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They may look like string, but these tiny objects are much more. Although they lack “brains” or computerized intelligence, these robots can move out of complex spaces. In 2022, North Carolina State University’s rotini-like soft robots navigated mazes without human or computer input. The tech uses physical intelligence. Physical intelligence …

Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings, released Wednesday after markets closed, show that selling generative AI boom picks and shovels can be lucrative. A new computing era has begun. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said companies worldwide are moving from general-purpose to accelerated computing and generative AI. Huang is right. Nvidia dominates …

New research published Thursday provides an unprecedented look at political behavior on Facebook and Instagram, two major online platforms where people express and discuss their political views. Four Science and Nature papers by an interdisciplinary team of researchers and Meta internal groups examined behavior on both platforms around the 2020 …

Peacock has lagged behind streaming competitors. On Thursday, the streaming service reported a 9% increase in subscribers to 24 million from 22 million in its second quarter. Peacock trails Netflix, which added 5.9 million subscribers in the same quarter. Disney+ lost four million subscribers in Q2 2023, but its total …

According to a new Reuters report, Tesla overstated its EVs’ range estimates, causing owners to flood its service center. Elon Musk ordered algorithms to boost range numbers, according to anonymous sources and industry experts. Service requests skyrocketed with sales. Tesla created a “diversion team” to handle “range cases”—owners complaining of …

Twitter started paying creators a part of the ad money offered in their answers last week to keep its most prominent tweeters in the face of rising competition from Instagram Threads and others. Despite the program’s large payments, some designers complained to Twitter owner Elon Musk over the weekend. Musk …

Microsoft doesn’t know or want to discuss how China-backed hackers obtained a key to covertly break into hundreds of email inboxes, including those of multiple federal government institutions. In a blog post Friday, Microsoft said it was “ongoing investigation” how the hackers obtained a Microsoft signature key and used it …

Reliance’s digital arm, Jio Platforms, has launched a new mobile handset and tariff plans to convert “trapped” 2G users. Jio Platforms’ 4G-enabled “Jio Bharat” phone has UPI mobile payments and access to Jio’s on-demand video and music streaming services, JioCinema and JioSaavn. The company will build the Jio Bharat and …

Today, Meta announced a remarkable claim to clarify its content recommendation algorithms. It prepares for behavior analysis systems “orders of magnitude” larger than ChatGPT and GPT-4. That’s necessary? Meta occasionally explains some of its algorithms to demonstrate its transparency. This can be enlightening or raise more questions. It’s a mix. …

Flipper Zero hacking device, a popular hacking device, may have caught your attention. The 2020-founded company left Russia at the war’s start and moved on. After selling almost $5 million in Kickstarter preorders, it claims it will sell $80 million in products this year and $25 million last year. They …