Tips for Remote Work and Working From Home

October 10, 2023
Working from home can make work-life balance more manageable. Explore tips for staying productive while working remotely and how to find remote jobs.

Adobe Firefly can now generate more realistic images

October 10, 2023
At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service. According to Adobe, the Firefly Image 2 Model, as it’s officially called, will be better at rendering humans, for example, including facial features, skin, body and hands (which have long […]

Deta wants to reinvent personal computers with a new cloud OS

October 10, 2023
Traditionally, cloud-based workstations have aimed to provide virtual machines that users can access from anywhere and also run apps around the clock. Berlin-based company Deta is trying to flip the script by developing a whole new infinite canvas-like operating system and a personal cloud space. The Berlin and New York-based company was founded by Mustafa […]

Adobe Firefly’s generative AI models can now create vector graphics in Illustrator

October 10, 2023
Illustrator is Adobe’s vector graphics tool for graphic artists and it’s about to join the generative AI era with the launch of the Firefly Vector Model at Adobe’s MAX conference today. Adobe describes the new model as “the world’s first generative AI model focused on producing vector graphics.” Like Firefly for creating images and photos, […]

Adobe’s Project Stardust is a sneak preview of its next-gen AI photo editing engine

October 10, 2023
The latest version of Adobe’s Project Stardust AI photo editor already thoroughly leaked earlier this month, but at its MAX conference, the company now officially launched this project as a sneak preview of what a next-generation AI-powered photo editing engine could look like. Powered by Firefly Model 2, which is also launching today, Stardust enables […]

How gene editing could help curb the spread of bird flu 

October 10, 2023
Gene editing could help prevent chickens from catching and spreading bird flu, according to a proof-of-concept study.   Researchers used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to alter the DNA of 10 chickens to resist the bird flu virus and then exposed all of them to a low dose of it. Only one of the 10 chickens caught…