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A team of video and AI engineers at Adobe Research has developed an AI application called VideoGigaGAN, that can accept a blurry video and enhance it to make it a much shaper product. The team describes their work and results in an article posted to the arXiv preprint server. They have also posted several examples of the videos that they have enhanced on their project website page.

TikTok’s fate in the US appears doomed as the Senate passed a sell-or-ban bill on Tuesday with 79 to 18 votes. The bill, tied to the US’s foreign aid

Chinese universities and research institutions were still able to purchase servers equipped with the restricted GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) chips as of Feb. 28, despite US export restrictions on the chips being in place since October 2022 and tightened in November 2023.

You could also get a refund for delayed checked bags.

Thermochromic perovskite is a new color switch material used in energy-saving smart windows. Despite its potential for energy savings, thermochromic perovskite suffers from poor weather resistance, susceptibility to water damage, and high optical haze, limiting its practical application.

Pacemakers, defibrillators, radar technology and electric vehicles all need electrical components called capacitors that can store and release a lot of energy in a matter of a few microseconds. Researchers at the University of Twente have recently found a way to increase these capacitors' storage, efficiency and durability.

Drake may have to pull “Taylor Made” to avoid Tupac’s lawyers.

Chinese game publisher NetEase said it will begin the beta testing phase for a mobile version of Octopath Traveler on May 16, with the game scheduled for

Microsoft is focusing on security as a top priority.

On The Vergecast: TikTok bans, Tesla earnings, and the Rabbit R1.

The EPA is cracking down on some — but not all — power plant pollution.

Retro Fighters’ BattlerGC is for the modern Smash player.

It’s called Squad Busters.

Meta is thinking about a lot of ways to make money from its new ChatGPT competitor, including ads and subscriptions.

Just like Instagram.

On Wednesday, TSMC unveiled its A16 (1.6nm) technology for the first time at the 2024 North America Technology Symposium in California, with the

The passing of the bill after months of threats is a clear wake-up call for other Chinese apps that see the US as a top destination for their business expansion or have already entered the market there.

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and robots are becoming increasingly advanced, exhibiting capabilities that vaguely resemble those of humans. The growing similarities between AIs and humans could ultimately bring users to attribute human feelings, experiences, thoughts, and sensations to these systems, which some people perceive as eerie and uncanny.

One of China's largest auto shows kicked off in Beijing on Thursday, with electric vehicle makers keen to show off their latest designs and high-tech accessories to consumers in the fiercely competitive market.

Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the US government to help build its semiconductor plants in New York and Idaho, the White House said Thursday.