Google DeepMind teaches a robot to autonomously tie its shoes and fix fellow robots

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

DeepMind employed a new learning platform, ALOHA Unleashed, paired with its simulation program, DemoStart, to teach robots by watching humans.
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Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

The FDA on Thursday announced that it has granted what it calls “the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device, Hearing Aid Feature.”
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Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

A new report attempts to calculate how much damage shipping our Amazon orders is doing to the planet, and how badly the company is missing its own targets.

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Why credit card fraud alerts are rising, and how worried you should be about them

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

Credit card fraud alerts are rising, but for every false alarm there is a real crime, often now linked to AI.

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OpenAI, Anthropic and Google execs meet with White House to talk AI energy and data centers

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google President Ruth Porat met Thursday at the White House to discuss AI and energy usage.

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Microsoft lays off another 650 from gaming division

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

Microsoft is laying off around 650 employees from its gaming division, according to an internal memo shared online by IGN. The latest cuts come eight months after the company laid off 1,900 in its gaming division, following its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.  In Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo to staff, he notes that […]
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Hacker tricks ChatGPT into giving out detailed instructions for making homemade bombs

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

An explosives expert told TechCrunch that the ChatGPT output could be used to make a detonatable product and was too sensitive to be released.
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JD Vance says he thinks Apple benefits from Chinese slave labor: ‘That’s pretty sick’

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said he thinks Apple sometimes benefits “from chinese slave labor.”

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Microsoft to cut 650 jobs at its Xbox gaming unit — read the full memo from top exec Phil Spencer

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

Microsoft said Thursday that it is cutting 650 roles at its Xbox gaming division, in the latest major round of layoffs to hit the video game industry.

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Meta, TikTok and Snap pledge to participate in program to combat suicide and self-harm content

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Techme101

In an attempt to prevent suicide and self-harm content from spreading online, the nonprofit Mental Health Coalition (MHC) today announced a new program, Thrive, aimed at encouraging online platforms to share “signals” of potentially harmful material. Thrive, which counts Meta, Snap and TikTok as founding members, will provide ways for platforms to share hashes — […]
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