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Cybertruck-looking 'mobile aircraft carrier' developed in China can hide away and launch a 2-person flying carA large road-based land vehicle can launch a two-person eVTO flying car that is stored in its trunk.
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Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable hands-on: An intriguing laptop with plenty of potentialLenovo will finally launch its first-of-its-kind concept rollable this year after first announcing a prototype in October 2022.
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Nvidia's mini 'desktop supercomputer' is 1,000 times more powerful than a laptop — and it can fit in your bagNew Project Digits mini PC offers a petaFLOP of power for local AI processing and data science.
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'Multiverse simulation engine' predicts every possible future to train humanoid robots and self-driving carsNvidia's Cosmos platform lets researchers simulate multiple different realities and simulate real-world physics to generate footage that can train future robots.
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Superfast diamond-laced computer chips now much closer to reality thanks to 'quantum breakthrough'Scientists have vastly reduced the temperatures and conditions needed to grow special diamonds for computing, making faster and more efficient computing chips a more realistic proposition.
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Tech breakthroughs of 2024: Test yourself on this year's biggest highlightsFrom Google's AI to quantum computing, how much do you know about the year's biggest breakthroughs in tech?
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Editor's picks: 2024's most exciting technology advancementsAI dominated tech news this year, but has the technology actually been improving? We review the leaps we've seen, as well as what's new in the world of quantum computing.
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Robotics breakthroughs in 2024: Test your knowledge of the most exciting advancements in the fieldWe've seen countless new innovations in the space of robotics, from humanoid robots to AI-powered machines — but how much do you know about them?
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Google's new quantum chip has solved a problem that would have taken the best supercomputer a quadrillion times the age of the universe to crackGoogle's new 105-qubit 'Willow' quantum processor has surpassed a key error-correction threshold first proposed in 1995 — with errors now reducing exponentially as you scale up quantum machines.
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Large language models can be squeezed onto your phone — rather than needing 1000s of servers to run — after breakthroughRunning massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new compression algorithm trims down their size — meaning your data never leaves your device. The catch is that it might drain your battery in an hour.
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This Nvidia-powered laptop now lowest price all year — Cyber Monday save $400Deals The Dell Inspiron 16 Plus, fitted with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU and the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, can be yours for $1,100 this Cyber Monday.
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Better than Apple! This high-end AI PC has a better battery than the MacBook Air — it's now just $799Deals The 14-inch HP OmniBook X features the latest components and an NPU that guarantees a long-lasting battery. Now you can grab it for 33% off at BestBuy.
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Save $400 on one of the best Windows laptops we've seen this yearDeals We loved using the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, and now the 13.8-inch version is available for 25% off this Black Friday week.
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'This is a marriage of AI and quantum': New technology gives AI the power to feel surfaces for the 1st timeCombining quantum science with machine learning has led to a model that can accurately measure how surfaces feel to the touch.
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1st-of-its-kind cryogenic transistor is 1,000 times more efficient and could lead to much more powerful quantum computersThe new type of transistor, known as the "cryo-CMOS transistor," is optimized to operate at temperatures under 1 K and emit near-zero heat.
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IBM's newest 156-qubit quantum chip can run 50 times faster than its predecessor — equipping it for scientific researchWhen combined with Qiskit software tools, the 156-qubit R2 Heron quantum processor can perform 5,000 two-qubit gate operations — double the previous best — meaning it's ready for complex quantum computations, IBM scientists say.
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Drones could use 'robotic cat's eyes' to track targets more precisely than ever beforeA new computer vision system inspired by the design of a feline eye could give future drones and other military robots the ability to track targets in low-visibility and dynamic environments.
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AI-powered app performs full-body motion capture using just your smartphone — no suits, specialized cameras or equipment neededMotion capture requires special equipment and infrastructure that can cost upward of $100,000 — but scientists have created a smartphone app and AI algorithm to do the same job.
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Scientists have built the smallest quantum computer in the worldThe smallest machine of its kind in the world uses a single photon as its qubit and it can perform calculations without needing the cumbersome equipment to cool it down to near absolute zero.
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Chinese scientists build fastest humanoid robot in the world — it can run at 8 mphThe STAR1 robot can reach a top speed of 8 mph with the added help of a pair of sneakers.
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Wireless data speeds hit 938 Gbps — a new record and 10,000 times faster than 5GScientists combined two existing wireless technologies — high-speed electronics and millimeter wave photonics — for the first time to achieve record-breaking wireless data transmission speeds.
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Scientists design new 'AGI benchmark' that tests whether any future AI model could cause 'catastrophic harm'OpenAI scientists have designed MLE-bench — a compilation of 75 extremely difficult tests that can assess whether a future advanced AI agent is capable of modifying its own code and improving itself.
