After forming a one-off criminal gang, Stevens and co come to regret kidnapping a gangster’s daughter – played by Matilda star Alisha WeirFew actors appear to derive such lip-smacking relish from the job as former Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens. The bigger the performance, the greater the gusto with which he sinks his teeth into the role. And if a bit of scenery gets chewed along the way, well, that’s just collateral damage. As sneering and sadistic criminal Frank, Stevens is one of several...
When a staffer at British law firm Vardags brought up the wrong computer file, it resulted in the wrong couple being granted an automated divorce. And now a judge, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has dismissed the company's application to reverse the error. — Read the rest
Silent. Rigid. Clumsy. Henry and Jane Evans are used to awkward houseguests. For more than a decade, the couple, who live in Los Altos Hills, California, have hosted a slew of robots in their home. In 2002, at age 40, Henry had a massive stroke, which left him with quadriplegia and an inability to speak.…
March 26, 1966-April 7, 2024 Steven James Wilson was born March 25, 1966, to Kenneth Lee Wilson and Helen Jean McNicol Wilson in Tooele, Utah. He died April 7, 2024, at the age of 58 due to complications from cancer. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family and his dog Gus. […]
The Unitree H1 Humanoid robot can outrun a human being. In this video we review the Unitree H1 robot and other humanoid robots and briefly consider the expected impacts on our world.
At Ocado's newest warehouse robotic arms are helping to pack customer orders.
Using AI-based object localization and 3D image processing, Dino Robotics has developed software that allows robots to understand their cooking environment.
Now facing a diagnosis of ALS, Dan Doctoroff, founder and chairman of the research foundation Target ALS, former president and CEO of Bloomberg LP and Sidewalk Labs, former New York City deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding (2002-2007) and the subject of The Urbanist: Dan Doctoroff and the Rise of New York (Phaidon, 2024), talks about his impact on the city after 9/11 under Mayor Bloomberg and the new book that celebrates his achievements.
I did a video with Brighter with Herbert, Herbert Ong. I explained why the chart from last year showing Tesla going to 100 Exaflops of compute in October 2024 is out of date. Elon Musk said that both XAI and Tesla had over 30,000 H100 chip equivalents. Nvidia H100 chips each have petaflops of compute.
It’s tough out there — and yet, doing my semi-regular jobs post always gives me hope. Seems every time I post one of these, the number increases. At 74 companies, this is undoubtedly the largest list we’ve made, by a wide margin. That means more work for me in putting this post together, but if […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
As you navigate the complex landscape of industrial computing hardware, you’ll quickly realize that the performance and reliability of your systems are critical factors in determining your success. This is where Industrial MicroATX Motherboards come into play, revolutionizing the way professionals in manufacturing and healthcare approach their computing needs. These motherboards are engineered to support […]
Quantum many-body systems are things such as atomic nuclei that consist of many tiny particles moving in complex ways. This makes it extremely difficult to predict how the systems behave as the particles interact. To study these systems, researchers use computational tools called quantum Monte Carlo simulations.