Bitcoin - and other cryptocurrencies, of course - have new competition. One of today's biggest IT celebrities, namely OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is behind the ambitious project called Worldcoin. He was the man behind the birth of the ChatGPT phenomenon. Altman himself presents Worldcoin as "a cryptocurrency with a revolutionary approach". Unlike ...
Britain's Noel Philips has pulled off a remarkable feat. He flew around the planet in 80 hours, starting and finishing in Houston, Texas. He used only low-cost airlines, taking nine flights on seven different companies to travel around the world, the Daily Mail reports. During his journey, the Briton, who lives in the US with his family, cove...
A two-armed robot, designed by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, made its debut at the National Theater of Korea, where it led the musicians of the national orchestra. The humanoid-faced robot first bowed to the audience and began waving its arms to control the tempo of the live performance, CNN reports. An android robot, EveR 6, ...
A new concept for an electric military vehicle offers a glimpse of GM Defense's plans to enter the Army's competition for an electric light reconnaissance vehicle prototype, launched in early June. The roots of the original Hummer H1 can be traced back to an AM General military truck known as the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Hu...
Happen on the Autobahn in Germany and the police will salute you, but this happened in Belgium, where the limit on motorways is 120 km/h. The driver exceeded it by almost 300 km/h, but he probably won't face any penalties. From time to time, the Czech media will run an article about how this or that "pirate" committed a mortal sin when he was...
Twitch star Kai Cenat and members of AMP House are currently involved in a wargame-style streamer. They're trying to outdo each other in the use of fireworks. With a recent stream, Cenat pulled off an incredible stunt and even introduced an RPG. Luckily, though, it was a homemade version that set off firework flares instead of actual ammunition....
Next month marks 133 years since the death of Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. But that doesn't mean we can't have a chat with him. In a unique project, the artist was "brought to life" using artificial intelligence at the giant technology fair VivaTech, held last week in Paris. This was reported by French public radio station RFI. The project...
Robots would rule more effectively than humans, but they will not rebel against their creators. This was said at a debate on Friday between journalists and nine robots that use artificial intelligence. One of the robots vowed not to contribute to the abolition of jobs. The meeting was organised by the International Telecommunication Union (I...
American company specialising in flamethrowers Flamethrow is taking pre-orders for a hot new product, their latest flamethrower fitted with a robotic dog. Throwflame is offering four types of flamethrowers for sale, and they've equipped their latest ARC Flamethrower with a quad rail mounting interface that allows it to attach to just about an...
