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Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them
Canva launched Craft, an AI image generation model with a two-stage planning architecture designed to compete with offerings from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. The model generates images up to 2K resolution and supports over 30 aspect ratios.
Etsy is cracking down on AI slop listings
Etsy is implementing stricter policies on AI-generated content in listings, requiring unedited photos of actual items and disclosure when AI is used to create products sold on the platform.
Bank of America shares drop after third-quarter revenue miss and regulatory penalty
Bank of America shares fell nearly 5% after the bank reported a $1.2 billion regulatory penalty and trading revenue that missed expectations by roughly $570 million in the third quarter.
Morgan Stanley tops estimates as equities trading revenue beats expectations by $909 million
Morgan Stanley’s third-quarter profit climbed 6.5% to $4.91 billion, with equities trading revenue surging 41% to $5.8 billion, beating estimates by $909 million.
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Cross-party talks needed to tackle climate crisis, say Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats call for cross-party climate talks led by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, citing worsening extreme weather and an anticipated super El Niño event threatening the UK.
Scientists find a huge hidden ice reservoir beneath Utah’s mountains
University of Utah researchers discovered that Timpanogos Rock Glacier contains approximately 1.5 million cubic meters of ice, using gravitational measurements to map the hidden frozen water beneath Utah’s mountains.
Scientists tracked 4,500 animals and found a surprising human effect
A study tracking 4,500 animals found that wildlife responds to human presence itself, not just to human-modified landscapes. Researchers combined GPS data with cellphone location information to distinguish between these two effects.
Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong discovered that ultrathin, flexible diamond membranes can generate electricity through mechanical deformation, overturning a century-old scientific assumption.
Rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang
Rocky planets may have begun forming as early as 100 million years after the Big Bang, according to research from the University of Portsmouth, much earlier than previously believed.
Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution
Researchers studying wild monkeys in West Africa found that animals without ape-like ankles can still climb vertical tree trunks effectively, challenging assumptions about human evolution.
Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth
Scientists challenge the popular “lizard brain” theory, finding that brain evolution involves competition between different wiring systems rather than layered development of newer brain regions over ancient ones.
A “quantum bath” puts quantum entanglement on autopilot
Physicists at Austria’s ISTA have demonstrated a fully autonomous method for creating distributed quantum entanglement using a “quantum bath” of correlated light particles, potentially advancing quantum computing and networks.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
A PBS affiliate sued a data center provider to recover 50TB of archived content after its cloud storage vendor ceased operations and became unresponsive to data access requests.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
A macOS screen-sharing vulnerability is being actively exploited to gain unauthorized access and install cryptocurrency miners on affected systems, according to Dutch cybersecurity officials.
Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber
Waymo has more than doubled its lobbying spending to influence US regulators on autonomous vehicle deployment, intensifying competition with Uber over the future of robotaxis.
Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
AliExpress was discovered using an outdated audio fingerprinting technique to track browser visitors, which inadvertently disrupted a researcher’s Bluetooth headphone connectivity.