According to this weekends Power On newsletter from Mark Gurman, Apple is evaluating the idea of releasing an Apple-branded TV set, once again.Gurman says that this would happen after Apple releases their upcoming smart display products, so its likely a couple years out. Apple is expected to release a lower end smart display, which a lot of people are referring to as HomePad, early next year.Afterwards, were anticipating some kind of higher end product with a larger display and a robotic arm.However, Gurman says that if the first device fails, referring to the smart displays, Apple may have to rethink its smart home ambitions once again meaning theres decent odds that this Apple-branded TV set rumor may never come to fruition.Personally, I cant really see this happening. Apple TV boxes are enough of a contribution to the market, but perhaps Apple could contribute to the high-end TV market, as much of a niche as it is.On the other hand, Apple likely really wants to push the idea of customers using Apple Vision Pro as their home theater, which this would go against.I guess well see.Follow Michael:X/Twitter,Threads,InstagramAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

"Usually it's got a sheen."Taper ExpectationsMost of us are probably guilty of having unrealistic expectations for how our haircuts should look. Showing your barber a photo of David Beckham, sadly, does not mean you will strut out the shop looking like the iconic soccer champion.That being said, bringing a photo of a real human to your hairappointment is definitely more practical than what some people are turning to now, according to stylists: AI-generated images.Dean Allan, the owner of a beauty salon in Edmonton, Alberta tells the CBC that it's becoming more and more common for clients to instead show him an image generated by a machine learning model."Usually it's got a sheen," Allan told the broadcaster. "It's thicker than the average person's hair."Cut BelowThe saving grace, Allan said, is that most people are still able to tell that the photos aren't real,at least for now.But "I think they're just gonna get better," he told the CBC.The expectations they create, nonetheless, can be very unrealistic in every sense.With the ultimate goal of spitting out algorithmically perfect-looking images, AI image models make little distinction between fact and fiction, so what you'd see produced by one may not be representative of human anatomy. Expecting anime-perfect hair to complement model-perfect facial structure, simply put, is setting yourself up for disappointment.In the face of this trend, Allan said that barbers should be upfront with customers about their expectations."As a hairstylist, you have to stand your ground," he said, perthe CBC. "And if you do not feel comfortable trying to achieve what that client wants, then you need to step back and say 'you're not going to be happy with what I produce.'"Misleading MirrorThis may seem relatively inconsequential compared to all the horrors that AI models could and already do cause, but bear in mind we're just seeing the beginning of the trend.It's not uncommon for people to use popular AI-powered apps like FaceApp and Facetune to try out different haircuts. On the web, there are multiple AI tools that purport to do the same thing (just look up "AI hair" in a search engine to see for yourself.)More broadly in the beauty world, companies like Google and Walmart already offer AI features that allow you to virtually try on clothes. While these are undoubtedly convenient tools for some, AI models have been criticized for perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards, so for others, they may be a source of self-torment.To that, Allan has some advice."I would just really honestly say to anyone who is a hairstylist or is going to use any kind of hair inspo whether it is AI generated or not it's hair inspiration... that's all it is."Share This Article

Image by Getty / FuturismCancerUpon learning she had a breast cancer tumor, a Croatian virologist decided to grow her own viruses to fight the disease a radical departure from medical norms that appears to have worked.As the journalNature reports, the risky self-treatment gambit undertaken by the University of Zagreb's Beata Halassy has sparked a mix of controversy and admiration among her peers.After learning in 2020 that she'd had a third recurrence of breast cancer following a mastectomy, Halassy researched oncolytic virotherapy (OVT), which as the name suggests uses viruses to fight disease by provoking immune responses. While it's far from unprecedented and has been approved for early-stage metastatic melanoma, there are no government-approved OVT treatments anywhere in the world for breast cancer which made the entire experiment dubious for Halassy, her doctors and colleagues, and the academic journal that ultimately let her tell her story.The virologist had a colleague administer a mix of measles typically used in childhood vaccines and a vesicular stomatitis virus, both of which had been known to infect the cell type she was seeking to destroy and provoke the kind of immune response she needed. As the two-month trial progressed, the tumor shrank and detached from her muscles and skin, which made it easier to remove with surgery. When it was biopsied after removal, Halassy and her colleagues discovered that their gamble had paid off."An immune response was, for sure, elicited," the virologist said.This all took place back in 2020, meaning Halassy has now been cancer-free for four years now but when it came to sharing her results with the world, she had difficulty.After penning paper proposals about her experience and submitting them to journals, the researcher was met again and again with rejection. Most editors wouldn't touch it, she notes, because they were concerned about the ethics of self-experimentation and in particular, were worried others less knowledgeable may try to do something similar with catastrophic results.Indeed, law and medicine researcher Jacob Sherkow of the University of Illinois-Champaign who was not involved in Halassy's paper told Nature thatjournals have to toe the line between highlighting the knowledge gained from controversial self-experiments without promoting them as first-case course of action.As a specialist who studied self-experimentation methods during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sherkow said that he thinks Halassy's study "does fall within the line of being ethical, but it isn't a slam-dunk case."Ultimately, Halassy's paper did find a home in the journalVaccines, which published her "unconventional case study," as its title notes, this past August.Despite her publication difficulties, the virologist is proud of her experiment and people who brought it to publication."It took a brave editor to publish the report," Halassy toldNature.More on next-gen cancer treatments: Groundbreaking Ovarian Cancer Vaccine at an "Exciting" Moment, Lead Scientist SaysShare This Article

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"Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters are eligible" for this year's The Game Awards"Factors such as the newness of the content and its price/value should be taken into consideration."Image credit: FromSoftware / Bandai Namco News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on Nov. 17, 2024 The Game Awards has confirmed that DLC, remakes, and remasters are all eligible for all categories of its awards, including Game of the Year.With shortlists expected to be announced tomorrow, Monday 18th November, The Game Awards' website FAQ page has been updated with new information to confirm TGA judges now consider "expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters" as eligible for consideration.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Nintendo has announced new hardware, but it's not Switch 2 - so what's the point of Alarmo?Watch on YouTube"The Game Awards aims to recognise the best creative and technical work each year, irrespective of the format of that contents release," the website now says. "Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters are eligible in all categories, if the jury deems the new creative and technical work to be worthy of a nomination."Factors such as the newness of the content and its price/value should be taken into consideration."This now means that remakes like Silent Hill 2 Remake could be in contention, as well as DLC like Elden Ring's The Shadow of the Erdtree. Elden Ring won the TGA Game of the Year award in 2022.It also means games with seasonal content like Apex Legends, Destiny, and other live-service games are also eligible, even if the base game itself released several years ago.Last year, Baldur's Gate 3 secured the top award, with Alan Wake 2 snapping up several awards, too. The Game Awards 2023 broke its own viewership record, clocking up around 118 million livestreams.With 103m global livestreams in 2022, that's a 15 per cent year-on-year increase for the show.

Silent Hill 2 Remake fans want to know when the game will run properly on PS5 Pro"I can't even bring myself to play it in this state because it's so distracting."Image credit: Bloober Team News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on Nov. 17, 2024 Silent Hill 2 Remake players are calling on Konami to address the technical issues still plaguing the game on PS5 Pro ten days on from the console's release.Despite plenty of comments on Silent Hill 2 Remake's social media posts, as yet there's been no formal word from either developer Bloober Team or publisher Konami on whether or not a fix is even on the way, let alone when it will be released.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Here's Eurogamer's review for Silent Hill 2 remake in video form.Watch on YouTubeIn a reddit post entitled "Konami is completely silent", a player shared a screenshot showing a number of Silent Hill fans asking for an update."Finished downloading, fired it up, bathroom cinematic plays through, walk out the bathroom and I immediately knew something was off without even seeing gameplay previously or even playing the game before this. That's how bad this is," lamented the poster.Konami is completely silent.. byu/Unlucky-Soil-2456 insilenthillTo see this content please enable targeting cookies."I can't even bring myself to play it in this state because it's so distracting. I feel like even if I did play the game in this state it would just get worse throughout the game and I would be even more pissed off. So 70 bucks down the drain because it still hasn't been fixed yet. I feel like I am gonna get to play this game after the holidays at the rate Konami and Bloober are going at this point" To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Another player, responding to a tweet asking for players to share their favourite Silent Hill 2 Remake screenshots said: "I'd share some screenshots but it's very poor on PS5 pro drop the patch FFS".Another simply said that if the studio wasn't "going to provide a PSSR update, just fix the flickering issue". To see this content please enable targeting cookies.To see this content please enable targeting cookies."It's really scummy to advertise a game as Pro Enhanced when it actually plays worse than the base unit," said another."Against the odds, Bloober Team has delivered a remake that both expands Silent Hill 2 in just the right places, and gives careful attention to what it preserves," I wrote in Eurogamer's Silent Hill 2 Remake review, awarding the game an impressive five out of five stars in the process.Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake has already sold a total of 1m copies across both physical and digital media since its global launch on 8th October. That likely makes Silent Hill 2 Remake the best-selling Silent Hill game ever.One clever reddit user recently figured out a hidden message tucked within Silent Hill 2 Remake by using the mysterious photos found in the game.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereHelldivers 2 players have spent months now fighting numerous enemies across galaxies and completing multiple major orders to restore democracy and keep the citizens of Super Earth safe. Along the way, they also faced several life-threatening entities such as Automatons that challenged player skill in every manner they could.Now after the games latest update a DSS (Democracy Space Station) has been added which allows players to complete multiple major orders before its activation. Unfortunately, the addition received negative responses with players pleading with Arrowhead to fix issues with it including its biggest problem with friendly fire.While the companys community manager Twinbeard has assured players of incoming fixes with DSS issues, hes finally revealed the real reason behind them in the first place.Testing process & comms surrounding it has been a step down: Helldivers 2 community manager opens up on DSS failAfter the launch of DSS in Helldivers 2 players are taking to social media platforms such as the Helldivers subreddit and sharing their experiences with the bugs theyve been facing after deploying the station during gameplay.One of the most commonly faced bugs among players is the friendly fire bug, which causes the DSS to wipe out the players entire team rather than focusing on the enemy. While Arrowhead has assured of incoming fixes, Twinbeard has commented when asked why the station wasnt tested enough for bugs before launch.Twinbeard revealed why DSS failed at launch in Helldivers 2.I think that the idea of the DSS and what it can become in the future is awesome and I think it can be utilized for a great many things if things pan out well. I however also think that the testing process and comms surrounding the development cycle has been a step down compared to the recent heights weve seen for HD2, responded Twinbeard.He further added that the team at Arrowhead owns to the errors made and is not sweeping these issues under the rug which are concerning to them as well.Twinhead concluded by saying, The launch of the DSS was flawed, but it can be tweaked and evolved in many different ways. I think and hope its life cycle has just begun.Since Arrowhead has yet to reveal when a hotfix will be deployed to Helldivers 2 to fix the said issues, players should avoid using DSS for the time being, unless, of course, youre looking for hilarious team wipe content for your socials.For more Helldivers 2, check out our guide to thebest warbonds ranked, along with thebest stratagemsandbest throwables. We also have a guide to thebest weapons, and, if youre coming back to HD2 for the first time in a long while, we have a bunch oftips and tricksto help you get reaccustomed to the battlefield.Helldivers 2Platform(s):PC, PlayStation 5Genre(s):Action, Shooter, Third Person8VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share