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Boston Dynamics has integrated Google DeepMind into its robotic dog Spot, giving it more autonomous reasoning for industrial inspections like spotting spills and reading gauges. Spot can also now recognize when to call on other AI tools. IEEE Spectrum reports: Boston Dynamics is one of the few companies to commercially deploy legged robots at any appreciable scale; there are now several thousand hard at work. Today the company is announcing that its quadruped robot Spot is now equipped with Google DeepMind'
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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While we still don't know for certain when Landman season 3 will be released on Paramount+, we do have an new update from its director that confirms a working release date theory. Read more ›
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Security researcher says that Google is likely in violation of EU law and wasting thousands upon thousands of kilowatts. Read more ›
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Coinbase's CEO says the company wants "player-coaches" not "pure managers." Should managers should just manage — or take on other work, too? Read more ›
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A Ukrainian pilot in the early stages of F-16 training told Business Insider that this practice is "really important." Read more ›
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Такой вопрос поступил от одного из подписчиков моего канала в телеграме. Встреча, на которой дал ответ уже прошла, а здесь размешаю ответ в виде статьи, в которой рассмотрим один конкретный путь, по которому системы приходят к тому, что лояльность начинает вытеснять компетентность, постепенно и почти незаметно. Читать далее Read more ›
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I feel about luggage carousels the same way I feel about head lice: avoid at all costs. These are the best carry-on suitcases for those who never want to check a bag again. Read more ›
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Denmark's Energinet grid operator has pressed pause on new connection requests in the country as potential new data centers and other installations put total demands of up to 60 GW on its docket. Read more ›
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Image details : Pictured at Queen’s Computer Science building for the STEM Passport launch are Professor Margaret Topping and Dr Ryan Feeney (Queen’s University, Belfast); Dr Gemma Irvine and Isabel Meza (Maynooth University); Professor Helen McCarthy (Northern Ireland Executive Office); and St Louise’s pupils Aoife Clarke and Odhran Sullivan with the school’s Head of Technology […] Read more ›
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Форк репозитория — операция настолько привычная, что на нее редко смотрят с подозрением. Но что, если через обычный форк можно запустить произвольный код на CI/CD-воркере чужой приватной компании? Именно такую цепочку мы обнаружили в GitFlic — отечественной платформе для совместной разработки ПО и хранения исходного кода от компании «РеСолют». GitFlic во многом похож на GitLab — что логично, ведь создавался как его альтернатива. И получилось у разработчиков сносно: если вы... Read more ›
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Bitcoin climbed toward $82,000 alongside a more than 1% rise in Nasdaq futures amid reports of progress toward a U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding. Read more ›
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The stable update brings Galaxy AI enhancements and smarter Bixby features to the S25 FE, Z Fold 7, and Z Flip 7. Read more ›
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LLM пока не может хорошо обращаться с Е2Е автотестами потому что для этого нужно провести целый комплекс мероприятий. Сложность возникает уже на этапе запуска такого автотеста. В отличии от юнит автотестов, Е2Е автотесты почти всегда PageObject и целый проект со своей архитектурой на базе Selenium Appium Espresso и тд. Читать далее Read more ›
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Apple’s long-delayed Siri upgrade is no longer just an embarrassing AI setback, as the company has agreed to a very real, very hefty settlement. The company is paying $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it misled iPhone buyers in the US about the AI-powered Siri features announced as part of Apple Intelligence. According […] Read more ›
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Обсидиан называют «вторым мозгом». Чтобы он им стал, одних связей недостаточно — нужна память.Я сделал плагин интервального повторения на современном алгоритме FSRS. Он запоминает что и когда вы учили, предсказывает что вы вот-вот забудете, и показывает какая тема даётся тяжелее всего. Все данные хранятся локально в ваших .md файлах — ничего не уходит на сервера. Читать далее Read more ›
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GameStop is seeking a disciplined operator to handle "personal and household" matters for CEO Ryan Cohen. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted a quick review of three experimental psychedelic drugs meant to treat major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. It's the latest move by the Trump administration signaling a shift in policy toward treatments that also give users a high -- coming a day after the Justice Department said it would ease restrictions on state-licensed... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo's Haneda Airport -- part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers have surged in recent years. The demonstration, set to launch in May 2026, could eventually test humanoid robots in a wide range of airport tasks, including cleaning... Read more ›
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Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: Federal survey data shows that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining for the past decade. Some educators and parents say this is a good thing -- students shouldn't spend six or more hours a day at school and still have additional schoolwork to complete at home. But the research on homework... Read more ›
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Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub's frequent outages have made it "no longer a place for serious work," prompting him to move his Ghostty terminal emulator project elsewhere after 18 years on the platform. The Register reports: "I've been angry about it. I've hurt people's feelings. I've been lashing out. Because GitHub is failing me, every single day, and it is personal. It is irrationally personal," he wrote. The reason... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A controversial bill in Colorado that would have undone some repair protections in the state has failed. The bill had been the target of right-to-repair advocates, who saw it as a bellwether for how tech companies might try to undo repair legislation more broadly in the US. Colorado's landmark 2024 repair law, the Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment, went into... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 writes: California's long-delayed high-speed rail project is now facing renewed scrutiny after state leaders revealed a dramatically higher price tag, now estimated at roughly $231 billion, nearly seven times the original $33 billion projection approved by voters in 2008. The revised figures have reignited talks in Sacramento over whether the project can realistically be completed, how long it will take, and whether the state can continue... Read more ›
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MacRumors reports that Apple has effectively paused work on Vision Pro after the M5 refresh failed to revive demand. The team has reportedly been reassigned and the company is now shifting focus toward smart glasses instead. From the report: The Vision Pro has been criticized for its high price tag and its uncomfortable weight. The device is over 1.3 pounds, and even with the more comfortable Dual Knit Band that... Read more ›
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Joby Aviation has completed demonstration flights of its electric air taxi over New York City, testing real routes between JFK and Manhattan helipads as it prepares for a future commercial service. The company says its eVTOL could turn a 60- to 120-minute airport trip into a flight of under 10 minutes, though commercial launch still depends on FAA certification. Electrive reports: To launch operations in New York City, Joby acquired... Read more ›
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Canonical's plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has sparked pushback from users who are concerned it could follow Windows 11's AI-heavy direction. "After Canonical's announcement earlier this week that it's bringing AI features to Ubuntu, replies included requests for an AI 'kill switch' or a way to disable the upcoming features," reports The Verge. Canonical says it has no plans for a "global AI kill switch" but it will... Read more ›
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A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried's request for a new trial, calling his claims of DOJ witness intimidation "wildly conspiratorial" and unsupported by the record. Judge Lewis Kaplan said (PDF) the FTX founder's motion appeared tied to a pre-indictment plan to recast himself as a Republican victim of Biden's DOJ in hopes of gaining sympathy, leniency, or even a Trump pardon. Ars Technica reports: Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years... Read more ›
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