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This ‘cannonball’ pulsar is racing at escape speed across the Milky Way

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- March 22, 2019

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YouTuber Simone Giertz transformed a Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck

- June 18, 2019

Giertz got tired of waiting for Elon Musk to release Tesla’s first pickup truck, so she made one herself. Simone Giertz was tired of waiting for Elon Musk to unveil his new Tesla pickup truck, so she decided to make one herself. The popular YouTuber and self-described “queen of shitty robots” transformed a Model 3 into an honest-to-god pickup truck, which she dubs “Truckla” — and naturally you can watch all the cutting and welding (and cursing) on her YouTube channel. There’s even a fake truck commercial to go along with it. Giertz spent over a year planning and designing before launching into the arduous task of turning her Model 3 into a pickup truck. And she recruited a ragtag team of mechanics and DIY car modifiers to tackle the project: Marcos Ramirez, a Bay Area maker, mechanic and artist; Boston-based Richard Benoit, whose YouTube channel Rich Rebuilds is largely dedicated to the modification of pre-owned Tesla models; and German des...

New AI deepfake app creates nude images of women in seconds

- June 27, 2019

The resulting fakes could be used to shame, harass, and intimidate their targets. The DeepNude app creates AI fakes at the click of a button. A new AI-powered software tool makes it easy for anyone to generate realistic nude images of women simply by feeding the program a picture of the intended target wearing clothes. The app is called DeepNude and it’s the latest example of AI-generated deepfakes being used to create compromising images of unsuspecting women. The software was first spotted by Motherboard’s Samantha Cole, and is available to download free for Windows, with a premium version that offers better resolution output images available for $99. THE FAKE NUDES AREN’T PERFECT BUT COULD EASILY BE MISTAKEN FOR THE REAL THING Both the free and premium versions of the app add watermarks to the AI-generated nudes that clearly identify them as “fake.” But in the images created by Motherboard , this watermark is easy to remove. (We were unable to test t...

Chelsea 1-1 (2-2 agg, 4-3 pens) Eintracht Frankfurt: Blues reach Europa League final after penalty win

- May 09, 2019

Chelsea will face Arsenal in the Europa League final on May 29 after knocking out Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties. Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties on Thursday to set up an all-English Europa League final with local rivals Arsenal in Baku on May 29. Arsenal beat La Liga side Valencia 7-3 on aggregate, while in the other semi-final Chelsea and Eintracht Frankfurt finished 2-2 on aggregate after extra time. Chelsea won 4-3 on penalties to finally overcome their Bundesliga challengers. The result means both of Europe's club competitions will feature all-English finals after Tottenham Hotspur set up a June 1 title decider with Liverpool in the Champions League. Chelsea won the penalty shoot-out 4-3 and with it a place in the final against Arsenal. Kepa Arrizabalaga saved from Martin Hinteregger and Goncalo Paciencia before Hazard converted the decisive kick. Scores, Results & Fixtures THURSDAY 9TH MAY 2019 Chelsea 1 Frankfurt 1 ( Agg 2-2 ...