According to Business Insider, ByteDance—the parent company of TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and Gauth—plans to transition U.S. users to a new version of its video editing app, CapCut, as part of a broader effort to localize its services. Releasing a U.S.-specific app may be part of ByteDance’s wider strategy to comply with a 2024 law that […]
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If you’re counting on keeping a low profile to avoid attracting alien civilizations, it’s already too late. A new study from the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that our radar systems have long been broadcasting our position to any extraterrestrial listeners. A recurring debate in SETI circles is whether humanity should actively transmit radio messages in
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Frontier backed by Stripe, Google, and Meta announced Tuesday it will pay startup Arbor Energy $41 million to remove 116,000 tons of CO₂ by 2030. The funding will support Arbor’s first commercial power plant in southern Louisiana, where it will burn waste biomass to power a data center while capturing and storing the resulting emissions
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With the release of iOS 26 Beta 3 on Monday, Apple has scaled back the iPhone’s glossy new aesthetic in response to user feedback that it made some interface elements harder to read. Unveiled at WWDC 2025, Apple’s Liquid Glass design language mimics real glass, emphasizing light refraction and translucency. However, its initial rollout in
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Honda’s e-clutch, first unveiled in 2023, is a clever innovation that has already been integrated into the current CBR650R and CB650R models in the U.S. Now, Honda plans to extend this technology to its entry-level bikes—and for good reason. Expanding Accessibility The e-clutch helps new riders by enabling them to shift gears without manually operating
Jack Dorsey, best known for co-founding Twitter (now X) in 2006, is developing a new way for people to communicate: a peer-to-peer messaging app that uses a mesh network and connects via Bluetooth, eliminating the need for internet access. A Weekend Project in Decentralization Dorsey shared on X that he built a simple version of
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AI chatbots are already part of daily life for many, but how well do most people actually understand how they function? For instance, did you know that ChatGPT has to perform an internet search to access information about events that occurred after June 2024? Some of the most unexpected facts about AI chatbots shed light
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At MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a soft robotic hand slowly curls its fingers around a small object. What’s remarkable isn’t its mechanical structure or any built-in sensors—because it has none. Instead, the system depends entirely on a single camera that observes the robot’s actions and uses that visual input to guide
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The language skills of modern artificial intelligence systems are truly impressive. Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and others can now hold conversations with a level of fluency that closely resembles human interaction. However, much remains unknown about the internal mechanisms within these networks that produce such extraordinary performance. A study titled “A Phase Transition between Positional
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Companies have found it challenging to adopt suitable AI tools because the technology is advancing much faster than their typically lengthy sales cycles. Brex, the corporate credit card startup, faced the same challenge as larger enterprises. To avoid falling behind, it overhauled its software procurement strategy entirely. Brex Learns Its Traditional Procurement Process Can’t Keep
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