After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel
Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has amended the charter of a federal vaccine advisory panel to seemingly grant himself more power to hand-pick
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From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability
Robotic machine learning company Generalist has announced GEN-1, a new physical AI system that it says “crosses into production-level success rates” on “a broad range
Google’s free offline dictation app just made paying $15 a month for Wispr Flow hard to justify
In short: Google has quietly released an iOS app called Google AI Edge Eloquent, a free, offline-first voice dictation tool that transcribes speech in real time
Spain’s Xoople raises $130m to build the data infrastructure AI needs to understand Earth
In short: Xoople, a Madrid-based geospatial data company founded in 2019, has raised a $130 million Series B led by Nazca Capital, bringing its total funding
I Found A Terminal Tool That Makes CSV Files Look Stunning
You can totally read CSV files in the terminal. After all, it’s a text file. You can use cat and then parse it with the
A New Linux Kernel Driver Wants to Catch Malicious USB Devices in the Act
A patch has been submitted to the Linux kernel mailing list proposing a new HID driver that would passively monitor USB keyboard-like devices and flag
Netflix launches Playground, a standalone games app for children aged eight and under
In short: Netflix has launched Netflix Playground, a dedicated standalone gaming app for children aged eight and under, bundled into existing memberships with no ads or
Iran threatens to destroy OpenAI’s $30bn Stargate data centre in Abu Dhabi
In short: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released a video threatening “complete and utter annihilation” of OpenAI’s $30bn Stargate AI campus in Abu Dhabi, singling
NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?
As we have been reporting on Ars, NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission has been going rather well so far. Of course, Orion’s big test is
Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren’t a thing
LG was once a heavyweight in the smartphone industry, trading blows with hometown rival Samsung. However, as smartphone sales plateaued, the company struggled to stay
Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech is offering $18M to hire a chief AI scientist
UBTech’s salary range for Chief Scientist of Embodied Intelligence runs from $2.2M to $18M. The Shenzhen company’s humanoid robot revenue grew twenty-fold last year. Bloomberg
Which Telegram growth service is worth It
Which Telegram Growth Service Is Worth It How can I grow my Telegram channels quickly? Are growth services for Telegram safe? What is the best
Argentine wildfire AI startup raises $2.7M after building a detection system that beats NASA’s alerts by 35 minutes
Satellites on Fire, founded in 2020 as a school project by three Argentine teenagers, has closed a seed round led by Dalus Capital. Its software-only
Bolt expands its Hopp ride-hailing brand into Canadian corporate travel
A year after its consumer launch in Toronto, Bolt’s North American brand Hopp has introduced a corporate mobility product targeting finance teams frustrated by fragmented