Nida, Block Dog & African Diplomat Black Label EP New hip hop from Abidjan combines righteous polemic with experimental production, finds Arusa Qureshi While hip-hop from Africa’s Ivory Coast hasn’t necessarily penetrated the mainstream music world yet, there is a growing scene i … | Continue reading
The AI behavior models controlling how robots interact with the physical world haven't been advancing at the crazy pace that GPT-style language models have – but new multiverse 'world simulators' from Nvidia and Google could change that rapidly. Continue Reading Category: AI & Hu … | Continue reading
As promised, newly minted electric powertrain startup Donut Lab has premiered its first batch of all-electric motors you can see straight through. The company has descended on the annual CES show with not one or two motors but a family of five, ranging from a tiny drone drive to … | Continue reading
8th January at 9:30 am Dubai VC investments in emerging markets such as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) plummeted by over 40% compared to 2023, according to a new report. The data mirrors the wider global trend of reduced VC funding in the last two years, especially for n … | Continue reading
Acer’s 2025 refresh of the new Nitro V line of gaming laptops has been revealed. The new entry-level gaming laptops are powered by AMD Ryzen AI CPUs, but more importantly, these chips are based on the latest Zen 5 architecture, brining low power consumption, longer battery life a … | Continue reading
Zoe Kleinman, Liv McMahon, and Natalie Sherman, BBC News: “Apple Intelligence features are in beta and we are continuously making improvements with the help of user feedback,” the company said in a statement on Monday, adding that receiving the summaries is optional. “A software … | Continue reading
Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro’s latest 2024 update with enhanced Copilot AI, remote desktop, and BitLocker. Get it now for £16 (reg. £159.49). | Continue reading
Political scientist Ariel White studies people on the margins of U.S. politics to see if they might participate more fully in our system of government. | Continue reading
We’re watching KABC/7 from Los Angeles, live on our Roku TV (which has it among hundreds of “Live TV” channels), and in a browser on this laptop. One screen grab: Fire.ca.gov has much information, and maps. Here’s one for the Palisades fire: Winds are so strong that there is no f … | Continue reading
Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who use Meta’s social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads. In a video, the com … | Continue reading
Some Indian government websites are still redirecting to links planted by scammers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading
Asus’ ROG line of gaming laptops will get a refresh in 2025, powered by the newly-revealed Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs. And this includes a laptop version of the highest-end Blackwell architecture GPUs: the RTX 5090. In a laptop. For the top-of-the-line Strix Scar laptops r … | Continue reading
Why are my live regions not working? Useful article to help understand ARIA live regions. Short version: you can add a live region to your page like this: Then any time you use JavaScript to modify the text content in that element it will be announced straight away by any scree … | Continue reading
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Investor’s Business Daily: General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor (F) on Friday reported robust U.S. auto sales and electric-vehicle sales for the final quarter of 2024. GM more than doubled EV sales for the full year, while Tesla (TSLA) suffered a sales decline. GM stock edged highe … | Continue reading
Researchers have unveiled a cosmic cycle where carbon, created in the explosions of stars, travels through space via a process involving the circumgalactic medium—a kind of stellar conveyor belt. This cycle is crucial for the formation of new stars and planets, ensuring galaxies … | Continue reading
So, here we are. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House 218-215 (in a 90 minute vote with phone calls to the holdouts by Donald Trump). What was the next opportunity to test the Republicans? The rules package. What was the vote? 215-209, with 10 not voting and one Democrat … | Continue reading
Henryk Sadura/Shutterstock Australia’s housing crisis represents a fundamental market imbalance where undersupply meets excess demand. In major cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, the dream of home ownership is slipping away from many as median house prices far exceed ave … | Continue reading
Mashable tested out Sony-Honda's AFEELA 1 Signature at CES 2025. | Continue reading
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Uber announced during CES 2025 a multi-year exclusive partnership with Delta Air Lines that allows SkyMiles members to earn miles when they ride with Uber or order delivery through Uber Eats in the United States. The deal means an end of Delta’s partnership with Lyft. The Uber pa … | Continue reading
Chamelo Eyewear brought practical smart glasses to CES, with NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury showing off its tint-changing capabilities. | Continue reading
Uber announced during CES 2025 a multi-year exclusive partnership with Delta Air Lines that allows SkyMiles members to earn miles when they ride with Uber or order delivery through Uber Eats in the United States. The deal means an end of Delta’s partnership with Lyft. The partner … | Continue reading
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to sexual assault accusations from his estranged younger sister on Tuesday, calling the claims “entirely untrue.” According to the Saint Louis Post Dispatch, in a new lawsuit filed Monday, Annie Altman alleges her older brother sexually assaulted h … | Continue reading
A breathtaking image from the ISS shows Ksudach volcano with its vibrant landscape, shaped by volcanic forces, resulting in mesmerizing lakes and contrasting colors that narrate the story of Earth’s raw power. Capturing Ksudach: A View from Space An astronaut aboard the Internati … | Continue reading
Over the last few years, Delta Air Lines’ presence has become a staple of CES, with the airline regularly hosting splashy keynotes. This year, the company has rented out the Sphere to announce its latest slate of updates. These include (can you guess it?) an AI-powered assistant … | Continue reading
TL;DR: The PowerBand has a built-in charger for your Apple Watch, and it's on sale right now for just $29.97 (reg. $49). Picture this: you're running on the treadmill, prepping for the upcoming marathon, or crushing that step count on the stairmaster. — Read the rest The post Thi … | Continue reading
Autonomous tractors and lawnmowers from John Deere make their CES debut. | Continue reading
An out-of-control fire, fueled by "life-threatening" winds, has burned up nearly 1,300 acres in the hills of Los Angeles so far today, forcing at least 30,000 people to evacuate. And as of this afternoon, it has not been contained. From the Los Angeles Times: Darrin Hurwitz said … | Continue reading
Getty Images Elder abuse is prevalent in New Zealand, with one in ten people aged 65 and older experiencing some form of it and only one in 14 abuse cases brought to the attention of a service agency that can intervene. Last year alone there were numerous media reports featuring … | Continue reading
A new study reveals that a monkey typing randomly would need a timeframe far exceeding the lifespan of our universe to produce Shakespeare’s works. According to the Infinite Monkey Theorem, a monkey randomly pressing keys on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time would event … | Continue reading
For the autonomous vehicle-obsessed, the Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi is nothing new. In 2021, Waymo and Zeekr announced a partnership. Waymo first showed a concept of the purpose-built robotaxi in late 2022 and began testing prototype versions on public roads in San Francisco last year, … | Continue reading
Kaboompics.com/Pexels A doctor’s visit often ends with you leaving with a pathology request form in hand. The request form soon has you filling a sample pot, having blood drawn, or perhaps even a tissue biopsy taken. After that, your sample goes to a clinical pathology lab to be … | Continue reading
At CES 2025, X CEO Linda Yaccarino shared her enthusiasm for Meta's adoption of "Community Notes," but it hasn't been so successful for X. | Continue reading
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the performance of his company’s AI chips is advancing faster than historical rates set by Moore’s Law, the rubric that drove computing progress for decades. “Our systems are progressing way faster than Moore’s Law,” said Huang in an interview with Te … | Continue reading
Saunas can offer relaxation, but spending too long inside without proper hydration can lead to heat stroke, doctors warn. While rare, heat stroke can become life-threatening even in healthy individuals without underlying conditions. This risk highlights the importance of staying … | Continue reading
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New York City will soon be getting its own personal offshore wind farm. The Empire Wind 1 project just received a US$3 billion project financing package and is expected to go online in 2027, powering roughly half a million borough residents. But what's the catch? Continue Reading … | Continue reading
An illustration of the death of a massive star. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Dana Berry By looking at light from distant exploding stars called supernovas, in 1998 astronomers discovered the universe isn’t just expanding – its expansion is speeding up. But what’s behind this … | Continue reading
CES 2025 is officially underway in Las Vegas. Monday’s press day saw keynotes from Samsung, Nvidia, Toyota, and Sony, among others, while Tuesday was all about the exciting new gadgets on the show floor. TechCrunch reporters are on the ground giving you the latest reveals at the … | Continue reading
According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta trust and safety workers will be relocated to Texas to prevent them from “censoring” users. Experts point to other advantages. | Continue reading
This year, it’s shaping up to be AI, all the time. | Continue reading
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X, formerly Twitter, wants to make its platform a home to the future and news and journalism. On that front, the company has now hired John Stoll, a former editor and Detroit bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal to lead its news group and partnership team at X. The hiring news … | Continue reading
Earth ring on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, near Sunbury, Victoria. David Mullins On the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, there is a series of large rings which rise mysteriously out of hills. These “earth rings”, located on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country in the suburb of Sun … | Continue reading
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by Anna Clark, ProPublica, and David Jesse, The Chronicle of Higher Education ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights … | Continue reading
A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what happens next to Russian roulette. | Continue reading