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Agility Robotics confirmed on Thursday that it had fired a “small number” of workers. The Oregon-based company with lots of money says the job cuts are part of a company-wide push to make more products.“As part of Agility’s ongoing efforts to structure the company for success, we have parted ways …

In a statement released Friday, the European Union and the United States said they want to work together more on artificial intelligence. The deal includes rules for AI safety and management, as well as a desire to work together on other tech issues, like creating standards for digital identities and …

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Consult any mathematician, and they will affirm the same fact: the prediction of prime numbers is impossible. It is undeniable in the field that these foundational components of mathematics—numbers that can only divide by one and themselves—are pseudorandom. Is it not?Researchers from the City University of Hong Kong and North …

Apple’s personas are still evolving, like the headsets they were created for. First-generation beta avatars were—is “nightmarish” strong enough? A later update made them more acceptable and realistic, and Apple claims it’s still working on 3D captures.The company introduced “spatial” personas for Vision Pro headsets running Vision OS 1.1 or …

Microsoft and Quantinuum have made a significant advancement in quantum error correction. With the utilization of Quantinuum’s ion-trap hardware and Microsoft’s latest qubit-virtualization system, the team achieved an impressive feat of conducting over 14,000 experiments flawlessly. With the implementation of this innovative system, the team was able to effortlessly examine …

Similar to a systems analyst, many tech projects encounter the harsh reality of obstacles, despite the success stories. Apple’s electric vehicle ambitions are a prime example of a project that appeared to have all the right ingredients, yet ultimately fell short. The future of the Vision Pro remains uncertain, but …

DataStax has established a reputation by monetizing the open-source Apache Cassandra NoSQL database. However, the company now concentrates on leveraging its expertise in databases to develop a comprehensive “one-stop GenAI stack.” Last summer, the company added vector search capabilities to its hosted Astra DB service, which was a crucial step …

Has learned that Ghost Autonomy, a startup specializing in autonomous driving software for automaker partners, has ceased operations.As of Wednesday, the startup announced on its website that it has ceased operations globally and is in the process of winding down the company. The company had a workforce of approximately 100 …

A virus on the nano-spiked silicon surface is 65,000 times bigger than it really is. It has already started to leak after an hour.A group of researchers from around the world, led by RMIT University, has created a surface that kills viruses. This could help stop the spread of disease …