The 95th Academy Awards nominations have been announced.

The film "Everything Everywhere and At Once" became the leader in the number of nominations - as many as 11, Brendan Fraser became a contender for "Best Actor", and a film about Alexei Navalny was nominated in the category "Best Documentary Film". The nominees also included a short film titled "My Year of Members"

A rare phenomenon

An ocean of glass eggs on one of the beaches of the Gulf of Finland. The phenomenon is rare and occurs when a combination of many weather conditions. As a result, the ice particles are collected together by currents, they are also pressed and turned. And sometimes, it washes up on the coast.

China has created a robot that can change from solid to liquid and vice versa.

The trick is in the material: the robots are made of metallic gallium, which has tiny magnets embedded in it. It's funny that as one of the experiments, the researchers gave the robot the shape of a Lego man, and then allowed him to escape from a makeshift prison.

McDonald's shot ads using a neural network.

The video uses NeRF technology. NeRF uses neural networks to reconstruct a scene from images, predicting the shade of light emitted in any direction to make a 3D image from a 2D image, in other words, frames are made up of many photographs taken around the actors.

China has developed an advanced automatic parking system.

On the on-board computer, we place the icon at the desired point, and the car itself will park on it with an accuracy of a millimeter.

ATV The Ark

SHERP develops The Ark line of all-terrain vehicles that are capable of moving on literally any surface - even on water. This transport easily overcomes thin cracking ice, while inside there is room for 22 people and several tons of cargo.

How to stick to the phone and not miss life around.

Designer Alex Cornell figured out how to stick to the phone and not miss the life around. The non-existent iPhone gadget is an additional camera that replaces a person's eyes: the device allegedly looks forward while the user looks at the phone.

The perfect outfit for the whole family.

The Japanese company came up with the perfect clothes for the whole family - you can literally live in this suit. An enlarged belly can be used as an impromptu table - substitute a laptop or a plate of food.

Yellow has become the favorite color of zoomers, designers say.

Popular designers and brands are increasingly choosing it and moving away from the usual red carpets and shades of pink. In 2021, "Illuminating Yellow" was named one of Pantone's Colors of the Year, a vibrant canary hue heralding brighter days after the pandemic. According to the designers, it also symbolizes hope and optimism - "two feelings that young people desperately need in a shaky reality." But although yellow is gaining popularity, it has not yet been able to unite the entire generation. This is probably due to the fact that zoomers greatly value individuality and prefer to choose their own unique style rather than following trends.

British startup Flawless AI.

British startup Flawless AI is developing artificial intelligence for "Hollywood 2.0" and this is one of their jobs. Thanks to the neural network, you can easily adjust films for different age ratings, languages, or completely silence the characters - while the movement of the lips is perfectly synchronized with what is happening. By the way, the film is "The Fall" and from there, with the help of AI, over 30 mats were removed for the sake of the family rating.

Turtle drug dealer.

In the USA, a courier turtle was caught - the animal was transporting cocaine worth 53 million dollars. Such sea bookmarks are made by members of the Mexican drug cartels: they drop the “goods” in neutral waters with buoys and a GPS beacon, where the turtle is waiting for the buyer. But this time everything went wrong - the animal got tangled in the ropes and fell into the hands of the coast guard. In total, over 816 kilograms of white powder were found in the packages. And yes, the turtle was released, we hope it will no longer fall into the hands of unclean businessmen.

M&Ms promotional characters

The M&Ms maker will temporarily stop using fictional talking characters in ads due to criticism of their appearance changes. Last January, the candy maker revamped the look of some of its commercial characters, mostly female, in an attempt to make them more modern. They were heavily criticized by Internet users and conservative media.

The most expensive aquarium fish in the world.

Perhaps the most expensive aquarium fish in the world is the rare platinum arowana. This 40-centimeter graceful creature belongs to the Singaporean breeder Aro Dynasty. But why does this fish have such an incredible value? It's all about her flawless coloring of the body of the fish, which does not have a single speck. Namely, the rarest coloring makes the platinum aravan the most expensive aquarium fish in the world: $ 200 thousand.

AI App for Pet

A South Korean startup has unveiled an AI for Pet app that lets you assess your pet's health. It works simply: we go into the application, take photos according to the instructions and get an approximate assessment of the health of the animal and recommendations to contact the veterinarian if something is wrong. There are not so many breeds and species yet, but the developers are actively working on the application.

ColaPhone is coming.

The famous manufacturer of carbonated drinks decided to hit the creation of smartphones. It is not yet known for certain whether Coca-Cola will build its capacity or use the services of existing manufacturers, but the render strongly resembles the smartphones of one Chinese brand.

India creates its own operating system.

The government announced the development of the IndOS mobile operating system, which should become a competitor to iOS and Android. At what stage of development the OS is now, is unknown.

Huge iceberg

A huge iceberg (1,550 sq km) the size of Greater London broke off the 150 m thick Brant Ice Shelf after natural cracks spread throughout the glacier. The split happened on Sunday evening during an intense tide. This is the second huge piece that has broken away from the Brant Glacier in the past two years. So, in February 2021, an iceberg with an area of 1270 square meters separated from it. km.

ChatGPT wrote a marketing article for a journalist, earning $600 for a guy in 30 seconds.

The freelancer himself, who regularly writes for The Guardian, spoke about the experiment: according to him, the article needed a little editing, because it lacked the author's point of view, but the content, presentation logic, grammar and syntax were impeccable. The guy himself is sure that artificial intelligence will soon deprive him of his work.

Truck from LEGO

A blogger from the Brick Technology channel assembled a radio-controlled LEGO truck with a pneumatic drive from plastic bottles. In the comments, users praise the work of the author and offer the constructor manufacturer to launch such a set for sale.

The Chinese have created and even started using the largest and most powerful wind turbine in the world.

The H260-18MW plant can develop peak power up to 18 megawatts, and each of the blades is 128 meters long - a football field and a third of another. With each rotation, such a "windmill" generates 44.8 kW / h of energy - enough to power one private house uninterruptedly for 1-2 days. And for the year it is able to generate up to 74 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity.