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Study Finds Venus’ ‘Squishy’ Outer Shell May Be Resurfacing the Planet

Earth and Venus are rocky planets of about the same size and rock chemistry, so they should be losing their internal heat to space at about the same rate. How Earth loses its heat is well known, but Venus’ heat flow mechanism has been a mystery. A study that uses three-decade-old data from NASA’s Magellan mission has taken a new look at how Venus cools and found that thin regions of the…
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Google TV is getting a homescreen revamp with fewer tabs and better curation

In its first major update of 2023, Google TV is revamping its homescreen to remove multiple tabs from the homescreen, but also introducing better curation for movies and shows. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here! Rolling out starting today, the Google TV homescreen will be removing the “Movies”…
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Google tests blocking news in Canada as bill asks the company to pay publishers

Canada is preparing a new bill that, if signed into law, would require Google to pay publishers for using information from their content. In response, Google is testing a complete block of news content in Search in Canada with a subset of users. The “Online News Act” or Bill C-18 is a bill in Canada that would require tech giants such as Google to make deals with news organizations in the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

How generative AI is changing game development (and UGC)

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Artificial intelligence has been a fundamental part of games for decades. It’s neither a new nor revolutionary part of game development. However, generative AI is a new…
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The ‘breakthrough’ AI racing agent GT Sophy debuts for Gran Turismo 7

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Sony AI and Polyphony Digital have released Gran Turismo Sophy, a hyper-realistic AI racing agent for Gran Turismo 7. The agent is based on research by Sony’s AI researchers and Polyphony Digital’s developers and it fits Gran Turismo’s mission of being the most realistic racing simulation…
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