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IEEE Honors Robotics Pioneer Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda has been blazing trails for most of his career. He is considered to be one of the most prolific scholars in robotics, writing more than 2,000 research papers and authoring several books on the field. He’s an influential figure thanks to his pioneering work developin…
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The Download: your stake in OpenAI, and the Treasury’s AI warning
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI Sam Altman’s proposal that Americans should share in the wealth created by AI is back in the spotlight, wit…
MIT Technology Review
The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six m…
MIT Technology Review
11% of Americans Are Currently Taking a GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Like Wegovy
15% of Americans have ever taken the drugs, up from 6% in 2024.
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Box survey: Why enterprise AI leaders are outperforming their peers
Presented by Box Content access, governance, and platform flexibility are emerging as the dividing lines between AI leaders and laggards, according to the new State of AI in the enterprise report from Box, which surveyed 1,640 IT decision makers across the US, UK, France, and J…
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OS 27 Developer Beta 3 Enables New ‘Pace’ and ‘Expressivity’ Sliders for Siri’s New Voices
Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch: With the latest iOS 27 developer beta, Apple is giving testers an early look at one of the upcoming improvements to its AI-powered Siri: the ability to adjust how quickly and expressively the AI assistant speaks. In iOS 27 beta 3, out today, A…
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International tech
XAG Unveils Aerial and Ground Agricultural Robots for Fully Autonomous Crop Protection
XAG new X Series agricultural robots and RM80 mowing robot tackle the last mile of farm automation, from autonomous spraying to self-charging and mixing chemicals.
pandaily.com
Xiaomi announces new vehicle brand SkyNomad
Xiaomi EV today unveiled SkyNomad, a new vehicle series that the company said represents “the sky, the nomad — a new name for space and lifestyle.” The first model in the lineup will be Xiaomi’s first range-extended full-size SUV, targeting families and outdoor travel scenarios. …
technode.com
Amazon could raise $25Bn through bond sale to fund AI expansion
Amazon is preparing to raise at least $25 billion through a US… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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DeepSeek and Zhipu AI Begin Self-Developing AI Chips — The Endgame Is No Longer Just Models
DeepSeek and Zhipu AI join OpenAI and Anthropic in developing custom inference chips, signaling a structural shift where leading AI labs pursue in-house silicon to cut costs and reduce GPU dependency.
pandaily.com
Microsoft begins replacing OpenAI, Anthropic models with in-house MAI AI across key products: Report
Microsoft has reportedly begun deploying its own AI models across some of… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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DeepSeek begins in-house AI chip development to cut reliance on NVIDIA, sources say
In recent years, as generative AI has shifted from model training toward large-scale inference, an increasing number of AI model developers have turned their attention to underlying hardware. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched an in-house AI chip project focused on inferenc…
technode.com
Samsung’s Next Galaxy Foldables Will Be Announced on July 22
We're expecting three new foldable phones.
gizmodo.com
Anthropic brings Claude Cowork to mobile and web as usage data shows most users aren’t coding
Anthropic on Tuesday launched Claude Cowork on mobile and web, expanding a tool that has quietly become the company's bridge between the developer-centric world of AI coding agents and the far larger market of knowledge workers who never open a terminal. The rollout, which begins…
venturebeat.com
Why the rise of open source AI isn’t hurting Anthropic … yet
Open source models’ success isn’t coming at the expense of frontier labs. Instead, they each seem to capture two phases of the same life cycle.
techcrunch.com

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The Atari Jaguar Runs Linux
Among the many forgotten might-have-beens of the games console world, the Atari Jaguar occupies a special place. It was the final gasp of Atari Corporation, the Jack Tramiel-era incarnation of …read more
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When An Engineering Education Doesn’t Teach You How To Really Make Anything
In the sweltering temperatures of an unusually hot European heatwave, I found myself having a chat with  a friend of mine from my university days. After discussing the health of …read more
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China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33y0n1v1xjo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820220 Points: 322 # Comments: 382
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Good Judgment Beats Good Prompts
2026.04 - "Judgement is the last human skill AI can't replace". Everyone is saying it. I am trying to understand it. I want you to get good at it. Let's get philosophical and practical.
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It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy
In the early 1990s, Don’t Copy That Floppy was an anti-piracy campaign that attempted to connect with computer-savvy youth through the power of hip-hop. While somewhat difficult to imagine given …read more
hackaday.com
It’s Full Steam Ahead for This Motorized Canoe
In some parts of Canada, you’ll rarely hear someone use the phrase “whatever paddles your canoe” instead of the more usual “whatever floats your boat”– and apparently, at least for …read more
hackaday.com
ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: How They Differ
In this article, we will look at the various architectural forks the teams building these models encountered and the decisions they took.
bytebytego.com
Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
Article URL: https://allaboutcookies.org/eu-mandatory-distracted-driver-system Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48823557 Points: 590 # Comments: 753
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Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro
Article URL: https://ariya.io/2026/03/local-cpu-friendly-high-quality-tts-text-to-speech-with-kokoro/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821576 Points: 390 # Comments: 77
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