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Training with automated data pipeline Voyager builds on Tencent’s earlier HunyuanWorld 1.0, released in July. Voyager is also part of Tencent’s broader “Hunyuan” ecosystem, which includes the Hunyuan3D-2 model for text-to-3D generation and the previously covered HunyuanVideo for video synthesis. To train Voyager, researchers developed software that automatically analyzes existing videos to process camera movements and calculate depth for every frame—eliminating the need for humans to manually label thousands of hours of footage. The system processed over 100,000 video clips from both real-world recordings and the aforementioned Unreal Engine renders. A diagram of the Voyager world creation pipeline. Credit: Tencent The…

Sweeteners found in yoghurts and fizzy drinks can damage people’s ability to think and remember, and appear to cause “long-term harm” to health, research has found.People who consumed the largest amount of sweeteners such as aspartame and saccharin saw a 62% faster decline in their cognitive powers – the equivalent to their having aged 1.6 years, researchers say.They concluded: “Our findings suggest the possibility of long-term harm from low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCs) consumption, particularly artificial LNCs and sugar alcohols, on cognitive function.”The findings are the latest to warn about the dangers posed by sweeteners. Previous studies have suggested they…

As we enter the first week of September, the past few weeks have been filled with summer blockbusters and independent films for audiences to discover. From films about twins to speaking with the supernatural, this season is full of blockbusters for everyone to watch on the big screen for the next few weeks.  The widest release of this week will be Warner Bros, “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson. “The Conjuring: Last Rites” follows Lorraine and Ed Warren as they investigate the infamous Smurl haunting, where they were called to investigate in 1986. The limited release…

Britain’s Alfie Hewett began his bid for a third straight US Open wheelchair singles title with a commanding victory over American Charlie Cooper.Second seed Hewett needed just 61 minutes to record a 6-0 6-2 win against the 17-year-old.Wheelchair tennis is making its return in New York after conflicting schedules with the Paralympics meant the competition was not held last year.Hewett, who won the title in 2022 and 2023, is chasing a second Grand Slam singles title this season after triumphing at the Australian Open in January.His long-term doubles partner Gordon Reid won later on Wednesday, claiming a hard-fought 7-6 (7-4)…

“You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success,” 19th-century Baptist preacher Russell Conwell is said to have proclaimed, “but if you’re lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.”Modern cosmology has stepped far beyond our cosmic backyard. We peer into the light from the earliest moments of the big bang. Our surveys stride across the universe, swallowing millions of galaxies at a time. We have mapped and measured the most subtle accelerations of cosmic expansion.But our understanding of all of that hinges on how well we know our own local neighborhood, which remains poorly…

Two Nationals and a Liberal cross floor to support immigration inquiry proposalTom McIlroyThe Nationals shadow ministers Bridget McKenzie and Ross Cadell and the Liberal backbencher Sarah Henderson crossed the floor on a Senate vote about immigration levels last night.Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party attempted to establish a parliamentary inquiry into “the impact of high immigration on the Australian economy”.The Coalition opposed the motion but McKenzie and Cadell, both members of the opposition frontbench, and Henderson, voted with conservative Coalition senators Alex Antic and Matt Canavan in favour of the inquiry.Liberal frontbencher, Anne Ruston, was heard appealing across the chamber to…

ToplineThe Trump administration’s temporary freezing of $2.2 billion in federal funding for Harvard University was unconstitutional, a judge ruled Wednesday, arguing in favor of the university as it challenges antisemitism allegations and denies a list of demands from the Trump administration made in response to pro-Palestinian protests held on campus last year.The order was issued Wednesday. (Photo by Zhu Ziyu/VCG via Getty Images)VCG via Getty ImagesKey FactsU.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said in her order Harvard tolerated hateful behavior but the federal government “used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities” that violated…

By A.O. Scott Illustrations by Alexis Jamet Sept. 3, 2025 It’s London, 1923. Everyone suddenly looks up.Every one looked up.Dropping dead down the aeroplane soared straight up, curved in a loop, raced, sank, rose, and whatever it did, wherever it went, out fluttered behind it a thick ruffled bar of white smoke which curled and wreathed upon the sky in letters.Near the beginning of “Mrs. Dalloway,” an ordinary day is disrupted by a technological intrusion. More than a century later, we might relate to this kind of thing, even if we’re more likely to be distracted by the pings and…

SAO PAULO — Los Angeles Chargers running back Najee Harris, who missed all of training camp because of an eye injury sustained in a fireworks mishap, is expected to start in Friday’s season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday.Harris was listed as having fully participated in practice.”He says he’s ready, and he looks ready to go,” Harbaugh said. “Really hard to predict play counts. He’s going to play football and have at it. That’s the mindset.”Editor’s Picks1 RelatedHarris was on the field with his teammates Wednesday for a light on-field work session just hours after…

Astronomers have discovered an incredibly rare system in which at least five galaxies from the early universe are merging — just 800 million years after the Big Bang. The remarkable discovery was made using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope.Galaxy mergers play a key role in galaxy formation in the early universe. While not commonly seen, merging systems do occur, typically involving two galaxies. However, the newly identified merger, nicknamed JWST’s Quintet, contains at least five galaxies and 17 galaxy clumps.”Finding such a system with five physically linked galaxies is exceptionally rare, both…