Neutron imaging has helped reveal historical discrepancies hidden within a collection of illegally trafficked Iron Age swords. But the nine ancient Iranian weapons aren't wholesale forgeries--according to an October 8 announcement from researchers at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, they were assembled by fusing metal fragments from multiple different artifacts together to form "Frankenstein's monster" pastiches in order to boost their potential black market value. To determine each roughly 3,000-year-old sword's alterations, researchers relied on a tool not often seen in archeology. As explained in a study published on Tuesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science, a team from Cranfield University, the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, and the British Museum used neutron tomography to analyze the weapons after they were recently seized by authorities at the UK border. Instead of more common X-ray techniques, the equipment's neutron beams allow it to generate renderings of a subject's internal features even if surrounded by dense material like bronze and iron.

It's just a matter of weeks until Apple is finally expected to unveil its latest smartphone, the iPhone 16. And according to a fresh leak, the tech giant is preparing a brand new colour for one of its models. The leaked photo, posted to X, reveals four dummy iPhone 16 Pro units, each in a different shade. The white, black and silver colours are recognisable from the iPhone 15 Pro, released last year, but the fourth unit is a surprising'bronze'. However, not all fans are convinced by the new shade, with some even comparing it to poop.

Earlier this year, Bad Bunny emphatically rejected rumors that he was about to release a new song with Justin Bieber. "That's fake," he told TIME in an interview for a cover story on his meteoric rise. "You never know what I'm going to do." But last month, a song featuring what sounded like his and Bieber's voices started circulating on TikTok, garnering millions of likes. Bad Bunny hadn't lied in the interview, though: the song was created with AI.

This is part of Solutions Review's Premium Content Series, a collection of contributed columns written by industry experts in maturing software categories. In this submission, dotData Founder and CEO Ryohei Fujimaki offers commentary on data quality strategies to get your data machine learning-ready. As the world embraces machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), data leaders are adjusting and perfecting data quality management frameworks. Traditionally, there are two stages in data quality: raw unprofiled data and cleansed data, free of common errors and commonly used for business intelligence (BI). But, companies at the forefront of data-driven decision-making have realized that data quality needs to level up--and this is where ML-ready data comes in.

This post walks through our submission to the recent Kaggle competition: RSNA-MICCAI Brain Tumor Radiogenomic Classification, which aims at brain tumor detection from 3D MRI scans. I briefly describe the competition and provide data. Later I design a simple training workflow building on several well-established frameworks to produce a robust baseline solution. This baseline received a bronze medal on the private leaderboard even though the public leaderboard score was lower! My takeaway is "simple is better than complex" and it's not wise to overfit the public leaderboards. The RSNA-MICCAI Brain Tumor Radiogenomic Classification competition addresses a fundamental medical screening challenge -- detecting a malignant tumor in the brain.

Amazon's property-surveillance company Ring has "recalled" hundreds of thousands of its namesake doorbell video cameras after some caught fire and people were burned. The company said there's only a risk if the wrong screws were used for installation. "Ring has received 85 incident reports of incorrect doorbell screws installed, with 23 of those doorbells igniting, resulting in minor property damage," the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission said in an advisory. "The firm has received eight reports of minor burns." Ring said in its own advisory that if the doorbell is installed correctly, "there is no risk to consumers or potential hazard." Though classified by Ring and the commission as a "recall," the problem with the 2nd Generation devices, model number 5UM5E5, should be addressed via re-installation, the company and commission said.

If you recently purchased a Ring Video Doorbell, take note. About 350,000 of the smart video doorbells are being recalled for potential fire and burn risks. The recall is for the second generation of the smart doorbell cameras, which is model number 5UM5E5, according to a recall notice posted Tuesday on the Consumer Product Safety Commission website. "The video doorbell's battery can overheat when the incorrect screws are used for installation, posing fire and burn hazards," the notice says. The affected doorbells were sold at electronics and home goods stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com and Ring.com between June and October 2020 for approximately $100.

Bronze is built for precisely for these "non-static, generative and augmented" compositions, using machine learning to expand on the artist's core ideas. It's also a music format that will let artists release these AI tunes to the public. Arca isn't the first well-known artist to make use of AI for a big project in 2019. Holly Herndon, for instance, created her album Proto by teaching an AI (Spawn) to collaborate. Meanwhile, companies like Sony are experimenting with AI to produce drum tracks.

The band Sigur Rós has produced a 24-hour televised journey around the entire Icelandic coast, set to an evolving version of a single song generated using artificial intelligence developed at Goldsmiths. In 2011 Dr Mick Grierson from the Department of Computing created the commercial music format, BRONZE, which manipulates and transforms every aspect of a track to create a unique version on each listen, while the song remains recognisable to the listener. Music is no longer static, but producers and composers can create subtly different mixes with each play, while still retaining the quality and balance of the original mix. From 20-21 June, the experimental Icelandic post-rock act unveiled their film Route One live on Iceland's National Television – and streamed globally via YouTube – with a constantly evolving soundtrack based around elements of their new song Óveður. The individual musical elements of the unreleased song, and current Sigur Rós festival set opener, were seeded through evolving music program BRONZE to create a unique ephemeral sonic experience.