Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup
AI dev platform Hugging Face has acquired Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based in France, for an undisclosed amount. Wired reports that Hugging Face plans to...
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC
Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics plans to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation II. The transaction values Kodiak, which...
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg’s voices
The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend. Source : Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg’s voices
DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication
Dolphin researchers are using Gemma and Google Pixel phones to try to decipher how dolphins talk to one another. Source : DolphinGemma: How Google AI is...
This True Crime Book Was So Unnerving and I Absolutely Devoured It
Today’s book recommendation is a newer true crime release that got really dark in ways I did not expect and I was absolutely enthralled by it....
Most Americans Want to Read More Books—These Accessories Can Help
If you’ve been a part of the bookish interest for the last few years, you’ve probably seen a few iterations of the “reading more” discussion. There...
Meta AI ‘Piracy’ Lawsuit: Publishers and Professors Challenge Fair Use Defense
Tech companies are racing to build the most powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) but how these systems are trained is now mired in controversy. Many major tech...
Every Upbringing Is an Indoctrination
The Cult by Mel Kassel Cass’s mother is on TV, crouching and rocking with the other cultists. Her closeness to the camera makes her a set...
10 Novels Exploring Complicated Feelings About Ambition
In a novel (and in life), ambition is a potent force. To want, to want, to want. It is the gasoline fueling a character to do...
In “Audition,” Motherhood Is a Performance
What to do in the aftermath of a shocking revelation? In Katie Kitamura’s As the show progresses and family tensions escalate, it becomes clear that the...
