Business
Unions on Wednesday criticized Volkswagen for failing to make specific proposals in the first round of talks over the German auto giant's drastic cost-cutting plan, as thousands of workers picketed the meeting.
Sep 25, 2024
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Business
For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology improves, game studios are experimenting ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Robotics
While engineers have developed increasingly advanced bio-inspired systems over the past decades, the sensing capabilities of these systems are typically far less advanced than those observed in humans and other animals.
Business
After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier this month that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal Wednesday.
Sep 25, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
The hype surrounding machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, can make it seem like it is only a matter of time before such techniques are used to solve all scientific problems. While impressive claims are often ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Large expansion of carbon capture and storage is necessary to fulfill the Paris Climate Agreement. Yet a new study led by Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden and University of Bergen, in Norway, shows that without ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Two American energy companies are each preparing to bring a nuclear power station back into service, an unprecedented operation which should help meet the growing need for electricity in the United States.
Sep 25, 2024
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Business
Princess Zelda will shed her role as damsel in distress to play the heroine for the first time in the nearly four-decade history of the Nintendo fantasy series named after her.
Sep 25, 2024
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Automotive
Volkswagen managers and workers representatives will start crunch talks in Hanover on Wednesday, following the German group's announcement that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive.
Sep 25, 2024
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Business
Elon Musk's X is in hot water with the EU for allegedly breaking new content rules—and the world's richest man risks multibillion-dollar fines even he might find prohibitive.
Sep 25, 2024
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