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Anthropic hands Claude Code more control, but keeps it on a leash | TechCrunch
For developers using AI, “vibe coding” right now comes down to babysitting every action or risking letting the model run unchecked. Anthropic says its latest update to Claude aims to eliminate that choice by letting the AI decide which...
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What Will It Take to Build the World’s Largest Data Center?
The undying thirst for smarter (historically, that means larger) AI models and greater adoption of the ones we already have has led to an explosion in data-center construction projects, unparalleled both in number and scale. Chief among them is...
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RAI’s amazing Roadrunner robot leaves humanoids behind
When the Robotics and AI (RAI) Institute talks technology, it’s wise to take notice. The company was, after all, founded by Marc Raibert, who also launched robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics, the firm behind the astonishing Atlas robot and the...
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Polymarket buckles down on insider trading after scrutiny over suspiciously timed bets
Polymarket is moving to quash insider trading as prediction markets face scrutiny over whether some users draw on classified or other closely held information to gain an edge in betting on events. The New York-based company...
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A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow ‘Organ Sacks’ to Replace Animal Testing
As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a bold idea for an alternative to animal testing: nonsentient “organ sacks.”Bay Area-based R3 Bio has been quietly pitching the...
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What is Elon Musk’s Terafab chip project? Here are his “most epic” goals for the factory.
Elon Musk, famously a man with big ideas, is building a semiconductor plant vast enough to power those ambitions.Musk on Saturday announced what he calls the "Terafab," a semiconductor manufacturing plant to be located in...
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Warmer ocean is driving the Antarctic sea ice ‘regime shift’
Scientists have been debating why Antarctic sea ice, which once seemed impervious to climate change, has shrunk dramatically in...
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Remembering IEEE Power & Energy Society Leader Mel Olken
Mel OlkenFormer executive director of the IEEE Power & Energy SocietyFellow, 92; died 9 JanuaryOlken became the first executive director of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) in 1995. In 2002 he left the position to serve as...
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Scientists demonstrate underground wireless communication, even through stony bedrock
For decades, going underground meant losing your signal and your lifeline. Korean researchers at ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) have changed the paradigm with a breakthrough that sounds simple but is genuinely remarkable. The technology allows for voice communication...
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Watch this moonwalking humanoid robot impress with lifelike agility
A new video (above) out of South Korea features the field tests and interaction capabilities of KAIST Humanoid v0.7, developed at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).The impressive humanoid robot was developed at KAIST’s Dynamic Robot...