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Vulcan device ‘capable of grabbing three-quarters of items in warehouses’ fuels fears of mass job lossesAmazon said it has made a “fundamental leap forward in robotics” after developing a robot with a sense of touch that will be capable of grabbing about three-quarters of the items in its vast warehouses.Vulcan – which launches at the US firm’s “Delivering the Future” event in Dortmund, Germany, on Wednesday and is to...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?At 3.12pm on a sunny spring afternoon in St Albans, Yasser Afghen reaches for the iPhone in his jeans pocket, hoping to use the three minutes before his son emerges from his year 1 primary class to...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:In this digital age, social media platforms have become more than just a source of entertainment; they’ve become integral to the daily…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Bryan Johnson wants to start a new religion in which “the body is God” Bryan Johnson is on a mission to not die. The 47-year-old multimillionaire has already applied his slogan “Don’t Die”…
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Arcade Crew/Sleepy Mill Studio; PCBuild a card deck of landscape features; organise your territory on a Tetris-like playfield; battle enemies and bosses to progress. It might sound complicated, but this is an ingenious experiment in game design by combinationThe indie video game scene is currently dominated by two unassailable genre titans: the rogue-like and the deck-builder. The first is a type of action adventure in...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Most of the apple juice Americans drink is imported, with a large share coming from China. Experts say families should expect to start paying higher prices for the beloved beverage.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Products made in space—and used on Earth—could be a reality in the coming years.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:On Thursday I watched Daniela Rus, one of the world’s top experts on AI-powered robots, address a packed room at a Boston robotics expo. Rus spent a portion of her talk busting the notion that giant fleets of humanoids are already making themselves useful in manufacturing and warehouses around the world. That might come as…
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:“I feel like a time is coming when AI will help people connect more deeply.”Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:The world of AI is evolving at an incredible pace. What was once confined to research labs and academic papers is now actively reshaping…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:In the era of AI-driven automation, teams of specialized AI agents can tackle complex projects by collaborating via modular workflows.Continue reading on Towards AI »
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Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:In an era where artificial intelligence influences nearly every corner of society—from the headlines we read to the decisions that…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Ever got a 2 a.m. alert that your Kubernetes app is down? You’re digging through logs, heart racing, while users complain. Your Solution isContinue reading on devdotcom »
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Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:The startup behind ChatGPT is going to remain in nonprofit control, but it still needs regulatory approval.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:CEO, Sam Altman, says decision to backtrack was made ‘after hearing from civic leaders’ and state attorneys generalOpenAI has reversed course in the process of transforming into a for-profit entity, announcing on Monday that its non-profit arm would continue to control the business that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) products. Previously, the company had sought more independence for its for-profit...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:The fast-fashion giant launched an elaborate PR campaign in Washington, hiring at least three high-ranking Trump officials. But it wasn’t enough to save Shein from Trump’s tariffs.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:The billionaire fired thousands of workers, but savings are minimal and offset by degradation of services, critics sayAs Elon Musk steps back from his role heading the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), many experts on government operations complain that Doge has done nothing to improve the quality of services the government provides to the American people.“Doge is not offering any solid claims...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Forget Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of VR meetings; the industrial metaverse bridges digital and physical worlds in a way that’s actually useful.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:We gave you gardening tips, a spring fashion edit, the ultimate guide to anti-ageing and more. Here are the picks that inspired you most in AprilThe year always seems to pick up pace in spring, with the big house and garden tidy-up becoming all-consuming. The early spring sunshine has been wonderful (for those of us lucky enough to have seen some), though it does accelerate the pressure to ready your garden for the...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Bryan Johnson is on a mission to not die. The 47-year-old multimillionaire has already applied his slogan “Don’t Die” to events, merchandise, and a Netflix documentary. Now he’s founding a Don’t Die religion. Johnson, who famously spends millions of dollars on scans, tests, supplements, and a lifestyle routine designed to slow or reverse the aging…
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:MongoDB is a widely-used, open-source NoSQL database that stores data in flexible, JSON-like documents. This schema-less design allows…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Let’s be honest. Most ChatGPTs are either too generic, too slow, or require you to engineer your prompts like you’re building a nuclear…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Every day, members dig deep into their sick and twisted minds to unearth linguistic miracles. It’s both delightful and derangedRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesI remember exactly where I was when I found it. At uni. In a cavernous lecture hall. Slouched in a vaguely uncomfortable seat. Ping. A notification on Messenger. “Lol at this,” wrote my bestie from 14km away, accumulating student debt and little else. I...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Every day, members dig deep into their sick and twisted minds to unearth linguistic miracles. It’s both delightful and derangedRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesI remember exactly where I was when I found it. At uni. In a cavernous lecture hall. Slouched in a vaguely uncomfortable seat. Ping. A notification on Messenger. “Lol at this,” wrote my bestie from 14km away, accumulating student debt and little else. I...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Experts say online retailer has ethical responsibility to guard against chatbot-generated work on sensitive topicsAmazon is selling books marketed at people seeking techniques to manage their ADHD that claim to offer expert advice yet appear to be authored by a chatbot such as ChatGPT.Amazon’s marketplace has been deluged with works produced by artificial intelligence that are easy and cheap to publish but include...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:The end of civilisation might look less like a war, and more like a love story. Can we avoid being willing participants in our own downfall?Right now, most big AI labs have a team figuring out ways that rogue AIs might escape supervision, or secretly collude with each other against humans. But there’s a more mundane way we could lose control of civilisation: we might simply become obsolete. This wouldn’t require any...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Cryptocurrency mining facilities can blanket towns with ‘constant’ noise. They’re likely to get louder under TrumpFirst came the dogs’ balding – leathery pink patches on otherwise glossy fur coats.The veterinarian told Shenice Copenhaver it was genetic. But it wasn’t long before one of the hairless puppies began stealing blankets to burrow beneath furniture and hide for long stretches. Continue reading...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:How to beat the scam, from setting up new passwords and telling your bank exactly what you are doing“Hi mum,” the first message starts, “I’ve lost my phone.” It carries on with a tale of woe: for some reason the sender has also been locked out of his or her bank account.Luckily a friend is often on hand to help – it’s their phone that the message comes from, apparently – and if you could just transfer some money to...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Residents – most of them SpaceX workers – in remote Texas community approve plan to create new cityVoters in a small patch of south Texas voted this weekend to give Elon Musk a town to call his own, officially creating a new city called Starbase in the area where Musk’s SpaceX holds rocket launches.A couple of hundred residents of what was previously known as Boca Chica decided to make their unincorporated...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Apple could shuffle around iPhone releases next year.Continue reading on Circuit Daily »
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:In today’s digital age, a resume is not enough. Who you are, what you think, and what field you are an expert in—all this is revealed by…Continue reading on Let’s Code Future »
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:President Donald Trump has ended the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed Temu, Shein, and other online retailers to send packages from China to the US valued under $800 duty-free.
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