latest advancements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), including medical breakthroughs, space exploration, and new gadgets and software.
[colabot7] Whether you’re concerned about wildfire smoke from Canada or other pollutants that make the air less breathable, it’s a healthy habit to always check the air quality index on your phone. Yes, it’s one more thing to do as you’re grabbing your keys and rushing out the door, but the knowledge can help you …
[colabot7] Tesla’s new Supercharger strategy allows the company to make money off its competitors’ customers by collecting charging fees from them. (Pricing varies by region, time of day, and whether an EV was made by Tesla, but it generally costs between $10 and $30 to charge up a car.) And if more carmakers follow Ford …
Tesla’s Supercharger Strategy Starts a Winning Streak Read More »
[colabot7] It was the biggest match of Andre Odeku’s career. A week earlier, the 18-year-old forward had been playing in the seventh tier of the English soccer pyramid. Now, he was lining up for Burnley’s Under-23 side in a trial game, with a view to signing for the then-Premier League club’s academy. “Their scouts invited …
This AI Scouting Platform Puts Soccer Talent Spotters Everywhere Read More »
[colabot7] The technology that underpins ChatGPT has the potential to do much more than just talk. Linxi “Jim” Fanan AI researcher at the chipmaker Nvidia, worked with some colleagues to devise a way to set the powerful language model GPT-4—the “brains” behind ChatGPT and a growing number of other apps and services—loose inside the blocky …
They Plugged GPT-4 Into Minecraft—and Unearthed New Potential for AI Read More »
[colabot7] If you’re in the business of selling VR or mixed reality headsets, the time to announce your new product is … now. Especially if you’re Meta. Earlier this morning, the company showed off the Meta Quest 3, which is 40 percent thinner than the previous headset and contains twice the processing power thanks to …
Meta Quest 3 VR Headset: Price, Specs, Release Date Read More »
[colabot7] The idea that machine intelligence will one day take over the world has long been a staple of science fiction. But given the rapid advances in consumer-level artificial intelligence tools, the fear has felt closer to reality these past few months than it ever has before. The generative AI craze has stirred up excitement …
[colabot7] For as big as the cooking industry is, most kitchen-product launches are modest affairs. There might be some trade show hoopla or a video, and lord knows my inbox is full of press releases, but a recent rice cooker event, of all things, stood out for its flashiness. Japanese manufacturer Zojirushi proposed an expense-paid …
[colabot7] “People can also get pretty dehydrated with these medications, because not only do you forget to eat but you also forget to drink,” says Kunal Shah, an assistant professor of endocrinology at Rutgers University who specializes in obesity treatment, referring to Ozempic and Wegovy . Shah says a new pill with a higher dosage …
[colabot7] Humanity has sent its own simple outgoing messages, like Frank Drake’s message from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to the globular cluster M13, which included information about our solar system and DNA, or the Golden Records on the Voyager spacecraft, which include sounds and symbols showing the diversity of life and culture on …
The Race Is On to Crack an Artist’s ‘Test’ Signal From Aliens Read More »
[colabot7] A few weeks after the investigators in Carson published their report, the FDA reinstated its pre-pandemic regulations on hand sanitizer. Now that supply had caught up to demand, the agency said, the relaxed rules were no longer appropriate. Manufacturers were not allowed to sell or donate any sanitizer produced under the rules starting in …
The Explosive Legacy of the Pandemic Hand Sanitizer Boom Read More »
