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SCI & TECH3d agoDenmark’s biggest retailer is training robots for supermarket night shifts. When will they be ready?For now, they are slower than supermarket workers, though the start-up says advances in AI will help improve their speed and precision.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH3d agoChina’s Next FrontierTechnology experts Kathleen Curlee and Sam Bresnick argue that China is catching up to the United States in space, commercially and militarily. This poses a threat to U.S. military operations, which rely on space-based capabilities. Washington must invest in space defense and also reduce its reliance on the domain.Foreign Affairs
SCI & TECH3d agoThe hidden treasure in discarded wearable and fast techSales of fast tech like mini fans and disposable e-vapes, as well as wearable health tech such as heart monitors and smartwatches are soaring. They're creating a new e-waste problem but are full of hidden treasure.DW News [en]
SCI & TECH3d agoAI demand to exceed supply for 2 more years, says ASMLEurope’s most valuable company said its clients that include TSMC and Intel were experiencing ‘very, very strong demand’Financial Times
SCI & TECH3d agoGoogle Cloud, DeepMind provide AI research tools and computing credits to EuropeGoogle Cloud and DeepMind are providing AI research tools and computing credits to Europe. This initiative supports the advancement of artificial intelligence research and development in the region.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECH3d agoNvidia commits $250M over 5 years to advance UK agentic safety researchNvidia has committed $250 million over five years to advance agentic safety research in the UK. This investment supports significant development in artificial intelligence.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECH3d agoChina’s Dune-like sand crawler could turn the whole Taklamakan Desert into an iron mineChinese researchers have built a self-propelled crawler robot that harvests iron from sand and tested the device in the dunes of the vast Taklamakan Desert – an area the size of Germany – in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. In Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, mobile factories traverse the sands of the fictional planet Arrakis to extract the drug melange, also known as “spice”. The real-world device similarly travels across the desert, extracting valuable...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH3d agoBrian Cox awarded 2026 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science CommunicationBritish physicist and broadcaster Brian Cox has been awarded the 2026 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, recognising his work bringing complex scientific ideas to audiences around the world.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH3d agoWhy Keralam has launched India’s first ecosystem Red List assessmentKerala State Biodiversity Board’s Red List Assessment of Ecosystems project aims to transform conservation efforts from isolated species preservation to proactive, landscape-wide managementThe Hindu
SCI & TECH3d agoFrance’s emissions are falling as fuel prices soar. Why is it still missing climate targets?Despite using less fossil fuels, France is still far short of the 5 per cent annual reduction in emissions it needs to meet its climate targets.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH3d agoChinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal depositUp to 6,000 metres (19,700 feet) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules are scattered across the seabed. The Clarion-Clipperton zone’s reserves of vital metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese could surpass the total known reserves on land, according to some estimates. While no commercial mining has yet taken place on the underwater plain, the International Seabed Authority has issued 17 exploration contracts for the...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH3d agoHow I used AI to become a chess grandmaster at 16Ignore the doomsayers, this technology has transformed the game for the better and it can do the same for educationFinancial Times
SCI & TECH3d agoSubscribers lament hours of disrupted mobile serviceBy Islamiyyah Adekanbi Subscribers in Lagos have lamented hours of disrupted mobile service, saying the outage affected their studies, businesses and communication with family and friends.The disruption, which was reported in Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Delta and the Federal Capital Territory, left some users unable to access mobile data and other network services. Several subscribers said […] The post Subscribers lament hours of disrupted mobile service appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
SCI & TECH3d agoPolice in Germany seize robot after teen girl is allegedly gropedGerman authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her, police said. Police in the western city of Cologne responded after the incident overnight Saturday to Sunday in which the robot’s suspected 16-year-old owner and a 19-year-old companion were said to have filmed the alleged assault. They were said to have streamed the incident and commentated on it...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH3d agoChina ‘robot trainers’ fold clothes, wash dishes 200 times a day for up to US$900 a monthAcross China, a new breed of freelance “robot trainers” are wearing motion-capture gear to turn everyday household chores – picking up cups, opening bottle caps and washing dishes – into data that will teach tomorrow’s machines. The data is later converted into training sets to help robots work in settings ranging from kitchens and factories to supermarkets. Such roles are increasingly advertised on mainland social media and job platforms. They reportedly pay trainers between 4,000 yuan and...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH3d agoScientist records “lost” species, as the US lists fewer endangered speciesLa Oreocarya insolita, una planta silvestre de Nevada, no se ha visto en casi un siglo. La nueva revista busca documentar especies "perdidas".El USFWS enfrenta recortes y baja inclusión de especies en peligro. Esto agrava la situación de plantas y animales en riesgo de extinción.Clarín
SCI & TECH4d agoPsychology says it's not an illusion that time seems to pass faster between ages 60 and 70: the brain registers novelty and routine years leave fewer marks, so entire periods are compressed in memoryThe sensation that decades pass more and more quickly has been observed by science.Clarín
SCI & TECH4d agoAI researcher unpacks Anthropic's self-replication warningAnthropic is warning that small artificial intelligence models could soon spread themselves from one internet-connected device to another, including smart TVs and cameras. Jonas Guan, an AI researcher at the University of Toronto, joins to discuss.CBS News
SCI & TECH4d agoMars rover Perseverance sets distance record (but it's not fast)De Marsrover Perseverance van ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA heeft vijf jaar na aankomst op Mars een record gevestigd. Nog nooit reed een door mensen gemaakt voertuig zo ver op een andere planeet dan de aarde: 45,22 kilometer. Perseverance (doorzettingsvermogen) heeft daarmee het oude record van de Marsrover Opportunity verbroken. Dat karretje legde 45,16 kilometer af tussen 2014 en 2018. De gemiddelde snelheid van Perseverance mag met 9 kilometer per jaar niet erg indrukwekkend lijken, toch zijn ze bij NASA heel trots op de prestatie. Het was de bedoeling dat het wagentje zo'n 20 kilometer zou aNOS Buitenland
SCI & TECH4d agoChina’s extraordinary rise in science and how it will change the worldNature News
SCI & TECH4d agoChina’s AI research is booming. Where is it headed?Nature News
SCI & TECH4d agoWATCH: SpaceX launch spawns "jellyfish" cloud in sky before sunriseFamilies along the East Coast woke up to a majestic sight in the sky during SpaceX’s launch to the ISS.ABC News
SCI & TECH4d agoZimbabwean author denies using AI to write award-winning storySimbarashe Kundizeza was responding to an accusation that has caused an uproar on social media.BBC World
SCI & TECH4d agoDinosaur named new species 102 years after fossil found on Isle of WightInvictibellatrix amberina, a predator in the megaraptoran group of dinosaurs, lived in what is now Britain 120 million years ago and may have had claws 20 centimetres longNew Scientist
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