Sci-Tech

Netflix said on Thursday that it used generative artificial intelligence to produce visual effects that appeared for the first time on screen in one of its original series, employing a technology that has been a source of anxiety throughout Hollywood.

It is one of history’s most intriguing “murders” -- the mysterious disappearance over five centuries ago of two young princes from the Tower of London.

The Canadian government’s top scientist has released a new report on unidentified flying objects. The report recommends the creation of a new federal body to standardize, collect and investigate UFO reports.

Smartphones, laptops, headphones and other electronic devices are essential for work and play in our daily lives. But all that time spent typing, scrolling or listening also means our devices gradually accumulate grime that needs to be cleaned off.

Cambodia on Wednesday said that an order by Prime Minister Hun Manet for government bodies to crackdown on criminal cybercrime operations being run in the country had resulted in the arrest of more than 1,000 suspects so far this week.

South Korea’s top court Thursday upheld the acquittal of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong on financial criminal charges, ending years of legal disputes over the 2015 merger between Samsung affiliates that solidified his control over the company.

Famed investor Marc Andreessen is scheduled to take the stand on Thursday to defend his role on the Facebook board of directors when it was hit with a US$5 billion fine in 2019 for alleged violations of an agreement with a U.S. regulator to protect user privacy.

An elderly woman in Argentina is remembering her late husband in a new way, after her grandson shared a video of him made with artificial intelligence.

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over US$5 million at an auction of rare geological and archeological objects in New York on Wednesday, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton went for more than $30 million.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever recorded, according to new research.

Chimpanzees living in a sanctuary in Africa have developed a “fashion trend” for dangling blades of grass or sticks from their ear holes and their behinds, a new study shows.

CoreWeave plans to spend up to US$6 billion on building a new artificial intelligence data centre in Pennsylvania, as part of a push by Donald Trump.

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog said Tuesday it has launched a criminal investigation into an AI-generated porn scandal at the city’s oldest university, after a student was accused of creating lewd images of his female classmates and teachers.

A private spaceflight featuring the first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary came to a close Tuesday with a Pacific splashdown.