A new generation of fear entrepreneurs in the IT industry are promoting anxieties and fatalism about the threat quantum computing poses to the future of encrypted data, cyber-security and our way of life. You can’t make this stuff up. Just when we can breathe a sigh of relief as we …
Read More »How realistic is an Israel-Iran war?
A meeting between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin last week has led many to speculate that Israel, with the backing of Washington, is preparing for a war with Iran over its nuclear program. Gantz made it clear to Austin that Israel is very …
Read More »UK government panel claims Covid mutation with 35% death rate a ‘realistic possibility,’ suggests new strains may ‘evade’ vaccines
A Friday report by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) looked at a series of hypothetical scenarios related to Covid-19 variants, finding it a “realistic possibility” that a mutation could appear with a case fatality rate comparable to SARS (10%) or MERS (35%), both of which belong to the …
Read More »Ukrainian membership in NATO is not realistic & country should focus on fixing internal issues, says French Ambassador in Kiev
That’s according to Etienne de Poncins, the French ambassador to Ukraine. De Poncins has been in his role since 2019. Speaking to Ukrainian news website TCN, the ambassador noted that Kiev must follow the roadmap provided for it by NATO if it wishes to officially be put on a Membership …
Read More »Bill offering $2000 Covid-19 stimulus checks has ‘no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate,’ blasts McConnell
“It’s hardly clear,” McConnell said on Wednesday on the Senate floor, that sending “thousands of dollars” to citizens should be a “top priority,” especially since some receiving the checks may not have suffered financial hardships related to the pandemic. The House passed a bill on Monday to increase stimulus checks …
Read More »Artificial intelligence helped to create realistic hair in games
Current methods for hair rendering like the NVIDIA GameWorks HairWorks or lead to significant performance degradation. Researchers from the University of southern California, Pinscreen and Microsoft have developed a technique for hair rendering, based on the methods of deep learning. Researchers in AI believe that a convolutional neural network will …
Read More »Ultra-realistic paintings, painted by knife. Photo
Scratched pictures Katie Siter. On the creation of his masterpieces Cathy Sheeter spends sometimes several months. But it’s worth it – just look how realistic her work paintings, executed in an unusual technique. No brushes and palettes! The artist his paintings did not write, and scratches holes in a variety …
Read More »American artist shocked the ultra-realistic paintings. Photo
The Work Of Patrick Kramer. Patrick Kramer is an American artist of hyperrealism Springville, Utah. After graduating from Brigham young University in 2008 with a degree in “art,” Kramer began a successful career as an artist. On each of his paintings Patrick works an average of from 50 to 300 …
Read More »Ultra-realistic pencil drawings from a Japanese master. Photo
Incredibly painstaking work. Do you think that you are unlikely to shake things made with pencils and paper? Then I want to surprise you, because you are still unfamiliar with the mind-boggling figures 22-year-old Japanese artist kouhei Omori (Kohei Ohmori), which certainly will surprise you with its realism. Living in …
Read More »Realistic drawings by self-taught artist. Photo
A self-taught artist creates photorealistic drawings in pencilLooking at the fantastic pictures of this artist, it’s hard to believe that he is self – taught. Master pays special attention to detail that makes his works look like photos. All the stories the artist tells the imagination, why in each painting …
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