Mandel remains enchanted by space but is skeptical that humans are the optimal trailblazers. Robots, rovers, probes, and ...

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Semiconductor powerhouse TSMC is under increasing pressure to expand abroad and play a security role for the island. Those ...

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for ...

Elon Musk's satellite internet service has been absolutely critical to the country's defense. But staying connected through ...

James Zou used virtual AI ‘scientists’ to find novel covid-19 treatments. Now, he’s having AI review and present all of the ...

Surya, an AI model developed by NASA and IBM, tries to find hidden patterns in solar data to detect solar flares and winds.

The bird has never gotten much credit for being intelligent. But the reinforcement learning powering the world’s most ...

The hearing aid features first available on Apple's AirPods Pro 2 are a good start to democratizing a crucial technology.

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