for quality content is growing.

Wired - Jan. 8

Jimmy Carter’s human rights legacy in US foreign policy

The Carter administration administration marked a break from the Cold War-era policies of prioritizing strategic interests over moral values, advocating instead for a foreign policy that emphasized ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

Human Metapneumovirus Is Finally Being Taken Seriously

The attention being paid to a Chinese outbreak of a virus often confused with flu is a sign that respiratory infection tracking is improving.

Wired - Jan. 7

How Jimmy Carter worked to promote human rights through the Carter Center

The Carter Center, based in Atlanta, was launched by the Carter's after they left the White House and has worked to promote human rights, health and democracy worldwide. CBS News' Nikole Killion ...

CBS News - Jan. 7

Agentic AI can help you to get a new software engineering job in 2025

Thanks to a widening skills shortage, software engineers don’t generally have to look too far for a new role on better money.

VentureBeat - Jan. 7

1st human bird flu death in US reported

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the first human bird flu death in the United States on Monday.

ABC News - Jan. 7

Male mosquitoes to be genetically engineered to poison females with semen in Australian research

Approach could be used to limit outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, which sees 390m cases annually worldwide. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

U.S. records its first human bird flu death

The U.S. has recorded its first human death from bird flu, in a patient hospitalized in Louisiana. The case was considered the country’s first severe human H5N1 infection.

NBC News - Jan. 6

Louisiana reports first human death in US from bird flu

Patient was over age 65 and reported to have underlying medical conditions, state health department says. A patient in Louisiana has become the first human in the US to die of bird flu .. The ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

What is human metapneumovirus, are cases surging in China, and should we be worried?

Surging HMPV cases in northern China have prompted some online alarm but experts say the risk of another Covid-like pandemic is low. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a respiratory disease that ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans

As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive. From the highest mountains to the depths of the ocean, humanity’s influence has ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

'Humans are all they know' - Fate of whales uncertain as marine zoo shuts

Campaigners, politicians and zoo managers disagree on where Wikie and her son Keijo should be sent.

BBC News - Jan. 5

Could Humans Have a Brain Microbiome?

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we might have them as well.

Wired - Jan. 5

Reflecting on Jimmy Carter's work for human rights and health equity

Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, until Tuesday morning. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook and CBS News contributor and ...

CBS News - Jan. 4

Habitat for Humanity CEO says Jimmy Carter's impact "cannot be overstated"

Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford tells CBS News about former President Jimmy Carter's work with the nonprofit organization. Carter's six-day state funeral began on Saturday.

CBS News - Jan. 4

Britt Allcroft, Who Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to TV, Dies at 81

She adapted the children’s book series to TV, creating a lasting cultural behemoth that spawned movies, merchandise and theme parks.

The New York Times - Jan. 3

EPA determines formaldehyde poses an ‘unreasonable risk’ to humans and must be regulated

The Biden administration has officially determined the chemical formaldehyde poses an “unreasonable” risk to human health and should be regulated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said ...

The Hill - Jan. 3

At Lorna Simpson’s Show, a Constellation of Galactic and Human History

In celestial hues the artist’s turn to the cosmos, and abstraction, bring us back to vital matters on earth.

The New York Times - Jan. 2

Transforming the Moon Into Humanity’s First Space Hub

The small step back to Earth’s satellite will provide a giant leap for exploring our solar system.

Wired - Jan. 2

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