Emmy-winning Jessica Gao, who worked on 'Rick and Morty', to write Marvel's 'She-Hulk

Italian laser developer El.En. Group has introduced the first graffiti-busting laser that evaporates the graffiti, without damaging the stone underneath. The lasers strip dirt from everything, from frescoes to statues and bronzes, thus seeking to restore heritage sites around the world. Restorers using the device can take up to 20 minutes to clean 10 square centimetres of wall.

The new Volvo 7900 Electric is much more than just an electric bus. It is the world’s first autonomous electric bus equipped with sensors and navigation controls that are managed by a comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) system. Developed by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Volvo Buses, its AI system is protected with cybersecurity measures to prevent unwanted intrusions.

Digital clothing is the latest phenomenon and Dutch startup The Fabricant has recently set a milestone in the emerging trend. It sold a digital dress, named Iridescence, for $9,500 on the blockchain for the first time. Iridescence was designed using 2D garment patterncutting software and 3D design software, along with film rendering tools, to create the surreal clothing.

Scientists in China have made the world’s fastest camera that is capable of shooting at an incredible four trillion frames per second and capture light. The camera captures frames on light sensors composed of semiconductors. With this technique, the camera could generate a sequence of up to 60 shots at a rate of almost four trillion frames per second. The result might be the most effective slow-motion camera to date.

A black hole isn’t really a hole. It’s an object in space with incredible mass packed into a very small area. We know this, and now we have a picture to support it. A worldwide network of observatories called the Event Horizon Telescope recently captured the firstever picture of a black hole in a galaxy called M87. The supermassive beast lies more than 50 million light-years away and measures 40 billion km across — three million times the size of the Earth.

China’s state media agency Xinhua claims to employ the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) anchor, called ‘English AI Anchor’ that can talk, move, and act like a real human news anchor. ‘He’ learns from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor, the company said.