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Okay, only three fake Ferrari cars were found; the rest involved hundreds of thousands of counterfeit items. According to The Courier, Ferrari seized 91,000 pairs of eyeglasses, 61,000 wristwatches, 800 scooters, and 30,000 bottles of…

Gone are the days when business plans and funding agreements could fit on one of Lion & Compass' cocktail napkins in Silicon Valley. That was truly a heyday for technology companies, which received gargantuan amounts of money and then…

According to a recent Axios article, 80 wildfires are roaring across the western U.S. Dry lightning, temperatures over 100 degrees, and no rain are causing devastation from California to Montana... again. Just four days ago, the tally was…

Using AI plus an open-source dataset could lead to rapid advancements in adaptive radar systems. Adaptive radar detects, locates, and tracks moving objects, rapidly taking pictures. With the help of modern AI approaches and lessons learned…

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, developed a flexible wearable fabric that can stiffen on demand. Using geometric design, 3D printing, and robotic control, RoboFabric can be made into medical devices or soft…

To spot a deepfake, look for the stars in their eyes. New research shared at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting in Hull suggests AI-generated fakes can be spotted by analyzing human eyes in the same way astronomers…

This is cool in a terrifying way. Joby's hydrogen-electric demonstrator aircraft made a 523-mile flight above Marina, CA. There were no emissions except for water. Joby's battery-electric air taxi development demonstrates hydrogen's…

According to an unnamed source and internal documentation reviewed by Reuters, OpenAI has a project designed to deliver advanced reasoning capabilities. The source described it to Reuters as a work in progress with no indication of…

From the dawn of humanity, we've been fascinated by what is "out there." We have countless movies and TV series about humanity's contact with otherwordly beings, covering every scenario. Alien and Predator introduce us to malevolent…

A new study proposes a framework for “Child Safe AI” after incidents revealed that children often see chatbots as trustworthy. Chatbots show signs of an “empathy gap” that could pose a risk to young users. The study claims there’s an urgent…

Caribbean islands are moving away from importing fossil fuels in favor of using their abundant sun and wind power for electricity. Frequent hurricanes, however, are problematic for solar energy generation. Researchers at the Department of…

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory achieved a breakthrough with a new microelectronic material. In a new study published in Advanced Materials, the Argonne team proposed a new kind of ​“redox…

To date, there hasn't been a practical method of building quantum networks that can transmit quantum information over long distances. However, building a country-wide quantum network using vacuum beam guides may be possible, enabling qubits…

Amazon recruited AI talent from startup Adept. It isn't stealing—Amazon will license technology from Adept, including AI models and datasets. Amazon's AI unit learned that the company hired Adept co-founder and CEO David Luan and "a few…

A psychology study published by USC in PLOS ONE demonstrates that  AI-generated jokes are funnier than people-created ones. The research team behind the study compared participants’ reactions to jokes written by ChatGPT 3.5 and others…