Moravec‘s Paradox

Robot vacuum manufacturer Roborock announced three new vacuum products at IFA 2023, the global tech show taking place in Berlin this week: the Q5 Pro robot vac; the Q8 Max robot vac; and the Dyad Pro Combo wet / dry stick vacuum. The new lidar-powered robot vacuums add more than…

NextDC chief executive Craig Scroggie said last week that the data centre developer was in early conversations with customers to plan their infrastructure needs for generative AI, which is yet to be factored into the company’s revenue guidance. Another hallmark of earnings season was the volatility of technology stocks, said…

The development signals a potential turnaround in tech spending trends, following Cisco's recent beating of quarterly revenue estimates. Dell's third-quarter revenue forecast is of $22.5 billion | Image Credit: Pixabay Dell Technologies full-year forecast: Dell Technologies has increased its full-year revenue and profit forecasts, capitalising on the surge in artificial…

Scott Taetsch/Getty ImagesThere are reportedly changes coming to the automated strike zone used in Triple-A baseball games. According to Ronald Blum of the Associated Press, the robotic strike zone that is used in some Triple-A games will change to adjust for individual batters instead of using overall averages. The changes…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly McKernan’s acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks and purples. The style, in the artist’s words, is “surreal, ethereal … dealing with discomfort in the human journey.” The word “human” has a special resonance…

We’ve had AI assistants in smart speakers, phones, TVs, and even cars. But in your backpack? This is new territory, and Microsoft is staking out a claim via a new patent. As spotted by Neowin, the patent in question was filed on May 2. “The description relates to artificial intelligence…

The arrival of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) advances will trigger the “most profound shift we will see in our lifetimes,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Tuesday during an opening keynote speech at Google Cloud Next 2023 in San Francisco. They will, he said, “touch every sector, every industry, every business…

Princess Diana died shortly after her 36th birthday (Image: Getty) Today marks 26 years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, which stunned the nation on August 31, 1997. More than two decades on, the royal still has a noble legacy for her humanitarian work and iconic style, the…

With the Hangzhou Asian Games around the corner, Den and Miranda come to Hangzhou and discover many "mosts" and "firsts" in technologies applied at the games. Meanwhile, inspired by the tour, a breakdance performance full of digital vibes gradually takes shape. #HangzhouAsianGames #Hangzhou #Robots #AI #Technology Read More

The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech on Monday. The so-called Replicator initiative aims to work with defense and other…