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Faster than Usain Bolt? Here's all the records broken at this year's World Humanoid Robot Games in China.Humanoid robots at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing have outpaced and out-jumped human athletics benchmarks, but the event also revealed how much work remains before they can operate reliably in the real world.
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Scientists build tiny robots without motors that can fly using sound waves aloneA century-old trick for tuning musical instruments has been repurposed to power robots that fly, float and steer themselves using nothing but sound waves.
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Planting crops in fields of solar panels is more efficient, protects the plants and helps keep workers cool, study findsA new model simulates the benefits of agrivoltaic farming, in which solar panels and crops share the same land.
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New kind of AI uses a fresh approach to reasoning — researchers say it costs up to 11 times less to run than a leading OpenAI modelScientists say a new vector-based approach to cognition is dramatically cheaper than standard methods and signals the start of the "post-transformer" era of AI models.
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The Meta settlement is a start, but it's not enough to create real change — that's what we need to focus on nowOpinion The Meta settlement requires limited oversight of Instagram and Facebook for just five years. Making it permanent and industry-wide requires a law.
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Stream the entire BBC iPlayer Attenborough collection anywhere with this top-rated VPN dealDeals Proton VPN has cut prices by up to 70%, giving you streaming access to all your usual services, plus some of the best VPN privacy features on the market
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Cheap wall tiles 'inspired by flowing streams' could fix one of superfast 6G's biggest problemsSuperfast 6G has a major problem — signals struggle to pass through physical barriers. But scientists have invented a $2 wall tile that can fix that.
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Why is AI going on a hacking spree?Explainer AI models are finding software flaws, carrying out cyberattacks during security tests and reaching systems they weren't supposed to access. But does that mean AI is "going rogue"?
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Have your say: Would you trust a humanoid robot with your household chores?Poll Humanoid robots are moving out of the lab and into people's homes, from $30-an-hour cleaners to $20,000 domestic helpers. Tell us in our poll if you'd let one loose with a mop.
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