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Construction is a tough job, and in Europe there is a chronic shortage of workers to build the homes, schools, and roads we use every single day. So why not get a robot to do the hard work so we don’t have to? That’s exactly what researchers at ETH Zurich’s Robotic Systems Lab in Switzerland are working on. They’ve trained an autonomous excavator to construct stone walls using boulders weighing several tonnes — without any human interference. In the machine’s first assignment, it built a six metre-high and
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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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The Ring 4 is still at a very low price in the UK, even after the rest of the Prime Day deals have finished. Read more ›
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I made international friends on solo trips, and recently returned to Europe to see them. The visit taught me the value of long-distance friendships. Read more ›
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Привет, Хабр. Мы уже показывали токенизаторы для изображений и видео, рассказывали про обновление видеомоделей KVAE-2.0, а теперь закрываем третью модальность — публикуем KVAE-Audio, непрерывный полнодиапазонный (48 кГц) токенизатор для звука. По результатам тестов наш VAE (вариационный автоэнкодер, Variational Autoencoder) показывает лучшее качество генераций в задаче text-to-audio (генерирование звука по текстовому описанию) в общем домене, при этом не отставая в качестве реконструкций от моделей конкурен Read more ›
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WhatsApp is tightening the screws on its privacy with the announcement of usernames. Read more ›
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Best Western's parent group is about 10% smaller by room count than it was in 2019. CEO Larry Cuculic says he's changing that, partly by adding upmarket brands. Read more ›
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T-Mobile notified long-time customers today that they were being forced off of their plans and onto plans that could increase prices by as much as $6 per line per month. As you can imagine, the news isn’t being taken positively. According to early reports, we’re seeing the majority of customers on either Magenta or ONE... Read the original post: T-Mobile Forces Customers Off Their Plans and Increases Prices Read more ›
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Rollable-screen smartphones have been a dream for years, and yet we still don’t have any to buy. That might change in a couple of years or so, if a new report from Korea is to be believed. According to unnamed industry sources, Samsung Display wants to be the king of the rollable screen market, as it's feeling a lot of pressure from Chinese display panel makers in the foldable space.... Read more ›
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Josie Porter has a formula that turns her breakfast of oats, yogurt, and high-fiber toppings into healthier versions of her favorite desserts, like sticky toffee pudding and banana break. Read more ›
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The 23-year-old founder of Emagen AI argues the entire agent industry is optimizing the wrong unit. His answer is an operating system where AI drives the work and calls on humans, not the other way around. Every week, another AI agent startup launches. They write code, draft emails, generate slides, analyze data. Each one promises […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The premise of the Republican Party’s lawsuit in Watson v. Republican National Committee is that three 19th-century federal laws require thousands of lawfully cast ballots to be tossed in the trash — and somehow no one noticed this fact for the better part of two centuries. In a nonpartisan judiciary, the case would have never […] Read more ›
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Самый дорогой сотрудник для компании — тот, который уже найден, но еще не может приступить к работе.Каждый час между принятием решения о найме и фактическим выходом сотрудника означает потерянное рабочее время, дополнительную нагрузку на HR и задержку бизнес-процессов.И хотя кадровый документооборот давно стал электронным, само оформление сотрудников редко можно назвать быстрым. Причина проста — документы по-прежнему приходится получать, проверять, сопоставлять и переносить в корпоративные системы.В итоге д Read more ›
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Александр Либкинд, руководитель направления развития сервисов управления затратами и эксперт Практики FinOps, поделился материалом о том, почему ручная инвентаризация инфраструктуры редко приводит к устойчивой экономии и как перейти от разовых проверок к управляемой модели.Поводом могут быть GPU-инстансы, тестовые окружения, неиспользуемые диски, свободные IP-адреса или любые другие ресурсы, которые продолжают потреблять бюджет после завершения задачи. Но проблема почти всегда шире, чем один тип инфраструкт Read more ›
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Когда эти смешные (на наш взгляд) девушки отошли от нашего стенда, соседи по выставке сразу начали говорить, как нам повезло. Искать прямые пути инвестиций... Read more ›
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Очевидный путь для бота поддержки на LLM — слать в модель каждый вопрос вместе с куском базы знаний. На демо работает, в проде разваливается: галлюцинации, путаница в похожих сценариях и счёт за каждое «здравствуйте». Рассказываю, как я перевернул схему — вопрос доходит до нейросети в последнюю очередь, а не в первую, — и почему гибридный конвейер из детерминированных слоёв оказался стабильнее «чистого» RAG. Читать далее Read more ›
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Kazakhstan’s Alem Capital Management has anchored a regional venture capital fund backing technology startups across Central Asia and the Caucasus, marking the fund-of-funds manager’s first publicly disclosed investment in the region’s startup ecosystem. Alem participated in the $25 million final close of Sturgeon Capital’s Emerging Opportunities II fund, joining existing and new investors including the […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The AI-driven memory shortage has now reached the oldest DRAM standard still in production. DDR2 contract prices rose 55 to 60 percent in the second quarter of 2026, according to Taiwanese market intelligence firm TrendForce, with a further 35 to 40 percent increase forecast for the third quarter. The price surge is being driven by […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Cybersecurity researchers have identified nearly 7,000 fraudulent Amazon-themed domains registered in the six months leading up to Prime Day 2026, which begins on 23 June. Check Point Research tracked 6,843 new domains created between December 2025 and May 2026, with registrations peaking at 1,446 in April and remaining elevated at 1,267 in May. Of the […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Google is investing roughly $75 million in A24, the independent studio behind recent hits including Backrooms and Obsession, as part of a new AI research partnership between the studio and Google DeepMind. The deal, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, marks Google’s first equity stake in a film studio. The partnership gives A24 filmmakers […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Bending Spoons, the Italian software company that acquires and restructures digital businesses, is seeking to raise as much as $1.62 billion in its US initial public offering, Reuters reported on Monday. The company plans to market 58 million shares at $26 to $28 each, with an early-July debut on the Nasdaq under the ticker BSP. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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A 76-year-old Texas woman died on Friday after a Tesla Model 3 driver told police he was using the car’s Autopilot feature when he lost control and crashed into her family’s home at high speed. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Michael Butler said an automated driving assistance system was engaged at the time […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Lovable CEO Anton Osika says European AI startups do not have a talent shortage, they have a confidence deficit. In a post on X over the weekend, Osika argued that founders were repeatedly told to move to San Francisco if they wanted to build a serious AI company, but that the real barrier was never […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Robot.com, the San Francisco startup formerly known as Kiwibot, is expanding from campus delivery robots into workplace humanoids. The company told Business Insider it will launch R-noid, a humanoid on wheels designed to package orders, load and unload boxes, and prep workstations across food service, logistics, and healthcare facilities. CEO Felipe Chavez said the pivot […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Anthropic has updated its privacy policy to allow the company to require some Claude users to upload government-issued identification and submit selfie photos or videos for identity verification. The updated policy, which takes effect on July 8, introduces a new category of personal data collection that includes facial geometry templates, a data type that may […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi-language support, the company’s first move to bring its generative AI assistant to a non-Western-language market. The company sent emails to select Indian customers inviting them to join a beta-testing programme, according to TechCrunch, which viewed the invitations. The emails asked users to fill out a form in […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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