In the race to bring autonomous robots into the home, Sunday Robotics says it has solved one of the field’s toughest problems: getting a robot to work in homes and handle objects it has never seen before. On Thursday, the Bay Area-based startup unveiled ACT-2, a new artificial intelligence model that powers Memo, its wheeled
Be careful with the AI washer/dryer in the unit. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday announced a series of new tenant protection proposals, the result of his “Rental Scam Hearings” earlier this year. Plans included fixes for black mold, fire problems, and a growing AI problem. New York will now require real estate agents
John Hussman doesn’t move. The famous permabear, best known for calling out the dot-com bust, remains unfazed by his prediction of a big stock crash to come. He says there are a handful of warnings suggesting markets have reached a “speculative extreme” that possibly even exceeds the years before 1929 and 2000. Overall, signs point
As more than 800 wildfires burn across Canada, including dozens of out-of-control fires in western Ontario, the resulting smoke has worsened air quality in several parts of the United States, including the Great Lakes, the Midwest and the Northeast. Disturbing images of orange skies over New York City on Wednesday and Thursday sparked widespread concern
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% After winning best director and best picture at the 2024 Academy Awards, Christopher Nolan decided to tackle one of the most iconic stories in human history: “The Odyssey,” the epic poem that tells the story of Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his journey home after the Trojan War. Hathaway plays Penelope, his
Jensen Huang arrived in Tokyo with gifts: a series of artificial intelligence and robotics partnerships for Japan’s tech industry, and red bean buns for the crowd. On Wednesday, the Nvidia CEO visited a red-lanterned izakaya, a traditional Japanese bar, in Tokyo’s Kanda district, where a crowd gathered outside hoping to catch a glimpse of “kawa-jan”
