10 days ago | By Technology Review

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
A quick guide to the most important AI law you've never heard of
It's a Wild West out there for artificial intelligence. AI applications are increasingly used to make important decisions about humans' lives with little to no oversight or accountability.
The European Union thinks it has a solution: the mother of all AI laws, called the AI Act. It is the first law that aims to curb these harms by regulating the whole sector, and if the EU succeeds, it...
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Breaking Down the Mind-Bending Milky Way Black Hole Image - CNET

10 days ago | By CNET

This is why the first black hole photos appear to be fiery doughnuts.
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Milky Way vs M87: EHT photos show 2 very different supermassive black holes

10 days ago | By Space

Three years after the first-ever image of a black hole, scientists have done it again - this time, closer to home, and of a very different invisible behemoth.
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Remember that first picture of a black hole in our galaxy? We took it

10 days ago | By The Next Web

Black holes are among the most profound predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity. Originally studied as a mere mathematical consequence of the theory rather than as physically relevant objects, they soon became thought of as generic and sometimes inevitable outcomes of the gravitational collapse that initially forms a galaxy. In fact, most physicists have suspected that our own galaxy revolves around a supermassive black hole at its center. There are other ideas too - such as “dark matter” (an invisible substance thought to make up most of the matter in the universe). But now...
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UK Watchdog Fines Clearview AI $9.5 Million For Illegal Collection of Facial...

A UK privacy watchdog has ordered Clearview AI to delete all of the collected facial images of residents on top of a $9.5 million fine. Read more ...

Hubble Space Telescope spots streams of star formation flowing between galaxies

Stars from colliding galaxies flow together in a newly upgraded image from NASA's venerable space telescope. Read more ...

Surface Duo 3 could ditch dual-screen design for a single foldable display

Microsoft could be working on a Surface Duo 3 that consists of a single foldable screen, if a new patent turns out to be realized down the line. As you're doubtless aware, the... Read more ...

Google's Pixel 6A with Tensor out-Appled Apple's iPhone SE

Apple thought it had a winning formula by adding 5G and the iPhone 13's chip to its budget iPhone SE, but the little phone isn't selling like it hoped. Meanwhile, Google copied... Read more ...

Tesla Model Y Fire Accident Forces Man To Break Window; Here's What You Need...

A Tesla Model Y fire accident forced a man to break a window since he didn't know how to open the EV's doors manually. Read more ...

Samsung's 240Hz 4K Mini LED 32-inch monitor goes on sale for $1,500

The Odyssey Neo G8 in action. | Image: Samsung Samsung's latest high-end gaming monitor - the curved 32-inch Odyssey Neo G8 - is now available to preorder for $1,500 and will... Read more ...

The Verge's 2022 Father's Day Gift Guide

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Instagram created custom fonts called ‘Instagram Sans,' and some of them are...

Instagram Sans is the new typeface you'll see all over the app. | Image: Instagram Instagram rolled out a big “ brand refresh ” today, which is mostly a fancy term for... Read more ...

Xbox Reportedly Turned Down An Exclusive Marvel Games Development Deal

Spider-Man was almost an Xbox exclusive, as Marvel Games was looking to strike a new licensing deal in the 2010s according to executive vice president and head of Marvel Games... Read more ...

What is SmartThings and how does it work?

SmartThings started life as a Kickstarter launching in 2012, before the brand was bought by Samsung in 2014. At the time it was a big purchase and seen as Samsung's big move... Read more ...