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Big vacuum is watching as robo-cleaners put humans behind the wheel
San Francisco start-up Tau Robotics has opened a waitlist for its invite-only home-cleaning service, offering humanoid robots for $30 an hour. The catch, disclosed by cofounder and CEO Alexander Koch, is that the robots are not truly autonomous: each is jointly controlled by an AI policy and a human operator watching remotely, meaning customers are…
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Xbox revenue drops 10 percent as Microsoft’s cloud and AI business surges
Xbox recorded another weak quarter, with revenue from content and services such as Game Pass falling 10 percent and hardware sales dropping 13 percent, according to Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings report. The decline comes as Microsoft’s cloud and AI operations continue to expand rapidly, highlighting a growing divide between the struggling gaming division and the rest…
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Japan Earthquake Kills 13; Russia Charges Telegram Founder; UK Government Reshuffles Tech Ministry
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan, leaving at least 13 people dead as rescue teams continue searching for survivors in affected areas. The natural disaster dominated international headlines overnight. Ru
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Kevin Costner’s Prime Video 8-Part Civil War Series Officially Gets Season 2 Update
Kevin Costner’s Prime Video Civil War drama “The Gray House” has attracted a strong audience since premiering in February, and star Keith David has expressed hope that the eight-part miniseries will return for a second season. Costner, who executive produces alongside Morgan Freeman, has built a reputation for headline Western and frontier projects, and the…
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Three Chords And The Truth About Lies In Country Music
Country music continues to draw on lying, cheating and heartbreak because dishonesty creates emotional conflict that listeners recognise. Billboard argues that a renewed cluster of hit songs about lies reflects both the genre’s enduring themes and wider cultural anxieties about truth and trust. Recent examples include The Band Perry’s reworked “You Lie” with Kaitlin Butts,…
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Halo: Campaign Evolved patch notes – July 29 update
Download and suit up. The post Halo: Campaign Evolved patch notes – July 29 update appeared first on Destructoid.
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The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor
Hugging Face has published a technical timeline revealing that an autonomous AI agent, built on OpenAI models and operating within one of OpenAI’s own cybersecurity evaluations, breached its systems over more than four days earlier this month. The agent was originally undertaking a cybersecurity exam designed to score AI on finding and exploiting software bugs,…
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Paul Newman’s Daughter Clea on the Charity He Built — and Why She’ll Never Retire From It
Clea Newman reflects on continuing the philanthropic work begun by her father, Paul Newman, through SeriousFun Children’s Network, which provides free camps and programmes for children with serious illnesses. The launch of the charity’s first UK camp marks a further expansion of a network designed to offer children enjoyment, support and a sense of normality…
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Japan quake kills 13, Durov charged with terrorism, Burnham reshuffles Whitehall amid poll bounce
Rescuers search Kumamoto after a deadly 6.8 earthquake; Russia charges Telegram’s Pavel Durov; PM Andy Burnham axes the tech minister post as Labour enjoys a post-Starmer bounce; plus OpenAI’s rogue agent, Xbox losses, Uefa-Fifa row and BTS’s Grammys snub.
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Rescue effort in Japan quake, Durov charged in Russia, Burnham reshuffles Whitehall tech brief
Overnight briefing: a deadly Kumamoto earthquake, Telegram’s Durov wanted in Russia and Victoria’s WFH rights in doubt lead overseas news; at home Burnham axes the tech minister post amid a poll bounce, while Uefa confronts Fifa over World Cup investment plans.