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Elderly Widow Finds New Companion in 'ElliQ"
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (292+ words) An octogenarian on Washington's remote Long Beach Peninsula has become the test case for a very modern roommate: an artificial intelligence-driven robot that's supposed... Elderly Widow Finds New Companion in 'ElliQ' An octogenarian on Washington's remote Long Beach Peninsula has…...
Blizzard Warning Covers NYC, Coastal East Coast
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (335+ words) Blizzard warnings were issued Saturday for New York City, New Jersey and coastal communities along the East Coast as a late-winter storm on track to arrive on Sunday threatened... Blizzard Warning Covers NYC, Coastal East Coast Blizzard warnings were issued…...
Nasal Spray Could Protect Against Range of Respiratory Bugs
18+ hour, 33+ min ago (312+ words) Scientists are testing a nasal spray that aims to put lungs on alert against just about any bug that tries to move in. Stanford University researchers said their "universal... Nasal Spray Could Protect Against Range of Respiratory Bugs Scientists are…...
Rescue Group Scrambles to Catch Las Vegas Toucan
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (750+ words) Katherine Eddington was driving in North Las Vegas last week when she thought she saw a big black bird carrying a banana fly across the intersection. But after a closer look,... Rescue Group Scrambles to Catch Las Vegas Toucan A…...
Cops Rescue Injured Bald Eagle in Hudson River
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (207+ words) A bald eagle adrift on a slab of ice in the Hudson River ended up with a police escort instead of a grim fate. New York Police Department harbor officers say they spotted the... Cops Rescue Injured Bald Eagle in…...
University Booted From AI Summit Over a Robotic Dog
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (274+ words) A private Indian university was booted from a top AI summit in New Delhi on Wednesday after one of its staffers displayed a commercially available robotic dog made in China, claiming... University Booted From AI Summit Over a Robotic Dog…...
China's Latest Robots Are 'Terrifyingly Nimble"
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (172+ words) Chinese TV just showed a live demo of how far its humanoid robots have come. Per Futurism , Unitree G1 robots at the state-run China Media Group's Spring Festival Gala not... China's Latest Robots Are 'Terrifyingly Nimble' The spectacle, which CGTN deemed…...
Scientists Have a Magic Number for Daily Farts
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (314+ words) If you think you're an outlier in the gas department, science has news: You probably aren't. Researchers at the University of Maryland strapped "Smart Underwear"... Scientists Have a Magic Number for Daily Farts If you think you're an outlier in…...
A robotic dog made in China gets an Indian university kicked out of an AI summit
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (409+ words) According to two government officials, Galgotias University was ordered to take down its stand at the summit a day after the university's professor of communications, Neha Singh, told state-run broadcaster DD News that robotic dog Orion was developed by the…...
Shark Turns Up in a Most Unexpected Place
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (407+ words) An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many experts had thought sharks... Shark Turns Up in a Most Unexpected Place An ungainly…...