Image Credits:Cheng Xin / Contributor / Getty ImagesAMD’s recent acquisition may weaken Nvidia’s dominance in the AI hardware space. On Wednesday, chipmaker AMD announced it had acquired Brium, a stealth-mode startup focused on AI software optimization. Financial terms were not disclosed.According to a sparse blog post on Brium’s website, the company develops machine learning...
Image Credits:SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty ImagesCollibra, a Brussels-based data governance platform, has become the latest company to acquire a data-focused startup to broaden its capabilities in the AI era.On Thursday, Collibra announced it had acquired Raito, a fellow Brussels-based startup founded in 2021 that helps organizations control who can access internal data—whether...
Image Credits: PixabayThe Resilience lander, developed by Japanese company ispace, has spent six months en route to the Moon and is targeting a landing in its far northern region. This marks ispace’s second attempt to reach the lunar surface.The touchdown is scheduled for June 5 at 3:24 p.m. ET, near the center of the...
The Big Bang may be the result of a 'bounce' inside a black hole. (Naeblys/Getty Images)The Big Bang is often described as the explosive moment that gave rise to the Universe – a singular point where space, time, and matter came into existence.But what if that wasn’t truly the beginning? What if our Universe originated...
Image Credits: PixabayWhat once required 15 seconds now takes under 2: Thanks to innovative single-shot technology, the goROBOT3D system—developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF—can now measure 3D objects much more efficiently, even those that are transparent or black. The institute will unveil this technology for the...
An artist's impression of the formation of Tylos. (T. Müller/MPIA/HdA/CC BY-SA)Tiny remnants from a young star’s birth—grains of rock and dust—played a key role in the formation of one of the most bizarre and extreme exoplanets we've ever discovered.Meet Tylos: A Planet of Vaporized MetalsThis planet, named Tylos (also known as WASP-121b), is no stranger...
Credit: FuturoprossimoChinese solar giant Longi has shattered expectations with a new tandem solar cell that achieves a record-breaking 34.85% efficiency—thanks to an innovative fusion of perovskite and silicon technologies.In the world of solar energy, even a 0.1% boost in efficiency is considered a big deal. Now imagine surpassing what was long believed to be...
Out of the Box is an unusual blocky tower by MVRDV that will consist of 25 floors of residential spaceMVRDVThe renowned Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has unveiled plans for a distinctive new residential tower in Taiwan. Named Out of the Box, the building features a striking, block-like design with a cantilevered facade that not...
Image Credits: PixabayBuilding advanced robotics projects at home is gradually getting simpler. This week, Hugging Face, an AI development platform, introduced SmolVLA, an open-source robotics model.According to the company, SmolVLA—trained on community-contributed datasets with compatible licenses—surpasses much larger robotics models in both simulated and real-world settings.In a blog post, Hugging Face states that...
The Praga Bohema supercar set a time of 1:09.8 at the former Top Gear circuitPragaNot long ago, the iconic Stig was seen flying around the Dunsfold Aerodrome behind the wheel of the Praga Bohema on Top Gear. The famously mysterious driver—revealed in this case to be Ben Collins—was once again at the center of...
