Machine learning & AI
Recent safety tests have shown advanced AI systems making misleading statements, concealing information or attempting to prevent their own shutdown. Such findings regularly generate headlines. But what do they actually mean? ...
Sep 30, 2026
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Engineering
Manufacturers looking to include sustainable upholstery, mattresses and vehicle seats in their product lines will soon have an environmentally friendly alternative to the petroleum-based polyurethane (PU) foams currently ...
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Business
When Apple recently presented its (rather pricey) new folding phone, one of the questions hovering over the launch—and in particular its new CEO, John Ternus—was whether the technology giant can recover its famously innovative ...
Sep 28, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Online privacy used to mean being careful about what you shared. You also had some control over what others shared about you because much of that info was public. You could ask a friend to take down that unflattering photo ...
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Business
The transition to clean energy is underway, but major structural obstacles are slowing it down. Wind and solar power accounted for a record 17% of electricity generated by U.S. utilities last year. However, fossil fuels still ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Stories about AI systems deceiving users, cooperating with one another or pursuing their own goals increasingly invite us to talk about them as if they had minds of their own. But do people really believe that AI is conscious? ...
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Computer Sciences
Interactions between humans and dogs involve a continuous exchange of physical and verbal cues. A person may pet a dog, use a hand gesture, give a verbal command or call the pet from a distance, prompting changes in the dog's ...
6 hours ago
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Engineering
Researchers from the Brown University School of Engineering have developed a new imaging system that can see and track moving objects in partially opaque environments like dense fog or muddy water.
4 hours ago
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Machine learning & AI
Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Electric cars are dangerous, bad for the environment and impossible to use in the outback. These are just some of the claims circulating among Australians skeptical of the switch to EVs, new research finds.
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