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China kicked off a three-day long sports showcase for humanoid robots on Friday, looking to highlight progress in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Robots will compete in sports such as football, track and field, and table tennis, as well … Read more

Instagram, a Meta-owned social media network, is developing a new feature called “Picks” that will help users discover their shared interests. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), known reverse engineer Alessandro Pauzzi shared screenshots of the upcoming functionality, which allows people to select their favourite books, games, movies, music, and TV shows, to name … Read more

“What you cannot measure is not improved, and your eyes cannot measure everything. They’re not as gifted as we think,” said Gagan Daga, CEO and co-founder of str8bat, a Bengaluru-based startup that has developed a cricket bat sensor that captures motion without cameras. The company is bringing data-driven insights to players at all levels. Cricket, … Read more

Astronomers have recorded what could be the first known case of a massive star exploding while interacting with a black hole, a finding that could potentially lead to the discovery of an entirely new class of stellar explosions. The star, named SN 2023zkd, was first observed in July 2023, in California by the Zwicky Transient … Read more

Anthropic has hired HumanLoop’s CEO along with several team members as it looks to strengthen its enterprise-focused offerings. HumanLoop is an AI platform used for evaluation and observability of large language models (LLMs) as well as prompt management. The company’s three co-founders, CEO Raza Habib, CTO Peter Hayes, and CPO Jordan Burgess, have been brought … Read more

Google has launched a new AI tool to help users find flights more easily while securing the best fares. The AI-powered search tool called Flight Deals is accessible within Google Flights, the company’s flight search portal where users can compare ticket prices and book tickets either directly through the airlines or other travel platforms.“Flight Deals … Read more

An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are “dumber than white people.” These and other findings emerge from a Reuters review of the … Read more

The Vijay Sales Freedom Sale 2025 brings discounts on a wide range of gadgets and appliances on August 15, India’s Independence Day.  Shoppers can grab deals across products in a variety of categories, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, TVs, household appliances, and more, with price cuts, bank promotions, and exchange bonuses. Here is a look at … Read more

Rapido, one of the leading ride-sharing platforms in India, is now venturing into food delivery services called Ownly. They are currently testing a beta version of the app in Bengaluru. This is the first time Rapido is entering a space dominated by Swiggy and Zomato. According to a report in TechCrunch, the company has started … Read more

Apple is reportedly working on a bunch of new AI-powered products and features, one of which may be a WALL-E-like robot with arms. According to a new report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the Cupertino-based tech giant is working on a tabletop robot that doubles up as a virtual companion. Citing people familiar with the matter, … Read more