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Record-smashing Chinese maglev hyperloop train hits 387 mph and could someday outpace a plane
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
The T-Flight is a maglev train that hit a record-breaking speed of 387 mph on a short test track — but engineers want to double that rate so the train can carry passengers at speeds faster than if they were traveling by plane.
New AI image generator is 8 times faster than OpenAI's best tool — and can run on cheap computers
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists used "knowledge distillation" to condense Stable Diffusion XL into a much leaner, more efficient AI image generation model that can run on low-cost hardware.
'Quantum memory breakthrough' may lead to a quantum internet
By Peter Ray Allison published
A new technique in quantum storage that operates at room temperature could pave the way for a quantum internet.
Ultrasonic earbuds with 'advanced noise-cancellation' could launch as soon as 2025
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Say goodbye to earbuds that break down and create fuzz. New ultrasonic audio chip could lead to digital headphones with better noise-cancelling and spatial audio.
Qubits are notoriously prone to failure — but building them from a single laser pulse may change this
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Qubits are normally made from superconducting metals and need to be cooled to near absolute zero to avoid collapsing. But scientists just built an error-free "logical qubit" from a single laser pulse — and it works at room temperature.
AI chatbots need to be much better at remembering things. Have scientists just cracked their terrible memory problem?
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
AI chatbots can't remember things well. However, scientists might have fixed AI's critical short-term memory issue, while OpenAI is also beginning to roll out long-term memory for ChatGPT.
Forget making coffee — Boston Dynamics puts Atlas to work lifting heavy automotive struts in latest flex
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Boston Dynamics has released footage showing how its flagship Atlas humanoid robot would cope in a factory environment as it lifts heavy struts and puts them into a flow cart.
World's 1st PC rediscovered by accident in UK house clearance nearly 50 years after last sighting
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Two of the three last-known surviving Q1 microcomputers have resurfaced after they were last known to have been used by an oil drilling company in the 1970s.
Watch this eerily silent vision of the future — where offices are filled with weird, AI-powered robots
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
In a new video, 1X's EVE robots work together in silence in a test environment, performing actions such as sorting mail, handling objects and tidying up a child's toys.
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