I used Nano Banana 2 to make perfect sketchnotes: 5 lessons learned (and how I broke Gemini)

The results were fascinating, impressive, and sometimes surprisingly bad. Here are five tips that can help you get better results faster.
Nature

AI can write genomes — how long until it creates synthetic life?

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...

Forget 'debloat apps.' Sophia Script gives you real control over Windows 11. Here's how it works.

The Sophia Script is an open-source PowerShell module designed to debloat and fine-tune Windows 11 (and Windows 10 ). It is ...
Arizona Daily Star

Tucson Padres: Coaches make up quite a subplot

Steve Webber will wear jersey No. 27 for the Tucson Padres this year, which is about one numeral for every baseball team he has played for or coached since he left tiny Van Buren High School of ...
The New York Times

How to Make Friends as an Adult

A practical guide for expanding your circle, with advice from sociable people. By Laura Regensdorf Laura Regensdorf lives in Brooklyn with her hound mix, Pina, who has turned out to be a great ...
CNN

She wants to self-deport. But this pregnant mom is stuck in a strange subplot of Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown

Her 3-year-old in tow, Franyelis stepped out of the repurposed budget hotel, its blue awning faded where the “Days Inn” logo once was. Heading out of the shelter to pick up the family’s oldest son ...
Hackaday

Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...
Vogue

5 simple tricks to make your eyes look bigger, according to the pros

When it comes to learning how to make eyes look bigger, few understand the craft better than professional makeup artists who’ve spent years perfecting the quintessential doe-eyed gaze. “Doe-eye makeup ...
Comicbook.com

Alien: Earth Hid This Pivotal Subplot in Plain Sight (And It Perfectly Explains The Finale’s Big Twist)

Each of the “Lost Boys” started out as terminally ill children put into an adult synthetic body. Instead passing away, they awaken, but the face they see in the mirror isn’t really who they are in ...
IndieWire

If AI Was Really Used to Censor ‘Together’ in China, It Represents a Potentially Terrifying Future

Neon is demanding a Chinese distributor stop releasing the version being shown in theaters, but the weirdness doesn't stop there. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a restrictive and repressive ...
Naples Daily News

Want to get paid to hunt pythons in Florida? Here's how, what you can make

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...
collider

All the 'Office’ Easter Eggs We Spotted in ‘The Paper’

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Paper Season 1. Twenty years after it first aired, The Office is still one of the most endlessly rewatchable comedies of all time, so it's honestly ...