Chatbots don't judge! Customers prefer robots over humans when it comes to those 'um, you know' purchases
When it comes to inquiring about—ahem—certain products, shoppers prefer the inhuman touch.
Nov 6, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
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Software
Researchers propose a new model for legible, modular software
Coding with large language models (LLMs) holds huge promise, but it also exposes some long-standing flaws in software: code that's messy, hard to change safely, and often opaque about what's really happening under the hood. ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Automotive
Young people are increasingly being killed or injured on e-bikes. It's time for governments to act
In the span of just a few days, two children were killed in separate e-bike crashes in Queensland—one on the Sunshine Coast and another on the Gold Coast.
Nov 6, 2025
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Engineering
How AI can track hockey action from faceoff to finish
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed two innovative artificial intelligence (AI) systems that significantly improve how hockey games can be analyzed using video footage without the need for expensive equipment.
Nov 6, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
New laws will force streaming giants to invest in local content—but it's too soon to celebrate
This week the Labor government announced it is poised to introduce a bill to parliament that will impose regulatory obligations on major subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services operating in Australia.
Nov 6, 2025
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Engineering
Thin resistor routinely used in photonic devices can also act as a thermometer
Integrated photonics has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but it is feeling the heat—literally.
Nov 6, 2025
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Automotive
Traffic congestion hits record high, but travel patterns are changing, report finds
Americans spent more time stuck in traffic in 2024 than ever before, according to the newly released 2025 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). But while congestion is back, it's not quite ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Other
'Vibe coding' named word of the year by Collins dictionary
"Vibe coding," a word that essentially means using artificial intelligence (AI) to tell a machine what you want instead of coding it yourself, was on Thursday named the Collins Word of the Year 2025.
Nov 6, 2025
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Engineering
'Self-driving' lab learns to grow materials on its own
When scientists make the thin metal films used in electronics, optics, and quantum technologies, they usually spend months tinkering with the temperature, composition and timing of the process, hoping to land on just the ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Business
Why fears of a trillion-dollar AI bubble are growing
For almost as long as the artificial intelligence boom has been in full swing, there have been warnings of a speculative bubble that could rival the dot-com craze of the late 1990s that ended in a spectacular crash and a ...
Nov 6, 2025
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