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Video of super-fast, super-smooth humanoid robot will drop your jaw

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The S1's dexterity could make it a great helper in the kitchen

While it seems that another humanoid robot is being released every week, we've yet to see one move as quickly or with as much precision as the model just released by Chinese company, Astribot. We dare you to not be impressed.

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5 hours ago
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CATL's 1,000-km LFP EV battery super-charges at 1 km/sec

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The original Shenxing battery CATL detailed last year – and now the company has unveiled an even more powerful version

CATL made headlines around the globe last August when it presented the Shenxing battery, an LFP pack capable of adding 400 kilometers (249 miles) of range in a mere 10 minutes at the charger. Not a year later, and that pack's powering actual cars. This year, the company has rolled the tech into an even more impressive pack it calls the Shenxing Plus, a battery that not only pushes into four-figure range territory but also charges in 600 km (373 miles) of range in the time it takes for a bathroom-and-snacks run.

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AI now surpasses humans in almost all performance benchmarks

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A comprehensive report has detailed the global impact of AI

Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has released the seventh annual issue of its comprehensive AI Index report, written by an interdisciplinary team of academic and industrial experts.

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Ferret
7 days ago
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Clickbaity title, but an interesting look at where things stand
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Maserati GranCabrio Folgore EV

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Maserati electrifies the GranCabrio with the new 751 horsepower GranCabrio Folgore.

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10 days ago
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High-speed humanoid feels like a step change in robotics

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Lordy, that thing is starting to move quickly – and naturally

You've seen a ton of videos of humanoid robots – but this one feels different. It's Sanctuary's Phoenix bot, with "the world's best robot hands," working totally autonomously at near-human speeds – much faster than Tesla's or Figure's robots.

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57 days ago
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hmmmm
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Vice is abandoning Vice.com and laying off hundreds

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After nearly three decades, Vice will stop publishing stories to its website. Vice Media CEO Bruce Dixon said today that the company is going to lay off hundreds of employees as it plans a shift toward social platforms, according to a memo to employees obtained by Washington Post reporter Will Sommer.

“It is no longer cost-effective for us to distribute our digital content the way we have done previously,” Dixon writes. “Moving forward we will look to partner with established media companies to distribute our digital content, including news, on their global platforms, as we fully transition to a studio model.”

Vice has been struggling with many of the same challenges affecting other companies across the media industry. Advertising has...

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Ferret
63 days ago
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This is so stupid.
lrwrp
63 days ago
https://x.com/benjedwards/status/1761044535759475063?s=20
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