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Bay 12, the developer of “Dwarf Fortress”, announced the game’s revenue report on February 1. Since its release on Steam, it has earned a total of 7.23 million US dollars, while in December its revenue was only 15,000 US dollars (mainly from user donations. ), the developers said that this income allows them to avoid […]

Researchers have newly identified the recipe for a specific mixture of chemicals that ancient Egyptians used to preserve different body parts, according to a study published in Nature. The discovery, based on the analysis of an ancient embalming workshop in Egypt, will advance knowledge and understanding of ancient Egyptian mummification processes. The mummification process in

The Ubuntu-based distribution elementary OS has released v7. Elementary OS 7 code-named Horus, one aspect of the developer’s focus is to help users find the applications they need. AppCenter is the core of the operating system, and the new version adds more information to make app descriptions more attractive, easier to update to the latest

According to UBS research, the monthly active users of the AI ​​chatbot ChatGPT will reach 100 million during January 2023, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. ChatGPT was launched by Microsoft-invested OpenAI at the end of November 2022. According to data from the analysis company Similar Web, ChatGPT had 13 million daily unique

Accounts on major internet services are increasingly becoming a person’s online identity, and account blocking hits users harder than ever. Upstream news reported on the deeds of a 16-year-old boy from Chongqing who became a Douyin celebrity. His QQ space was blocked in August last year because of “publishing illegal content”. He first appealed to

Ultra-processed foods such as carbonated drinks and packaged bread are heavily marketed for their relative cheapness and convenience, but these foods are also often high in salt, fat, sugar and contain artificial additives. There is now good evidence that they are associated with a range of adverse health conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes and

OpenAI’s chat robot ChatGPT has aroused a strong sense of crisis within Google. ChatGPT’s information retrieval capabilities may challenge its search engine business. Google began to develop AI as its top priority. Citing internal documents and sources, CNBC reported that Google began testing an AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT. Dubbed Apprentice Bard, the bot is

Boeing delivered the 1,574th and final 747 to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings on Feb. 1. This marks the official discontinuation of the model. According to tracking of the plane’s Atlas Air 747 flight trajectory, the pilot of the delivery flight that day left the words 747 in the air, and a crown was placed on

AMD disclosed in its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2022 that its client business (including desktop CPUs and GPUs) fell by 51%, but compared to rival Intel’s rare and huge losses, AMD still managed to make a small profit. AMD CEO Lisa Su (Lisa Su) said in an investor conference call that the

Pakistan puts a 48-hour speed limit on Wikipedia for profanity. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, Pakistan’s telecommunications regulator, said Wednesday afternoon that it approached Wikipedia with a court order to block or remove some “profane” content, but the online encyclopedia neither complied nor came forward to respond. It warned that if “intentional negligence” on Wikipedia’s part

Boeing delivered the 1,574th and final 747 to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, which officially ceased production of the model. Just because the Boeing 747 is out of production doesn’t mean it’s going to disappear from the skies immediately, with the last planes delivered flying for decades. But the Boeing 747 is becoming increasingly rare on

Finnish researchers have demonstrated a robot Fairy (fairy, which stands for Flying Aero-robots based on Light Responsive Materials Assembly) that flies by the wind and is controlled by light. Inspired by dandelion seeds, “Fairy” has several biomimetic features. Due to its high porosity (0.95) and lightweight (1.2 mg) structure, it floats easily in the windy

Tesla disclosed in a document submitted to the US SEC that its bitcoin investment had a net loss of $140 million. Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk) announced in January 2021, when cryptocurrencies were extremely popular, that he would invest US$1.5 billion in Bitcoin. At that time, the price of Bitcoin was between US$30,000 and