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Wednesday April 2, 2025. 10:05 PM
Look, we get why Spielberg's beloved alien puppet is a piece of cinema history heading to Sotheby's auction block for an eye-watering $900,000. But holy mother of Reese's Pieces, have you seen this thing? The three-foot nightmare fuel was used in that famous scene where E.T. ...
Google DeepMind has unveiled its new family of AI Gemini 2.0 models designed for multimodal robots. To prove just how far these robots have come, DeepMind put them to the test: One robot grabbed a ball, took aim, and performed a slam dunk into a basketball hoop —...
The BBC's story about Tesla's sales figures doesn't mince words. They have 'plummeted,' writes Lily Jamali, to the level they were at three years ago, even as sales of electric vehicles from other automakers are growing. The funny part is that the BBC put the word...
Artificial intelligence and robotics are rapidly transforming the landscape of modern home appliances, with tech giants Apple and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics leading the charge. Apple Home brings AI-powered vacuum control to iOS 18.4 With the release of iOS 18.4,...
Microsoft is pushing businesses to shift away from perpetual Office licenses to Microsoft 365 subscriptions, citing collaboration limitations and rising IT costs associated with standalone software. 'You may have started noticing limitations,' Microsoft says in a post. 'Your ...
'DO NOT EAT.' No matter how tempting you may find that little white packet at the bottom of your beef jerky package, it is not for human consumption. Silica gel packets are filled with tiny beads of silicon dioxide, which is the same basic material found in sand—just...
Bosses say theft now the name of the game with a shift in tactics, apparent branding Big-game ransomware crew Hunters International says its criminal undertaking has become 'unpromising, low-converting, and extremely risky,' and it is mulling shifting tactics amid an...
US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order this week creating the US Investment Accelerator office to oversee the CHIPS and Science Act, a Biden-era program to re-shore semiconductor production. According to a White House statement, the new entity’s mission...
The FBI searched two homes of Indiana University Bloomington data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang last week, following months of university inquiries into whether he received unreported research funding from China, WIRED reported Wednesday. Wang, who leads the Center for...
TL;DR: This sleek KeySmart® SmartCard is a tracker that improves upon the Apple AirTag, and a three-pack is on sale now for just $89.99 (reg. $119.97). Ever tried to fit an AirTag in your wallet? How about in your passport? Apple's tracker is great until it needs to fit...
A group of scammers in Turkey's Tunceli region allegedly defrauded citizens out of $1.32 million in an elaborate scam involving fake ancient treasure maps. The suspects apparently traveled to villages giving out the maps and encouraged citizens to search for the treasures. —...
An AI system has for the first time figured out how to collect diamonds in the hugely popular video game Minecraft -- a difficult task requiring multiple steps -- without being shown how to play. Its creators say the system, called Dreamer, is a step towards machines that...
An Illinois high school teacher was charged with felony sexual assualt on a 15-year-old student last month, and police bodycam footage of her arrest has just been released. The video shows 30-year-old Christina Formella, a special education teacher and soccer coach at...
Scientists are on the verge of achieving what's eluded them for 25 years: creating a working computer simulation of the simplest brain we know — that of a tiny worm with just 300 neurons. As reported by Michael Skuhersky in Asterisk Magazine, researchers have repeatedly...
CEO hails 'transformative year' as IPO puts 'puter maker on the big board Updated Raspberry Pi hasn't felt the sting of US tariffs yet, and having its boards built outside China might give it an edge over rivals, analysts reckon.…
AI video startup Runway has announced a new, more advanced AI video generation model, which the company is calling Gen-4. With this model, Runway hopes to solve several of the most difficult challenges that plague AI video generation. The company’s announcement describes...
A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years.
When Jake Eaton was a teenager, he was driven to the brink of insanity by the way his father's jaw popped when the family was at the dinner table. Eaton didn't know it at the time, but has a condition called misophonia, where everyday sounds can trigger intense distress. —...
Saying that calibre is ebook-management software undersells the application by a fair margin. Calibre is an open-source Swiss Army knife for ebooks that can be used for everything from creating ebooks, converting ebooks from obscure formats to modern formats like EPUB, to...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of TikTok, the popular video app, as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the United States, according to three people familiar with the ...
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