Artificial intelligence cannot patent an invention, according to the European Patent Office. Over the last few years, AI has become far more powerful and this has led to questions regarding the similarities and differences between humans and machines at the cognitive level. Recently, that’s also included various patent offices around the world being asking similar questions. While debate rages on regarding the kinship between AI and humans, AI has continued to evolve and creation has become a key component to its development....

Remedy Games recently revealed that it had plans to create a sequel to Alan Wake, but it just didn’t work out for the studio. The initial Alan Wake game released on the Xbox 360 in 2010. The action-adventure game put players in the shoes of the title character, Alan Wake, a best-selling thriller author whose wife went missing during a vacation in the fictional town of Bright Falls. The game played out almost like a thriller TV series, with episodes ending with plot twists....

AMC has ordered the meta comedy Kevin Can F— Himself to series. While the network is known for dramas like The Walking Dead, it often blends humor into the most serious of situations. In the case of Kevin Can F— Himself, the series plans to take a well-known sitcom trope and examine it far more cleverly. The most well-remembered comedies, like Friends and Seinfeld, never differentiated based on gender. Rachel was just as likely to engage in hilariously awful acts as any other member of the group....

It looks like Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers. Unlike many other ebook readers using the ePub file format, consumers will not be able to access ePub content with Apple’s DRM technology on devices made by other manufacturers. And without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web....

The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on antitrust is holding a hearing today over competition concerns about Apple and Google. Just ahead of the hearing, Senator Klobuchar who chairs the subcommittee has said that Apple’s launch of its new AirTag item tracker is “timely” and that she believes both companies’ app stores need more scrutiny. Just after Apple officially debuted its AirTags yesterday at its Spring Loaded event, Tile’s CEO put out a statement saying the company doesn’t trust Apple to play fair and that it would like to see the antirust subcommittee launch a probe into AirTags specifically....

All of today’s best deals kick off with a notable refurbished discount on AirPods Pro at $155. That’s alongside official Apple Watch Sport Loop Bands in a variety of styles for $18 and Twelve South Curve MacBook Stand at $48. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Today only, Woot is offering the Apple AirPods Pro for $155 in certified refurbished condition. A $6 delivery fee applies otherwise....

Alien is one of the biggest horror and science fiction films from the ‘70s, so the 1997 sequel, Alien: Resurrection had some high expectations in place and some big hurdles to clear. Ridley’s Scott’s original Alien helped set the new standard for extraterrestrial-based horror films. He created a frightening horror film that’s simultaneously claustrophobic and epic, plus there are a slew of memorable creatures that the film introduces to the public....

The preferred method for gaining targets is spear phishing, with the group sending around 5,000 emails a day, and setting up similar domains with different TLDs – such as using example.co for example.com users – in an effort to fool those on the receiving end. It also began with fake personas, but recently started ripping publicly available data from sites like RocketReach and CrunchBase to impersonate users. The group also used public file-sharing sites including TransferNow, TransferXL, WeTransfer, or OneDrive to pass payloads onto users and make it harder for defenders to detect, since the sites are legitimate....

When it comes to Android, we can perform a lot of tasks, functions, and customizations. However, it becomes a tedious task to install a hundred different apps for individual functions. Like someone may wish to unlock and relock bootloader or may wish to flash stock/custom recovery. Then there is rooting, flashing partitions, using ADB, etc. So many scopes of customization and getting different applications for that can be confusing. Besides, not all the tools are reliable....

Asurion warranties don’t cover much Asurion protection plans cover items for normal wear and tear, defects in workmanship and materials, and mechanical and electrical breakdowns. If you break it yourself, you’re out of luck. This is pretty standard. The biggest issue with these inexpensive warranties is that they don’t cover much. Dig through the details and you’ll find that they’re simply extended durations of manufacturer defect warranties. That doesn’t mean Asurion is bad or that the warranties are worthless....

American Idol returns in 2019 to crown another potential superstar. For season 17, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie return as celebrity judges. Here, we’ll explain when you can watch the new singing competition, and how. In 2002, Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol. The competition became a pre-social media sensation for its entertaining audition process, in which potential contestants are judged by a celebrity panel. Since the beginning, Ryan Seacrest has served as the American Idol host, and the show’s structure has evolved over the years to incorporate both musical icons and trending artists of today....

It’s been an open secret the company intends launching the new software at some point this year, now the cat’s escaped the bag and Adobe plans to stream a webcast of the new features inside the creative application power tools set. “It’s going to be brilliant: See the unveiling of new Adobe Creative Suite 4 on September 23,” Adobe explains on its website. Adobe’s plan to webcast the event was revealed on the blog of Adobe’s Lee Brimelow, last night....

What Is an LMS? A Learning Administration Framework (LMS) is a portion of a compelling competency administration arrangement. Regularly, an LMS is an eLearning stage that considers the current staff members’ aptitudes through evaluation and helps in competency advancement through courses and other online preparation activities. Learning administration frameworks gives a simple way for administration at all levels to procure and utilize important information for arranging and decision-making. What Is an LMS?...

Serif is out today with its latest software release, Affinity Publisher, after running a public beta since last year. The new app is a professional desktop publisher for Mac and Windows that integrates the company’s vector software Affinity Designer and image editor Affinity Photo for a seamless experience. Affinity Publisher was announced in a livestreamed keynote today: This means users won’t have to switch apps near as often and will be able to streamline their workflows while using Affinity Publisher, as long as they already own Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo....

If the AirPods are disconnecting from your Mac, then this guide will outline some methods that should help you fix this issue. These wireless Bluetooth earbuds from Apple hardly needs an introduction of sorts. While there is no denying its prowess or capability, yet seems to go through its fair share of ups and downs. And when that happens, it seems to infuriate quite a few users, and rightly so. Recently, we had discussed the ways to fix the AirPods connection issues....

State-wide network Alabama Public Television (APT) refused to air a new episode of the long-running kids’ show Arthur because it features gay marriage. Based on the books by children’s author Marc Brown, the animated series first aired way back in 1996, and follows the adventures of the titular anthropomorphic aardvark schoolboy and his friends and family. Over its 20-plus years on air, Arthur has dealt with serious topics like cancer and autism and has won several awards for its efforts including a Peabody Award, a BAFTA and a few Daytime Emmys too....

Eye Candy 7 is like a trail mix of jumbled features. Filters range from useful and complex, to redundant duplicates of what can be done with easily be done with the basic Photoshop blending options. But, there’s definitely plenty to see regarding what this plugin has to offer. There are 32 filter types available in all, and within each one are dozens of presets and settings that offer a wide variety of customization....

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The movie of course revolved around Davis and Petty’s sister characters Dottie and Kit, but the series version reportedly will not feature either character. The synopsis for the series reads: In addition to her role as Janet on The Good Place, Carden is known for her performances on HBO’s Barry as well as Broad City. Carden will also be seen later this year alongside Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie in the drama Bombshell....

Adobe is releasing updates to some of its Creative Cloud apps today, delivering promised features for video editors and new capabilities for designers. Adobe and leading artists have also teamed up to provide creative resources and tutorials for creatives cooped up at home. Premiere Pro Today’s headline feature is Productions, a new toolset for Premiere Pro first previewed in January at the Sundance Film Festival. Productions is a system of organization that Adobe hopes will improve workflows for feature film, broadcast, and and web-based episodic content....