• Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues

    Much has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short-term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. The long-term impact these sorts of sweeping changes will have on the job market going forward remains to be […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Can dogs link words to certain objects like humans? A new study says yes

    A new study has found that beyond being able to respond to commands like “roll over,” dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects.

  • 3 Ways AI Can Make Humans Better (and How it Can Hurt Us)

    Business leaders should know the potential drawbacks of AI before diving in head first.

  • Why canned wine can smell like rotten eggs while beer and Coke are fine

    Sulfur dioxide in the wine reacts with the aluminum to make hydrogen sulfide.

    • TVLine

    We Don’t Want So You Think You Can Dance to End — But It Can’t Go On Like This

    There’s a dance-based competition show currently airing Mondays at 9 pm. New episodes land on Fox. Cat Deeley’s the host. And yet, despite those familiar trappings, or the title that runs across the screen at the start of each episode, I’m having trouble believing that the show in question is actually So You Think You […]

  • Boston Dynamics' new robot looks like the Pixar lamp and moves like a dancer

    Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is now electric. The same week the company retired its hydraulic Atlas model, it unveiled a first look at the newest version of the humanoid. While this robot looks more human-like than its predecessor, it can move in ways no human can. A promotional video shows the new Atlas standing up by spinning its legs around its back and turning its head 180 degrees before walking off screen. Ouch. “Atlas may resemble a human form factor, but we are equipping the robot...

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    You can buy a flame-throwing robot dog

    If you’ve always wanted a robot pet or just want to own a flame-thrower, now you can have your robot dog and set things on fire too thanks to Throwflame.

  • Confronting the ethical issues of human-like AI

    As AI becomes indistinguishable from humans, tech leaders must confront urgent ethical issues around transparency, trust and unintended harm.

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    How Humane can fix the Ai Pin (before it's too late)

    Last week, startup Humane seeded its long-awaited to reviewers and influencers, and the response has been overwhelmingly underwhelming. Most notable was the review from Marques Brownlee (aka MKBHD), who -- with 18 million followers on YouTube and 6.2 million followers on X -- called Humane's AI pin "the new worst product I think I've ever reviewed, in its current state this thing is bad at almost everything it does, basically all the time."Also: Humane Ai Pin reviews: 5 takeaways on a...

    • GQ

    Now You Can Live Like Thom Browne, Too

    On a sunny Tuesday morning in Milan, Thom Browne dropped by his menswear store in the city’s historic shopping district. In one of the terrazzo-floored rooms sat a tiny twin bed designed by the French modernist Jacques Adnet in the 1950s, the bedspread so taut it could have been folded by a drill sergeant. The crisp white linens were made by Frette as part of the new Thom Browne home line the designer was set to unveil with a special performance at Salone del Mobile, the international furniture...

  • Learn how to call turkeys like a pro this hunting season

    Inexperienced hunters fall victim to buying up turkey-related calls and doo-dads. But that's not necessary.

  • Sophia Bush: ‘I Finally Feel Like I Can Breathe’

    In 2023 actor Sophia Bush made headlines when she filed for divorce one year after a storybook wedding. By the fall it was public knowledge that she was in a new relationship. With a woman. The internet seemed to be foaming at the digital mouth for a scandal, but to those who knew her, it was clear she’d never been more herself. Here, in her own words, Bush speaks to the power of finally learning to listen to her intuition. In April of 2022 I was close to calling off my wedding. Instead of...