Through A.I. Glasses-Powered Translation, Korea’s Theaters Hope for a K-Pop Moment
Producers and the cultural authorities hope that technology can overcome a language barrier and take the country’s shows to the world.
FRIDAY, 24 APRIL 2026, 20:52
Producers and the cultural authorities hope that technology can overcome a language barrier and take the country’s shows to the world.

Prosus has sold a 4.5% stake in Delivery Hero to Uber, advancing on commitments to the European Commission.

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Intel has launched a new budget-focused Core Series 3 processor line for lower-cost laptops — “Intel’s response to budget CPUs that are appearing in laptops like the Apple MacBook Neo,” writes PCWorld’s Mark Hachman. From the report: Intel unexpectedly launched the Core Series 3, based on its excellent “Panther Lake” (Core Ultra Series 3) architecture and 18A manufacturing, for devices for home...

There’s a very specific moment when a tech event trip starts feeling bigger than it looked on the calendar. While sure, traveling with tech should be easier, such as having everything on your phone, that’s about as far as it goes, because when you’re quite literally traveling with a lot of tech, especially to a […]

Netflix cofounder and Chairman Reed Hastings will step down from the company’s board this summer, choosing not to extend his tenure when his current term expires. The streaming giant disclosed in a letter to shareholders that Hastings is exiting to concentrate on “philanthropy and other pursuits.” The news came Thursday as part of Netflix’s first-quarter […]

NUM and Solidarity have accepted Eskom’s 7% three-year pay offer, but Numsa has declared a deadlock and is demanding more.

Intel today unveiled its new Intel Core™ Series 3 mobile processors, bringing advanced performance, exceptional battery life, and AI-ready to value buyers, commercial and essential edge devices. Purpose-engineered for value, Intel Core Series 3 is built on the proven foundations of Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (code-name Panther Lake) and manufactured on the Intel 18A […]

Spartans.com is now the 14th largest crypto casino in the world while still in beta. That is not just a milestone; it is a serious market signal. The obvious question is whether this is pure luck, perfect timing, or genius planning? The facts point to a much bigger picture. Spartans is part of Nexus International, […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales – enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last shared a common ancestor with humans more than 90 million years ago. But the whales’ vocalized communications are remarkably similar to our own, researchers have discovered. Not only do sperm whale have a form of “alphabet” and form...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Two years ago, Microsoft launched its first wave of “Copilot+” Windows PCs with a handful of exclusive features that could take advantage of the neural processing unit (NPU) hardware being built into newer laptop processors. These NPUs could enable AI and machine learning features that could run locally rather than in someone’s cloud,...
OpenAI is updating Codex with more agent-like capabilities, positioning it as a more direct rival to Anthropic’s Claude Code. Some of the new features include the ability to operate macOS desktop apps, browse the web inside the app, generate images, use new workplace plug-ins, and remember useful context from past tasks. The Verge reports: Codex will now be able to operate desktop apps on your...
BrianFagioli writes: The developers behind Linux Mint say the project is rethinking its release strategy and moving toward a longer development cycle, with the next version now expected around Christmas 2026. In a monthly update, project lead Clement Lefebvre said the team reached a “crossroads” and needs more flexibility to fix bugs, improve the desktop, and adapt to rapid changes across the...
Concerned about the slow pace and high cost of weapons production, Pentagon officials have begun talks with General Motors and Ford Motor about producing certain parts.
The head of the International Energy Agency warned that Europe may have only “six weeks or so” of jet fuel left if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz stays disrupted. The Associated Press reports: IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,” stemming...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Alphabet’s Google is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to deploy its Gemini AI models in classified settings, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. The two parties are discussing an agreement that would allow the Pentagon to use...

Montgomery, Alabama – Happy Horse has surged to the top of the Artificial Analysis Video Arena — the trusted blind human-vote Elo leaderboard — in pure visual quality. While other models focus primarily on motion control and audio synchronization, Happy Horse 1.0 prioritizes what truly makes videos feel premium: hyper-realistic textures, film-grade lighting, rich color grading, […]

The search for the best crypto to buy right now is increasingly shaped by timing, access, and upcoming market catalysts rather than just long-term narratives. Established names like Ethereum, Chainlink, and Aave continue to hold steady positions across infrastructure, data services, and decentralized finance, offering relatively predictable growth paths. At the same time, BlockDAG is […]
IPv6 usage briefly reached 50% across Google services for the first time, marking a major milestone for a protocol created in 1998 to solve IPv4’s address shortage. Tom’s Hardware reports: […] IPv6 was dismissed early on as a headache-inducing, hard-to-implement complication that would hardly ever gain any traction — despite offering 2^128 possible numbers, solving all network number...

Singapore – Multi‑chain trading terminal Genius has processed over $15 billion in cumulative volume; token launches on MEXC and Aster DEX. The Genius Foundation today announced that its native GENIUS token has completed its Token Generation Event (TGE), with the token surging more than 850% and briefly reaching a fully diluted valuation exceeding $800 million. […]
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7, calling it its strongest generally available model and an improvement over Opus 4.6 in areas like software engineering, instruction-following, tool use, and agentic coding. But the company says it is “less broadly capable” than the restricted Claude Mythos Preview, “which Anthropic rolled out to a select group of companies as part of a new cybersecurity...