Now in 3D, maps begin to bring exoplanets into focus

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with ...

When 3D Goes Mainstream: How AI Education Shapes Next Visual Culture

AI-generated 3D modeling belonged to research labs and Hollywood studios. Today, it’s seeping into classrooms, social media ...
Hackaday

Teaching Math With 3D Printers

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...
SpaceNews

Maxar to supply 3D terrain data for U.S. Army mixed-reality system

Gentex Corp. is partnering with Anduril to provide helmet and communications integration for the U.S. Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) program. Credit: Gentex WASHINGTON — Maxar ...
The New York Times

States Go Their Own (and Contradictory) Ways on Vaccine Policy

California, Oregon and Washington said they would work together to review scientific data, saying the C.D.C. could no longer be trusted. But Florida said it would abolish all vaccine mandates. By ...
Bleeping Computer

MATLAB dev says ransomware gang stole data of 10,000 people

MathWorks, a leading developer of mathematical simulation and computing software, revealed that a ransomware gang stole the data of over 10,000 people after breaching its network in April. The company ...
TechCrunch

Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses

Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter “reasoning” vision ...
Wall Street Journal

Push to Add ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Loans to Credit Scores Hits a Snag

Credit scores are supposed to start incorporating “buy now, pay later” loans this fall. The plans may already be hitting a speed bump. Klarna, one of the biggest providers of the popular loans, said ...
Optics

OZ Optics Launches New Line of 2D-Fiber Array Assemblies for Data Transmission and Optical Imaging

OZ Optics Limited, a recognized leader in high-performance optical fiber components and subsystem module assemblies, is excited to announce the launch of its new line of 2D-Fiber Array (FA) assemblies ...
IGN

Scale down expectations.

While many Nintendo Switch 2 games offer upgrades from their Switch 1 counterparts, Square Enix's upcoming Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake won't be one of them. In a lengthy Q&A, the publisher has now ...
Game Rant

More 2D and 3D Donkey Kong Games Could Be On the Way

J. Brodie Shirey is a Contributor from the United States who currently lives in York, Pennsylvania. He's just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe, but aren’t we all? Brodie is a big ...
GamesRadar+

26 years after Donkey Kong 64, Nintendo finally wants to establish "two separate branches" of Donkey Kong with the Switch 2's Bananza: 2D and 3D "just as we did with Mario"

Super Mario Odyssey director and Donkey Kong Bananza producer Kenta Motokura has said he wants there to be separate 2D and 3D branches of Donkey Kong just like with Mario. Donkey Kong as a series has ...