McDonald’s tests robot-manned restaurant in US
Jan 31, 2023 12:06 pm UTC| Life Technology Economy Business
McDonalds has opened its first restaurant almost without employees in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, USA. A video of this restaurant posted on Twitter shows that once a customer walks in, theres no one...
Jan 31, 2023 07:26 am UTC| Technology
Empowered by artificial intelligence technologies, computers today can engage in convincing conversations with people, compose songs, paint paintings, play chess and go, and diagnose diseases, to name just a few examples...
AI is helping us search for intelligent alien life – and we’ve already found 8 strange new signals
Jan 31, 2023 07:23 am UTC| Technology
Some 540 million years ago, diverse life forms suddenly began to emerge from the muddy ocean floors of planet Earth. This period is known as the Cambrian Explosion, and these aquatic critters are our ancient...
OpenAI, Microsoft said open-source code lawsuit lacks specificity
Jan 30, 2023 21:34 pm UTC| Law Technology Economy Business
Microsoft Corp, Microsofts GitHub Inc, and OpenAI Inc argued that a lawsuit against them for improperly monetizing open-source code in training artificial intelligence systems cannot be sustained for lack of...
Osaka University develops anti-insect laser gun that could work on roaches too
Jan 30, 2023 21:17 pm UTC| Technology Health Economy Business
A research team at Osaka Universitys Institute of Laser Engineering has created a blue laser diode gun that could target and lock on to insects weak spots before firing a precision beam. Led by Professors Hiroshi Fuji...
Intel loses $8 billion in market value after revealing dim forecast
Jan 30, 2023 05:40 am UTC| Technology Economy Business
Intel Corp saw about $8 billion wiped off its market value after it fanned fears in the personal computer market by predicting a loss for the first quarter and giving a revenue forecast of $3 billion below...
SK Telecom steps into AI coffee robot biz
Jan 29, 2023 22:08 pm UTC| Life Technology Economy Business
SK Telecom is launching an unmanned coffee robot service dubbed AI Barista Robot in collaboration with Doosan Robotics Co. The robot can make about 20 different types of coffee and drinks and offers coffee that...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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