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Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University researchers are training robots to perform complex surgical procedures. These robots perform like human surgeons and even correct errors during surgical operations. Researchers use video recordings of human-performed surgeries, helping robots learn by imitation rather...
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Thanks in part to the resurgence of popularity in point-and-shoot cameras, Panasonic has brought a successor to the five-year old ZS80 and ZS80D (TZ95 in other markets). Called the ZS99 (TZ99), the new model gets an updated display and a small boost in image quality paired with a powerful zoom ranging from 24mm to...
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As more Arm-based solutions make headway into a PC market that's traditionally been dominated by x86 solutions, it's understandable that Intel, the largest player in the x86 chip space, might feel a little nervous. But is there anything to truly feel nervous about? That depends on who you ask, as key figures from both...
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Aston Martin has laid out plans to put the 2026 Valhalla into production. If you have a spare $1 million lying around, you may want to get in line right now because only 999 units of this 1,064 horsepower, 811lb-ft of torque plug-in hybrid will be made. If the looks aren't already obvious giveaways, the Valhalla will...
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The handheld arms race continues to heat up, this time with some tidbits of information for a potential Lenovo Legion Go S. The original Legion Go was released in November of 2023, featuring AMD's Ryzen Z1 chip. The refreshed Legion Go S supposedly will be packing the latest AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chip, which is a...
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European space companies Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo have joined forces to take on Elon Musks Starlink in the growing space-based internet race. Until the recent announcement of the joint venture, named Project Bromo, the satellite makers had only hinted that they were looking at working with one...
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SpaceXs Starship megarocket is prepped and ready for a possible sixth test flight this week. During the fifth test flight, the space company was able to achieve the first-ever booster rocket catch via chopstick arms of the mammoth Mechzilla tower.
The spectacular first catch of SpaceXs Super Heavy booster...
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You might not know it by looking at AMD's stock price this morning (more on that later), but the company is coming off its biggest-performing quarter, with third-quarter revenue tallying $6.8 billion. That's an 18% increase year-over-year and a 17% jump sequentially. This led to a monster gain in net income (profit)...
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At some point, Valve is going to release a Steam Deck 2 (even if it ends up being called something different). And when it does arrive, it could sport some notable upgrades, including variable refresh rate (VRR) support and longer batter life, compared to the Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED. That said, don't expect...
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As far as automotive nameplates go, Porsche's 911 GT3 has a 25-year history of humbling the competition (be it road or track) and offering some of the best driving thrills available for the money. To celebrate 25 years of history, the 2025 911 GT3 will drop next summer with a much higher price and two variants...
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Apple is hyping the heck out if its upcoming Apple Intelligence features that are headed to compatible devices, including the recently-launched iPhone 16 lineup (see our iPhone 16 Pro review) and the previous generation iPhone 15 series, both of which have the requisite hardware to power Apple's "AI" features. While...
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Graphics cards have taken on an incredibly important role in the world, with AI leading the front of human technological progress. Gaming has also blossomed into a mammoth industry, leading to demand for gaming GPUs to skyrocket during the last several releases. Nothing is as exciting as the prospect of a new NVIDIA...
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Shawn Layden, formerly a chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, shared that the console business cant continue to just compete based on specs during a fireside chat at Gamescom Asia. According to Layden, were fighting over teraflops and thats no place to be. We need to compete on content...
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With the arms race for machine learning and AI heating up, AMD continues to ramp up its efforts for data centers. While consumer GPUs remain an important but minimized sector, pro-level products are taking center stage at AMD. The Radeon Pro V710 is available now as a private preview for Microsoft Azure...
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SK hynix, which notably supplies memory chips to NVIDIA (among other customers), said it has begun volume production of the world's first 12-layer high bandwidth memory 3E (HBM3E) chips in a 36GB capacity, which is the largest capacity of any existing HBM product to date. According to SK hynix, customers will get...
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NASAs Webb telescope tells an elliptical and spiral galaxy to say Cheese! The image is a composite of images, combining observations from Webbs MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of a pair of galaxies collectively known as Arp 107.
The pair of galaxies, located 465 million light-years...
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The artificial intelligence (AI) arms race is reaching a fever pitch, bolstered by AMD signing a definitive agreement to acquire Silo AI, Europe's biggest private AI lab, in an all-cash deal valued at around $665 million. That's not chump change and we could see more big-dollar investments like this as companies look to add to their AI arsenal,
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Market research firms International Data Corporation (IDC) and Canalys are in agreement that the global PC market continues to recover, with the former highlighting a 3% uptick in year-over-year shipments to 64.9 million units, and the latter counting 62.8 million shipments for a 3.4% growth rate compared to last year. Where they're not in
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The AI arms race is in full swing, and some companies are opting to aim for strategic partnerships instead of all out dominance (or in pursuit of dominance). Apple has recently introduced its anticipated Apple Intelligence at its recent WWDC 2024 Developer Conference. Since AI development is apparently resource...
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It may seem hard to believe, but here we are well into 2024 and robotic applications are still having trouble grasping objects with the same dexterity as humans. Weren't we supposed to have flying cars and mastered time travel by now? While some of the ideas concocted in Hollywood haven't exactly panned out (yet)...
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The company formerly known as Facebook made a couple of big announcements yesterday in cooperation with Intel, who may be providing some of the potent AI hardware to power Meta's new AI products. The big new things to know about are the Llama 3 AI model and Meta's new AI assistant, simply called "Meta AI".
Meta's...
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Meta continues to work on its custom silicon, with the second version of its Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA). Its a chip the company says is designed specifically for our deep learning recommendation models that are improving a variety of experiences across our apps and technologies. This new processor...
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