These robot dogs paint and fetch up to $40K for their art
Agnieszka Pilat is not your typical artist. She doesn’t use brushes, pencils or even her own hands to create her artwork. Instead, she uses robots — specifically, robot dogs made by...
Google cites ‘durable cost savings’ as 2024 goal amid layoffs
Google boss Sundar Pichai identified “durable cost savings” among the tech giant’s key goals in 2024 – even after the company spooked some employees by teeing up renewed rounds of...
Elon Musk expects 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth by 2040s
Billionaire Elon Musk took to social media to express his agreement with a fellow tech leader’s prediction that there will be about 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth in two decades....
Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It
In 2017, detectives at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department working a cold case got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the...
AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Many years before ChatGPT was released, my research group, the University of Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory, wondered whether it was possible to have neural networks generate misinformation. To achieve this,...
Self-made millionaire shares 4 secrets to his success
Who wants to be a millionaire? A New Yorker is sharing his four secrets to success — perseverance, endless curiosity, innovation, and balance — after inventing an app at just...
Can other tech companies catch up to NVIDIA in the AI age?
AI, or artificial intelligence, has taken the world by storm since the launch of Chat GPT in late 2022 — shaking the windows and rattling the walls of every institution,...
Apple AirPods Max can cause ear infections, users allege
Those headphones you love could be hazardous to your health. The popularity of Apple’s AirPods Max reached fever pitch in 2023, with celebrities and internet personalities alike conspicuously toting the...
Mark Zuckerberg blasted as ‘irresponsible’ over AI plans
Artificial intelligence experts are raising alarms after Mark Zuckerberg said Meta plans to make advanced AI tools “widely available” to the public – despite warnings they could eventually pose a...
Tesla ditched by SIXT in favor of Jeeps, Chryslers, Dodges
Car rental giant SIXT announced plans to buy as many as 250,000 Stellantis electric vehicles — a month after informing customers that it was dropping Teslas from its EV fleet....
How satellite images and AI could help fight spatial apartheid in South Africa
Raesetje Sefala grew up sharing a bedroom with her six siblings in a cramped township in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The township’s inhabitants, predominantly Black people, had inadequate...
Tesla owner prepares seafood boil inside car, shocking viewers
Throw some shrimp on the grille. An influencer is sparking a stir online by posting a video of herself preparing an elaborate seafood boil with an electric cooker inside her...
EU regulators plan to block Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition: report
The European Union’s competition watchdog plans to block Amazon’s $1.7 billion deal for robot vacuum maker iRobot, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the Roomba vacuum...
Trump’s Iowa victory may derail Melissa Holyoak’s FTC bid
Melissa Holyoak’s already troubled bid for a seat at the Federal Trade Commission may get even more complicated following Donald Trump’s big win in Iowa, sources told On The Money....
Hack for hands-free phone holder while flying is called ‘rude’
She’s in the hot seat. Danish lifestyle content creator Ida Augusta has shared a travel hack that allows flyers to use their phones hands-free — but the tip isn’t sitting...
