‘Variations on a Theme' Wins at Rotterdam: ‘Thoughtful and Moving'

"Variations on a Theme," directed by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, won the Tiger Competition at International Film Festival ...

New Apple-backed AI model can generate sound and speech from silent videos

VSSFlow leverages a creative architecture to generate sounds and speech with a single unified system, with state-of-the-art results.
Hackaday

Sound And Water Make Weird Vibes In Microgravity

NASA astronaut [Don Pettit] shared a short video from an experiment he performed on the ISS back in 2012, demonstrating the effects of sound waves on water in space. Specifically, seeing what happens ...
InfoWorld

JDK 26: The new features in Java 26

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached the initial release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...
Science Daily

Excess weight, obesity more deadly than previously believed

New research finds that overweight populations have a 22% higher mortality risk than those of healthy weight, while obese populations have as much as double the risk. The study counters prevailing ...