Reuters, Georgetown, Texas The Vulcan printer builds objects layer by layer, much like any other desktop 3D printer. The only differences are that it creates residential buildings, weighs 4.75 tons, and is wider than 45 feet (13.7 m). The final handful of the 100 3D-printed homes at Wolf Ranch, aRead More →
(Reuters) – Startup Character.AI announced on Friday that it has reached an agreement with Alphabet’s Google, granting the search engine giant a non-exclusive license to the chatbot maker’s massive language model technology. The agreement, which mirrors others reached by Microsoft and Amazon in recent months, will see Character.Noam Shazeer andRead More →
Brussels (AFP) The European Union’s groundbreaking regulation on artificial intelligence went into effect on Thursday, with Brussels promising to foster innovation while respecting citizens’ rights. Following tough and acrimonious talks, the EU enacted the world’s first comprehensive guidelines to govern AI, particularly strong systems like as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, earlier thisRead More →
(Web Desk) – Flying automobiles have long been a prominent component in science fiction, with people wondering when they would become a reality. However, with the design and successful testing of flying taxis, flying automobiles appear to be more than a pipe dream and will soon become a reality. ARead More →
(Web Desk) – During the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise, the US Air Force tested Quicksink, a guided bomb that targets marine vessels like a torpedo. During RIMPAC 2024, participant ships and planes carried out long-planned live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs), sinking the decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8) andRead More →
(AP) – Prepare for a doubleheader of meteor showers. Late July is when the Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks. Additionally, it will fall on the same day as the Alpha Capricornids, a second, lesser meteor shower this year. Every year in the late summer, there are the Delta AquariidsRead More →
(Web Desk) – WhatsApp, a messaging app owned by Meta, is introducing an augmented reality (AR) capability for video calls. WhatsApp has added a ‘touch-up tool’ to video calls, allowing users to apply filters to smooth out facial features and enhance their personality. That would put a stop to theRead More →
(Reuters) – Due to Google’s reluctance to improve its hardware in Russia and its refusal to unblock Russian media outlets, YouTube speeds on desktop computers in Russia are expected to drastically decrease, a senior politician with ties to the authorities stated on Friday. Russia has punished Alphabet’s Google multiple timesRead More →
(Reuters) – NASA’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will be launched by SpaceX and NASA on Friday, no sooner than August 18. The news was made one day after SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration to launch again after an unusual mid-flightRead More →
Beijing, China (Reuters) – Even as EV demand slows in the largest auto market in the world and geopolitical uncertainties cloud CATL’s foreign operations, the Chinese electric vehicle battery behemoth posted stronger profit growth in the second quarter. According to Reuters calculations based on a stock filing on Friday, CATL’sRead More →
