Google adds more AI tools to its Workspace productivity apps
Google expanded Gemini’s features, adding the popular podcast-style feature Audio Overviews to the platform.Read More
The Best N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks (2025)
Wildfire season is coming. Here are the best disposable face coverings we’ve tested—and where you can find them.
Engineering a robot that can jump 10 feet high — without legs
Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can leap 10 feet high even though it doesn’t have legs. The researchers made it after watching high-speed video of nematodes …
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Touch meets tech: AI brings tactile textures to 3D-printed objects
Essential for many industries ranging from Hollywood computer-generated imagery to product design, 3D modeling tools often use text or image prompts to dictate different aspects of visual appearance, like color and form. As much as this makes sense as a first point of contact, these systems are still limited in their realism due to their …
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More accurate coding: Researchers adapt Sequential Monte Carlo for AI-generated code
Researchers from MIT, Yale, McGill University and others found that adapting the Sequential Monte Carlo algorithm can make AI-generated code better.Read More
After Tesla’s Earnings Slide, Pressure’s On for Cybercab
The future of Elon Musk’s electric car company is murky. It may rest on Tesla’s forthcoming self-driving taxi service, which Musk says will launch this summer.
Robot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-to videos
Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence — called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) — that allows robots to learn tasks by watching a single how-to video.
Robot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-to videos
Cornell University researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence—called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution)—that allows robots to learn tasks by watching a single how-to video.
Watch: Google DeepMind CEO and AI Nobel winner Demis Hassabis on CBS’ ’60 Minutes’
The segment ended with a meditation on the future: a world where AI tools could transform almost every human endeavor.Read More
The ACLU Is Suing the Government to Get Access to DOGE Records
The ACLU claims the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration have violated the Freedom of Information Act.