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To train artificial intelligence–powered robots to pick a book off a shelf a decade ago, researchers had to direct the robots to perform the task roughly 500 times before the robots learned to imitate the motion, recalls Brad Porter, founder and CEO of Collaborative Robotics, which is developing robots to work in hospitals and warehouses. These days the robots can successfully grab a book after only 20 trials—which is “much easier to get an intern to do,” he said.
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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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A few days ago, Google announced Gemini Intelligence, which seems to be more than just a rebranding effort. It’s actually an impressive set of features that, among other things, can automate multi-step tasks and execute them entirely in the background on its own, including things like sourcing and transforming information and interacting with various apps and websites autonomously on your behalf. There is even a “Rambler” component coming to Gboard... Read more ›
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The GameSir G8+ MFi is a USB-C mobile controller with official Apple certification, Hall effect thumbsticks and triggers, swappable components, and vibration motors. Read more ›
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A WWII plane crashed into the ice decades ago and was recovered. After a lot of work and restoration, it was once again able to take to the skies. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek: A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it's redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers, and they have less than a year to find a new power source. It's one of the starkest examples yet of the AI boom's impact on everyday Americans... NV Energy needs the capacity for data centers being built by Google, Apple, and... Read more ›
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Microsoft and G42 data center plans in Kenya face power capacity constraints as the national grid struggles with electricity demand requirements Read more ›
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Discovery Station has become one of my new favorite tools to discover new artists and genres in Apple Music. Read more ›
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I've scoured the internet to find the perfect gift options for every budget. Read more ›
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Give your home security a checkup with these tricks to keep away trouble before it happens. Read more ›
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Think the Harley-Davidson Milwaukee-Eight is the king of the road? Discover the four incredibly powerful V-twin engines that leave it in the dust. Read more ›
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The rapid construction of AI data centers has angered local residents, and they have every right to be angry. Read more ›
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The Trump Mobile T1, which was supposed to launch in 2025, may actually be a modified version of a 2024 phone. Read more ›
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This is a rather interesting development for sure, but for whatever reason, Samsung has already shipped an update containing Android’s May security patches to the Galaxy A55 and is now doing the same for the Galaxy A54. Meanwhile, this author’s personal Galaxy S26 Ultra is still running patches from April 5 as of writing this article. We snooped around in the changelog for the update just out of curiosity. Perhaps... Read more ›
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Disney recently celebrated its 'Week of Wishes' with Make-A-Wish, including a rare behind-the-scenes visit to Imagineering for Eli, a 12-year-old robotics fan who explored how Imagineers use robotics, animatronics, reinforcement learning, and immersive systems for storytelling. Read more ›
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Is your kitchen's most essential appliance a ticking time bomb? Discover the average lifespan of a fridge and the signs it's about to cost you thousands. Read more ›
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Google has previewed the Pause Point feature coming our way with Android 17, and I like the look of it. Read more ›
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With enterprise AI adoption on the rise, OpenAI is keen to step in and help your workers and business grow. Read more ›
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Tech companies from Spotify to Uber to Airbnb told investors on their March-quarter earnings calls that AI was making their workers more productive, allowing them to ship more code and handle more customers with the same or fewer employees. Many companies are seeing profit margin improvement as AI is helping them do more while holding their headcount steady or in some cases allowing them to cut jobs. But some companies... Read more ›
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How many AI chip designers can the public market support? We’ll get a sense of that on Thursday when Cerebras Systems, the biggest of a new generation of chip designers dedicated to AI, is expected to go public at a valuation of $35 billion. If it follows the pattern of other AI-related IPOs, such as cloud firm CoreWeave, Cerebras will be a big hit. CoreWeave went public a year ago... Read more ›
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Chinese social media giant Kuaishou Technology is planning to spin off its Kling AI video business ahead of an initial public offering next year, in an attempt to capitalize on investors’ appetite for AI stocks, according to two people with knowledge of the plans. Kuaishou has held talks with potential investors for a pre-IPO funding round that values Kling at $20 billion, the two people said. Kling develops AI video... Read more ›
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Uber promoted its Chief Marketing Officer Jill Hazelbaker to president and chief corporate affairs officer, adding human resources, real estate and safety to her remit. Hazelbaker is a veteran technology communications and public policy leader who worked at Google and Snap before joining Uber in ... Read more ›
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Google recently observed hackers using AI models to find a previously undiscovered security flaw, the company said on Monday. The hacker planned to use the flaw for a “mass exploitation event,” but Google security researchers believe they successfully warded off the attack after noticing the ... Read more ›
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As access to Nvidia AI chips become more elusive, major developers such OpenAI and Meta Platforms are diversifying their sources of computing power, including by striking deals to use a variety of AI server chips. But making that approach work is not a cinch. The AI labs need to tailor the code that trains and runs their models to each type of chip they use. It turns out there are... Read more ›
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AI chip designer Cerebras Systems raised its preliminary IPO pricing range to between $150 and $160 a share, from between $115 and $125, in a sign that investor demand for the company is strong. At the new pricing range, Cerebras would raise about $4.5 billion. It would also value Cerebras at ... Read more ›
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Critics of the AI build-out are picking the wrong fight when they attack data centers for their water use. But they are right when they say the digital economy is getting thirstier and the tech industry should answer for it.The whole AI supply chain is water intensive, and reducing use in one place can increase it elsewhere. New research shows chip factories and power plants use considerably more water than... Read more ›
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OpenAI on Monday announced its $10 billion private-equity joint venture called the OpenAI Deployment Company, which aims to help businesses deploy and integrate AI into their operations. As part of the new company, OpenAI also announced it had bought Tomoro, an AI consulting and engineering ... Read more ›
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Satisfying AI’s ravenous appetite for power and compute has kicked off a once-in-a-generation infrastructure expansion that is also one of the most expensive in modern history. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has estimated a single gigawatt of capacity can cost as much as $50 billion. With McKinsey projecting data center demand could reach 156 GW by 2030, the total investment required could approach $7 trillion. While the need for graphics processing... Read more ›
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