Author: matthewephotography@yahoo.com

Meta is making its Llama AI models available to government agencies and contractors working on national security, the company said in an update. The group includes more than a dozen private companies affiliated with the U.S. government, including Amazon Web Services, Oracle and Microsoft, as well as defense contractors such as Palantir and Lockheed Martin.Mark Zuckerberg hinted at the move during Meta’s earnings call last week, saying the company was “working with the public sector to adopt Llamas across the U.S. government.” Meta is now providing further details about the scope of its work.For example, Oracle is “leveraging Llama to…

1 / 5Kindle Colorsoft vs Kobo Libra ColourKindle Colorsoft vs Kobo Libra Colour: 100 percent brightness on both screens, 0 percent warm light on both screens Ultimately, how much warm or cool light you prefer while reading is up to personal taste. My preferences would lead me to adjust the warmth on the Kindle to be a bit higher than zero, mimicking that of the Kobo. In an unscientific poll of the Engadget staff, both in person and with device photos, everybody preferred the screen on the Kobo. I think the slight added warmth in Kobo’s screen makes colors appear…

Welcome, X-fans, to another incredible edition of X-Men on Monday at AIPT!Honestly, if you’re a member of Cyclops’ X-Men team and wield a cool sword, there’s a good chance you’ll get an ongoing series. I mean, just ask Psylocke and Magic!All kidding aside, there are plenty of other reasons why Illyana Rasputina finally ended up continuing the From the Ashes era of X-Men. In fact, Magic series writer Ashley Allen returned to X-Men on Monday to share some of the reasons why and answer some burning questions from X-fans. Let’s see what she has to say.Provided by Marvel ComicsAIPT: Ashley,…

As a fan of Street Fighter since the beginning, I’m impressed with the way UDON has handled the series into comics. Street Fighter comics existed before UDON acquired the license in the early ’00s, but no one could get it right. It was clear from the beginning that everyone at UDON Studios is a huge fan of Capcom games. Because they understand what makes games work. This issue focuses on Kimberly Jackson, who is fed up with the gentrification of Metro City. There are shady things going on behind the scenes, including money laundering and people being forced to leave…

Ahead of cartoonist Emma Rios’ new graphic novel Ansuero being released by Image Comics this week, The Beat can publish an exclusive preview with comments from the creator. Ansuelo is a dystopian story about three children after the ocean rebels and absorbs and changes everything on Earth. They are lost like everyone else, but they band together to overcome the unique adversity of surviving at sea and do not want to harm any living beings. It’s a hopeful take on post-apocalyptic media, born of Rios’ desire to “write the ocean beneath my skin.” In the following excerpt, Rios tells The…

Most comic book fans have a solid idea about what they’re going to buy every week as they descend upon their local comic shop. With that said, there’s still a lot of fun to be had just glancing at the week’s new releases and taking a chance on a book that looks promising, funny, scary, etc. That’s where covers come in. A fantastic image can make the difference between trying something new or saying, “Nah, not this week.”In that spirit, here are the covers that captured our attention this week, with entries from comics editor Chris Coplan. This is Judging…

Nothing tells Spider-Man’s origin story like Peter Parker’s appearance in high school. A new comic and animated series by Christos Gage and Eric Gapster is just that. YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN coincides with the upcoming animated Disney+ series that explores Peter’s early days as Spider-Man, the story of Peter, and more importantly, his friends and villains. , a limited 5 issue comic. “I’ve had the opportunity to write many of Spider-Man’s adventures, both in the comics and in Insomniac’s video games, but what I’ve never had the chance to do is tell the story of his early exploits.” Gage said…

Image credit: IDW. IDW’s Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way is a unique interactive graphic novel featuring the crew of our favorite Starfleet ship, the USS Cerritos. Written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, lettering by Jeff Eckleberry, and editing by Heather Antos, this OGN is a must-read for Lower Decks fans. To learn more about Warp Your Own Way, The Beat spoke to North, Fenoglio, and Antos via email. We asked them all about the origins of interactive OGN, the challenges that came with creating such a unique comic, and the creative…

Jay Gatsby of Great Gatsby fame leads a team of classic characters, including Sherlock Holmes, a female Watson, cyborg Jules Verne, and an H.G. Wells-type time traveler called the Time Machinist, into Godzilla. Fight against Godzilla at Monster Peace Theater #2. Illustrated by Tom Scioli.Set at the dawn of the Jazz Age in 1922 (think flappers and speakeasies), the three-issue miniseries rebrands wealthy loner Jay Gatsby. He’s both Bruce Wayne and Flash Gordon. He is wealthy and has unlimited resources at his disposal (even ties to the military), but unlike Bruce Wayne, Jay is more impulsive than analytical. He is…

Image Comic has revealed that The One Hand & The Six Fingers will be hitting bookstores and comic shops on December 24th. The incredible sci-fi detective noir (and a little bit of horror) was one of my favorite crossovers of the year, but now the two series are packaged together for a whole new reading experience Now it looks like this.“We set out to explore uncharted territory with this twin story and convey a third truth in our reading,” said Lam V. We hope our readers enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it. ”So what is “One Hand…