Teslabot Optimus Gen 2
Tesla has introduced Optimus Gen 2. • Tesla designed actuators and sensors • 2-Dof actuated neck • Actuators integrated electronics & harnessing • 30% walk speed boost • Foot force/torque…
Blue Origin sure seems confident it will launch New Glenn in 2024
Enlarge / This picture, taken several months ago, shows different parts for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket inside the company’s manufacturing facility in Florida. (credit: Blue Origin) For the first…
Goerge Hotz Asks Mistral 7B to Make Q* Algorithm in Python and Runs It
Computer coding genius George Hotz asks the Mistral 7B model to make the Q* algorithm in python and run it. This is near AGI level actions. He added in a…
Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The FCC announced today that it won’t award Elon Musk’s Starlink an $886 million subsidy from the Universal Service Fund for expanding broadband…
This Mind-Reading Cap Can Translate Thoughts to Text Thanks to AI
Wearing an electrode-studded cap bristling with wires, a young man silently reads a sentence in his head. Moments later, a Siri-like voice breaks in, attempting to translate his thoughts into…
X Is Profitable or Nearly Profitable
X (aka Twitter) is making $600 million per quarter in ad revenue and this is 70% of total revenue. This is $3.4 billion annually. Elon Musk had said expenses were…
Marvel’s Black Panther Disney Plus series will dig into Wakandan history
Details about Marvel’s forthcoming Black Panther spinoff series have been sparse since the studio first announced it a couple years back. But ahead of What If …?’s season 2 premiere…
Snapchat now lets subscribers share AI-generated snaps
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snapchat is getting even more generative AI features. The messaging app now lets Snapchat Plus subscribers create images based on a text prompt…
Every homeopathic eye drop should be pulled off the market, FDA says
Enlarge (credit: Getty | UniversalImagesGroup) This year has been marked by many terrifying things, but perhaps the most surprising of the 2023 horrors was … eye drops. The seemingly innocuous…
E3 memory lane: Ars’ favorite moments from the show’s over-the-top past
Enlarge / This photo is exactly what it was like to be on the E3 show floor. Exactly. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Today’s news that the Electronic Entertainment…