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Meet Destiny! A Human-size Humanoid Robot from Unitree
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Unpicking the genetics of fibromyalgia sheds new light on its causes
We are starting to unpick the genetics of fibromyalgia, a poorly understood condition that causes chronic pain all over...
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Teenager builds advanced robot hand entirely from Lego pieces
A robot hand built from Lego pieces by a 16-year-old and his father can grab and move objects, displaying...
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The ‘Surge’ of Troops May Not Come to San Francisco, but the City Is Ready Anyway
After months of deployments by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the National Guard across American cities, federal agents have been preparing to descend into San Francisco.Local resistance groups have been coordinating with activists in other cities across the...
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Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
MaryLou CostaTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesPackaging reforms are indeed being implemented, alongside £10bn of investment in new plastic sorting and processing facilities, according to a spokesperson from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).They also say the Deposit...
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Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack caused UK car production to slump by a quarter
The five-week shutdown of Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) factories following a cyber-attack drove car production down by more than a quarter in September.JLR facilities did not produce a single vehicle last month, after the cyber-attack forced the car maker...
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McKinsey Says Bank Profits Face Possible $170 Billion AI Hit – Slashdot
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Banks face a hit to their bottom lines of as much as $170 billion if they don't adapt their business models to respond to customers turning to AI to optimize their finances. From a report: The consultancy firm...
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Jill Gostin Elected as 2026 IEEE President-Elect
IEEE Senior Member Jill I. Gostin has been elected as the 2026 IEEE president-elect. She will begin serving as president on 1 January 2027. Gostin, who was nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors, received 18,546 votes in the...
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The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water
Mars may have a network of liquid water flowing through the frozen ground. All buried permafrost, on Earth and...
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Cloud microbes’ colours could help us detect life on other planets
The colours of microbes that live in clouds high in the sky have been measured for the first time,...
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Gaza children dying as they wait for Israel to enable evacuations
Yolande Knell and Jacob Evans,in JerusalemBBC"Hundreds of patients could be treated easily and efficiently in a short time if...