Robots will replace 700K delivery workers, warns head of e-commerce giant
China’s e-commerce giant JD.com is preparing for a future where packages are delivered by robots instead of people. The company’s founder and chairman, Richard Liu
‘Agentic AI’ PCs? Not much new here, say analysts
Nvidia and Microsoft this month touted the reinvention of computers with a new class of “agentic AI PCs” that will “reinvent the way PCs work.”
‘Unequivocal evidence’ of the age of Earth’s oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years
Earth’s oldest known impact crater formed when a meteorite slammed into what is now Australia about 3 billion years ago — 470 million years later
Drug-induced ‘brain freeze’ may help protect the brain after a stroke, early study suggests
Using drugs to induce a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-related brain damage, according to a new study involving lab animals and human patients. The study
NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El Niño
A massive wave of warm water is making its way across the Pacific Ocean as the newly declared El Niño gets into full swing, satellite
Federal appellate court okays Planned Parenthood funding halt
A three-judge panel overturned an injunction stopping the Trump administration from halting Medicaid funding for abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
Controversial CDC panel to review aluminum salts used in many vaccines
A controversial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel is gearing up to review the “safety” of a common additive used in many vaccines.
Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot
An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by “Antifa Cell operatives”, prosecutors said.
In lawsuit, San Francisco says food companies created ‘healthcare crisis’
Many of the nation’s best-known food brands make ultra-processed foods that are dangerous to eat and use deceptive marketing to sell them, San Francisco officials
Germany rail network briefly halted nationwide due to IT malfunction
Rail company Deutsche Bahn had to pause train services across the country for more than two-and-a-half hours.
Subclade K flu gets an early start in Japan, could affect the U.S.
A new flu variant called Subclade K is spreading in Japan and poses a significant risk to the United States as the cold and flu
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba sues US government over defence blacklist
It is suing the US defence department after it was added to a list of firms with ties to the Chinese military.
Stanford was their golden ticket – could AI help or hinder that?
The BBC spoke with Stanford University graduates about what they really think about artificial intelligence.
PINE64's Smart Speaker is a Home Assistant Powered Alternative to Amazon Echo
PINE64 has been building budget-friendly ARM and RISC-V hardware since 2015, when the original PINE A64 single-board computer launched on Kickstarter. The community-driven outfit has