Rho-alpha is designed to help robots including humanoids become more autonomous. Source: Microsoft
To be useful in more dynamic and less structured environments, robots need artificial intelligence trained on a variety of sensory inputs….
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Africa’s Forests Are No Longer Absorbing Carbon, Scientists Warn
An analysis led by the University of Leicester shows that the African continent lost around 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass each year between 2010 and 2017. New research suggests that Africa’s forests, long seen as a powerful buffer…
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Adobe launches new AI tools for editing PDFs and generating content
- Adobe launches new AI tools for Acrobat users
- Features include PDF editing using natural language
- Turn digital documents into presentations and audio versions
There are some big changes coming to Adobe Acrobat today – and yes, there’s a lot of AI…
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New research suggests people make sense of disturbing places together, not alone
New research shows that visits to prison museums and other dark heritage sites are shaped less by labels, displays or audio guides, and more by how people experience them together. The findings follow a recent project that explored how people…
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Samsung revives its Bixby assistant with an AI brain transplant from Perplexity
- Samsung is revamping Bixby with natural language upgrades and AI-powered context awareness
- The updated Bixby integrates Perplexity for real-time web search directly inside the assistant
- It will roll out publicly with One UI 8.5, starting with the…
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The Incentive Problem in Healthcare and Jacob Fuchs’s Journey to Fix It
As a pharmacist by training and a builder by instinct, Jacob Fuchs, founder of Premier Pharma, approaches healthcare with a systems-level mindset shaped by years of hands-on experience. He has dedicated his work to creating infrastructure that…
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Zillow removed climate risk scores. This climate expert is restoring them.
In this way, climate risk models today are better suited to characterize the “ broad environment of risk,” said Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. “ The more detailed you get…
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Rising house prices are hollowing out the middle class in big cities, according to expert
For years, economists have pointed to technology, globalization, and shifting labor markets as primary factors contributing to economic polarization in the U.S. But a new study highlights another driving force that cuts across regions—the…
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US air strikes damage Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research maths, chemistry buildings
One of Venezuela’s leading institutes for graduate training appears to have sustained severe damage from US air strikes earlier this month. The air strikes were part of efforts to capture Venezuela’s then president, Nicolás Maduro, and his…
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This Amazon deal on one of our top-rated star projectors saves you 39% and is one of its best-ever prices
The recent geomagnetic storm unleashed intense auroral activity, which lit up skies across the Northern Hemisphere, delivering jaw-dropping northern light displays visible across Canada, the U.S., and even as far south as Mexico.
If you’ve been…
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