'Pokemon Go' Players Unknowingly Trained Delivery Robots With 30 Billion Images More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial, part of the team behind Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, a company that makes short-distance delivery robots for food and groceries. Soon, those robot couriers will scoot arou… Apple hosts 50th anniversary celebrations around the world Apple kicked off celebrations in New York for its 50th anniversary and will continue commemorating the milestone throughout the month. These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high There is an Israeli military strategy called the “fog procedure”. First used during the second intifada, it’s an unofficial rule that requires soldiers guarding military posts in conditions of low visibility to shoot bursts of gunfire i… SEC eyes shift to twice-yearly earnings reports The SEC is working on a proposal to allow public companies to release earnings reports twice a year instead of quarterly, per the WSJ. MLB test of robot umpires for checked swing calls moving up to Triple-A Major League Baseball’s experiment of a robot umpire technology system allowing challenges to checked swing calls is moving from Class A to Triple-A UConn student from Iran shares hopes for home country amid conflict Sadaf Zarei, a UConn international student from Iran, discusses the plight of Iranian women's soccer players and the oppressive conditions in her home country on 'Fox & Friends.' Nvidia calls DLSS 5 the ‘GPT moment’ for graphics in PC games We’ve only just gotten some of the headline features of DLSS 4.5 , and now Nvidia has announced the next version. At its self-branded GPU Technology Conference in California, Nvidia revealed DLSS 5. The headline feature is “3D-Guided Neural Rendering.” And based on CEO Jensen Huang’s brief presentation during the keynote, it looks like it’s an “AI” filter. Huang seemed to blast through the DLSS 5… Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating Moment-based code to the new Temporal API. The Live Nation trial restarts with a 'velvet hammer' After a chaotic week following the Justice Department's mid-trial settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, the antitrust trial picked back up surprisingly smoothly on Monday - this time, with dozens of states leading the case. This isn't the outcome the states originally wanted. Out of concerns about being able to effectively take over the case and fear […] |
Startups accuse Microsoft of ‘billing trap’ in Azure AI Foundry after unexpected charges A growing number of startup founders are raising concerns about unexpected charges incurred while experimenting with AI models through Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry platform, turning what began as an isolated complaint into a broader debate over billing transparency. At least 20 participants in the Microsoft for Startups program have signed a Change.org petition calling on Microsoft CEO Satya Nade… Apple Launches AirPods Max 2 With Better ANC, Live Translation Apple has quietly announced the AirPods Max 2, featuring improved active noise cancellation, an H2 chip, and new features like adaptive audio and AI-powered real-time translation. Like the original model, these headphones start at $549. The Verge reports: As noted by Apple, the AirPods Max 2 offer active noise-cancellation that's 1.5 times more effective when compared to its predecessor. Transparency mode, which allows you to hear your surroundings while wearing the headphones, also sounds "mor… Costco's New Checkout Tech Could Get You Out The Door In Just Seconds Costco is rolling out a new time-saving checkout method that will allow you to skip the store's massive lines at the register. Here's how it works. Available’s $5B Project Qestrel aims to roll out 1,000 AI-ready edge data centers by year’s end Hyperscaler data center projects are plagued by a host of issues: delayed time-to-market, capacity constraints, and supply chain issues. However, secure edge infrastructure provider Available Infrastructure aims to offer a different experience: A “nationwide fleet of cybersecure, private neocloud edge data centers.” Through a new $5 billion initiative, Project Qestrel, the company has an ambitiou… Nvidia Debuts New A.I. Product at GTC Developer Conference At the opening of the company’s annual conference, Jensen Huang leaned on technology from a recent deal to show how artificial intelligence is changing. Using AI to pick team leaders -- without crossing legal or ethical lines AI can help a CIO find ideal team-leader candidates within and beyond their organization, but unintended bias can creep into the process. Another billionaire confirms California exit: Uber co-founder Kalanick Kalanick, who launched a new robotics startup Atoms, told tech talk show TBPN that he became a Texas resident in December. Nvidia GTC 2026: The agentic AI era arrives via full-stack infrastructure, open models, and simulation blueprints Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared the arrival of the "agentic AI inflection point" at the company's GTC 2026 conference, unveiling a vast ecosystem of hardware, software, and industrial partnerships. |
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