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NewsWritten by Song Jingli Published on 28 Jan 2021 The city says it hasn’t issued an appropriate license yet. AutoX announced on Thursday that its driverless robotaxis are now available to the public in Shenzhen, one of the largest cities in China, on a trial basis. Individuals need to sign up for…

AutoX will start offering rides in its commercial RoboTaxis with no human attendant on board in a pilot program in Shenzhen. (Source: AutoX) Commuters in Shenzhen will now be able to test out AutoX’s fleet of fully driverless vehicles in a robotaxi pilot program, marking another milestone for the autonomous…

One million served — Low speeds enabled Starship to launch its service safely and quickly. Timothy B. Lee - Jan 27, 2021 9:20 pm UTC Enlarge / Annika Keeton. Last March, just as the Washington, DC, area was locking down for COVID-19, I traveled to George Mason University in Fairfax,…

Sunil Kalmady Vasu (centre) led a recent study with fellow U of A researchers including Russ Greiner (left), Andrew Greenshaw (right) and Serdar Dursun (not pictured), showing that a machine learning tool could help predict early symptoms of schizophrenia in siblings and children of patients, potentially leading to earlier diagnosis…

Technology 26 January 2021 By Matthew Sparkes Evgeny Gromov/Getty Images ARTIFICIAL intelligence has learned to identify the songs someone is listening to from their brain readings. Derek Lomas at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and his colleagues asked 20 people to listen to 12 songs through headphones. The…

RPA promises to streamline workflows, glue together legacy systems, and empower business users to solve their own problems. But beneath the big wins lurk hidden issues worth addressing. Blue Planet Studio / Getty Images Every good science fiction story has at least one robot butler, an all-knowing, all-seeing genie that…

If you can't adopt a real dog, why not opt for this robot dog from Koda that uses artificial intelligence? Koda Man's best friend has always been the domesticated dog, but mutts around the world could end up with some serious competition in the form of Koda's AI-powered robot dog. …

Its latest report​ notes the number of strategies that food manufacturers can adopt to help consumers reduce their salt intake, including stealth reduction, potassium chloride and glutamates. However, these have not had the kind of promotions that sugar alternatives have had and are thus less well known. Reducing salt intake…

By Alessandro Fillari on January 23, 2021 at 3:59PM PST In The Year 2011In many ways, 2011 was a massive game-changer for, well, the gaming world. With the handheld launch of the Nintendo 3DS, the earth-shattering release of The Elder Scroll V: Skyrim, and the much-anticipated launch of From Software's…

But the Biden administration enters office with one of the longest to-do lists in U.S. history. Urgent issues range from COVID-19 to economic recovery to addressing inequality wrought by America’s original sin of racism. Biden also follows his predecessor’s lack of executive leadership and a coup attempt. Among multiple crises…