How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find outBy Chang Che. Read by Vincent Lai Continue reading...
Ring's Video Doorbell Pro 3 boasts a 4K camera, improved low-light performance, dual-band WiFi 6, and AI features like package detection and unusual event alerts, though it requires a subscription for full functionality.
UK ministers may soon legalize autonomous delivery robots on pavements, despite concerns from safety groups like Living Streets, who warn of increased congestion and hazards for vulnerable pedestrians.
The Five Eyes national security agencies warn of escalating cyber risks due to AI models' autonomous hacking capabilities, emphasizing the need for defensive AI harnessing amid a widening skill-ability gap.
Former Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar highlights parental dread over children's online safety, as the UK sets a minimum age of 16 for major social media platforms, following Australia's precedent. Governments worldwide, except the US, are increasingly implementing age restrictions amidst growing distrust of social media platforms' safety measures.
Construction has begun on the UK's new £750m national supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh, set to be one of the world's most powerful by late next year, supporting advanced research in quantum computing, climate change, and cosmology, despite an initial government shelving.
Author Cory Doctorow dismisses AI as a "conjuring trick" that won't make humans obsolete, but warns of a rapidly growing financial bubble, now at $1.4 trillion, driven by capital allocators' desire to replace workers. He argues this bubble, fueled by "criti-hype," poses a significant risk of economic harm when it inevitably pops.
