There are moments in life when you realize the world has changed — and you didn’t even notice. That moment came for me when I imagined what my grandmother, who passed away at 95, would say to a new kind of “companion”: a half-meter-tall robot with LED eyes and a gentle voice reminding her to […]
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Alex Albert from Anthropic didn’t hold back: “Claude 4 is the best programming model in the world.” A bold claim — but the data seems to support it. Scoring 72.5% on the SWE-bench Verified benchmark, running autonomously for hours on end, and handling thousands of sequential steps, Claude 4 isn’t just another upgrade. It’s a
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OpenAI is considering allowing users to sign in to third-party apps with their ChatGPT accounts, according to a web page published Tuesday. The company is currently assessing developer interest in integrating the feature. ChatGPT is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s largest consumer apps, with around 600 million monthly active users. To build on
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Batteries are approaching their limits in how much energy they can store relative to their weight, posing a major challenge for powering aircraft, trains, and ships. MIT researchers and collaborators have developed a promising alternative: a fuel cell that works like a battery but refuels rapidly instead of recharging. This new design uses liquid sodium
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If you want to prevent dehydration, health experts recommend drinking water before you actually feel thirsty. But how do you know when it’s time to sip? A recent study suggests your smartphone screen might soon be able to give you that answer. Wearable Tech Exists, But Isn’t for Everyone Although wearable devices like sweat-analyzing patches
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Mistral AI, the French company behind the AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is widely considered one of France’s most promising tech startups—and possibly the only European firm positioned to rival OpenAI. Despite its impressive $6 billion valuation, its international market share remains modest. Le Chat Makes Waves in France with Presidential Endorsement
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When Kim Kardashian was fined in 2022 for promoting a crypto token without disclosing she was paid, and Matt Damon appeared in a cryptocurrency ad saying “fortune favors the brave,” it became evident that crypto had entered mainstream pop culture. Beneath the celebrity glitz and Super Bowl commercials, something more familiar emerges. Crypto trading platforms,
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Records are made to be broken, but when it comes to the fastest robot to solve a Rubik’s Cube, progress seems almost maxed out: the newest record is an astonishing 103 milliseconds. Kudos to the record-breaking team—undergraduate engineers from Purdue University in the US: Junpei Ota, Aden Hurd, Matthew Patrohay, and Alex Berta. Their feat
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The year 2021 marked a dark chapter for the bodybuilding community, with more than two dozen professional athletes dying unexpectedly within just 12 months—an alarming trend that captured global attention. Among the deceased, the youngest was only 27. Although numerous studies indicate that elite athletes typically enjoy longer lifespans than the general population, a surge
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One evening in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, I had my telescope set up for astrophotography and aimed it at an incredibly distant galaxy. As the first image appeared on my tablet screen, my wife, Cristina, came over. “That’s the Pinwheel Galaxy,” I told her—named for its spiral shape and home to roughly a trillion
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