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With spec leaks the talk of the town as we inch closer to the Mavic 4 Pro‘s inevitable release, how will it compare to what is already for sale? Will it be worth the wait or should you just order an Air and Mini drone now? Let’s see.

The Mavic series of drones is meant for a more advanced user compared to the Air and...

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New study shows why simulated reasoning AI models don&t yet live up to their billing
A screenshot of the 2025 USAMO Problem #1 and a solution, shown on the AoPSOnline website. ....

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Seemingly in the same day, all the leakers jumped on to share the latest leaks of DJI’s yet-to-be-announced Mavic 4 Pro. So let’s break down what people are saying and just how packed DJI’s new flagship really will be.

Read more:How the Mavic 4 Pro will stack up against the Mini 4 Pro and Air 3SJasper Ellens and OsitaLV...

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The world has a trash problem. The amount of stuff we throw away is expected to nearly double, to 3.8 billion metric tons, by 2050. Reducing what we use would go a long way to addressing the issue, but let’s face it, we’re not very good at buying less either.

That leaves recycling, which has its own problems. People routinely try to recycle dirty...

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A drone helping police find a missing person recently became the target of a wild firework attack — and now one man is facing serious charges.

Last weekend, officers from the Thunder Bay Police Service in Canada were out on an important mission: using a drone to help locate a missing person. Everything was...

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It's been a busy year for A Technology NewsRoom occasions-- and it's about to get even bigger. StrictlyVC, our shop, extremely exclusive event series for VCs and startups, is crossing the Atlantic this May with stops in London and Athens!We're bringing StrictlyVC's expert conversations to Europe. On May 8, we'll dive into Athens' flourishing tech moment ...

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New study: There are lots of icy super-EarthsNew study: There are lots of icy super-Earths

What does the "typical" exosolar system look like? ?...

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Glacier generates $16M and reveals brand-new Recology King release

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In Silicon Valley, where the same high-wattage names tend to dominate the headlines, Ali Partovi has long wielded outsized influence despite limited name recognition. The Iranian-born Harvard graduate built an impressive resume early on — joining the founding team of LinkExchange (acquired by Microsoft in 1998 for $265 million), co-founding iLike (...

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Celera Motion IncOder CORE Series from Novanta

BEDFORD, Mass. &Celera Motion, a business unit of Novanta Robotics - Automation, a leader in precision motion control technology, is participating in the Robotics Summit - Expo, the premier event for robotics developers. The event takes place April 30- May 1, 2025, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

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Not so long ago, the idea of public tech companies emerging from Latin America seemed far-fetched, and Mercado Libre once appeared as rare and mythical as a true unicorn. Today, however, the region is home to several startups that have reached billion-dollar valuations.

Some of these startups, propelled into the spotlight by cross-border expansion,...

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FBI offers $10 million for information about Salt Typhoon membersFBI offers $10 million for information about Salt Typhoon members

The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and its intrusion last year into sensitive networks belonging to multiple US telecommunications companies. ....

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PickNik demoing latest version of MoveIt Pro at Robotics Summit

BOULDER, CO, &PickNik Robotics, a provider of MoveIt Pro, will be exhibiting at the Robotics Summit - Expo, the premier event for robotics developers. The event takes place April 30 & May 1, 2025 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Attendees can visit Booth 442 to experience live demonstrations of MoveIt Pro, a robotics...

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A new app called Lately launched on the App Store a few weeks ago, targeting people with ADHD to help them arrive on time and rewarding them for doing so.

The service is designed to help users manage their travel plans by notifying them when it’s time to leave for a trip, sending reminders 30 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes before departure. It a...

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Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group saysThermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says

claimed that each of the 15 turbines "is equipped with Solar’s Dry Low Emission (DLE)/SoLoNOx control technology" and other systems to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds. For those reasons, xAI expects to be granted permits, the submission suggests....

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Cornell University teaches robots new tasks from how-to videos in just 30 minutes

A RHyME-equipped robot picking up a mug from a counter. | Source: Cornell University

Cornell University researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence. RHyME — Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution — allows robots to learn tasks by watching a single how-to video.

Robots can be...

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Move over, PayPal mafia: There’s a new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. As the startup behind ChatGPT, OpenAI is arguably the biggest AI player in town. Its meteoric rise to a $300 billion valuation has spurred many employees to leave the AI giant to create startups of their own.

The hype around OpenAI is so high that some of these startups, like Ilya...

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Learn how warehouse automation is leading to ‘lights out& fulfillment

A RightPick system with an ASRS illustrating lights out function. Source: RightHand Robotics

Warehouse operators are turning to robotics and automation to meet expectations for lower costs and ever-faster fulfillment. &Lights-out& facilities promise full automation, but most of today&s warehouses and distribution centers still...

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Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988

The Pentagon has a long-standing policy of not publicizing hypersonic missile tests before they happen, except for safety notices for civilian airplanes and ships downrange. ....

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More than anything, these visions of the future guarantee control by the billionaires over the rest of us, Becker composes in his introduction. ... More than anything, these visions of the future pledge control by the billionaires over the rest of us, Becker composes in his intro. But that control isn't limited to the futureit's here, now. Their visions of the future are news; they inform the limitations of public creativity and political debate. Setting the regards to such conversations about the future brings power in the present. If we don't want tech billionaires setting those terms, we need to understand their concepts about the future: their curious origins, their scary consequences, and their panoply of ethical spaces and scientific defects. Ars caught up with Becker to discover more.Ars Technica: The title of your book is More Everything Forever. Speaking as a physicist, is there such a thing?Adam Becker: No, obviously not. The one thing we know that's absolutely constantly real about rapid development is that it ends. If something is growing exponentially, you can simply state, Oh, well, that's not going to last. The classic example from nature is growth of a bacterial colony. If you've got a couple of bacteria and a really great, happy growth medium and a Petri meal, they're going to grow significantly till they fill the Petri meal, consume all of the agar, and pass away, and after that the development ends.We even take advantage of this in numerous things in our everyday lives. This is how you make beer and white wine. You put the yeast in the development medium, it consumes all the sugar and grows greatly and excretes alcohol, and after that it passes away due to a mix of its own waste items and lack of food. Once it's done, then we drink it.Ars Technica: If nothing else, eventually one always meets the laws of thermodynamics, specifically entropy.Adam Becker: I've got a magnet on my fridge right now that states the heat death is coming. Particular Silicon Valley visionaries dislike the laws of thermodynamics. Others declare that their ideas are thermodynamically inescapable since they've misinterpreted thermodynamics. But either way, they've got to face it due to the fact that it's the ultimate source of these limitations. If nothing else stops you, thermodynamics will stop you since entropy is always going to increase.

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HR tech giant Deel says it has formally accepted to be served legal documents in its ongoing court battle with rival Rippling in Ireland. This ends weeks of suspense after Rippling’s bailiffs couldn’t find Deel’s execs to serve them — only for Deel’s CEO and top lawyer to turn up in Dubai.

Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz, along with Deel lawyers Asif Malik...

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With over 900 US measles cases so far this year, things are looking bleakWith over 900 US measles cases so far this year, things are looking bleak

As of Friday, April 25, the US has confirmed over 900 measles cases since the start of the year. ....

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Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing itMicrosoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it

Recall is the most high-profile feature in the release Microsoft is starting to roll out today, but there are a few other changes in it for Copilot+ PCs. ....

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Mike Lindell&s lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakesMike Lindell’s lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakes

A lawyer representing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell in a defamation case admitted using artificial intelligence in a brief that has nearly 30 defective citations, including misquotes and citations to fictional cases, a federal judge said. ....

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