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A neural brain implant provides near instantaneous speechA neural brain implant provides near instantaneous speech

its own research on a brain-to-text system that bumped the accuracy to 97.5 percent. ....

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The Dexter surgical robot from Distalmotion.

The Dexter surgical robot. | Source: Distalmotion

Distalmotion has made its first sale of multiple surgical robots in the U.S. AdventHealth, which operates 50 hospitals in nine states, has chosen Distalmotion&s DEXTER system to support the growth of minimally invasive procedures. It has already completed its first cases with the system.

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Apple gives EU users App Store options in attempt to avoid massive finesApple gives EU users App Store options in attempt to avoid massive fines

Apple is changing its App Store policies in the EU in a last-minute attempt to avoid a series of escalating fines from Brussels. ....

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In a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no leaderIn a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no leader

In the meantime, the Copyright Office is in the odd position of attempting to carry on as though it wasn’t missing its head. Immediately after Perlmutter’s dismissal, the Copyright Office paused issuing registration certificates “out of an abundance of caution,” according to USCO spokesperson Lisa Berardi Marflak, who says the pause impacted around 20,000 registrations....

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With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.”

“I feel a visceral feeling right now, as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something,” Chief Research Officer Mark Chen wrote in a Slack memo...

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Rocket Report: SpaceX&s dustup on the border; Northrop has a nozzle problem

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Robotic sucker can adapt to surroundings like an actual octopusRobotic sucker can adapt to surroundings like an actual octopus

This isn’t the first time suction cups were inspired by highly adaptive octopus suckers. Some models have used pressurized chambers meant to push against a surface and conform to it....

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SCOTUS upholds part of ACA that makes preventive care fully coveredSCOTUS upholds part of ACA that makes preventive care fully covered

The USPSTF is made up of 16 medical experts who carefully review scientific data and run models to assess what preventive health interventions are best, using a framework of recommendation gradings from A to F. ....

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An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelinesAn exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines

The second thing Lu urged NASA to do is develop a follow-up mission to DART. ....

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Pendleton UAS Test Range Breaks Ground on New 18,000 sq. ft. Flex Hangar

The City of Pendleton, owner and operator of the Pendleton UAS Test Range (PUR), has officially broken ground on Flex Hangar III, a new 18,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of the Phase IV UAS Industrial Park. Now open for pre-leasing, this three-bay hangar is the latest infrastructure investment supporting the...

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If you double-click the file, SimpleText will open it, Brown discusses on his blog right before displaying the concealed team image that emerges after following the actions. ... If you double-click the file, SimpleText will open it, Brown explains on his blog just before displaying the concealed group image that emerges after following the steps.The discovery represents among the last undocumented Easter eggs from the pre-Steve Jobs return age at Apple. The Easter egg works through Mac OS 9.0.4 but appears to have been disabled by variation 9.1, Brown notes. The timing lines up with Jobs' reported restriction on Easter eggs when he went back to Apple in 1997, though Brown wonders whether Jobs ever understood about this particular trick. The ungainly G3 All-in-One set the phase for the smaller and much bluer iMac soon after. Credit: Jonathan Zufi In his post, Brown revealed hope that he may get in touch with the Apple staff members featured in the photoa hope that was quickly satisfied. In the comments, a man named Bill Saperstein identified himself as the leader of the G3 group (imagined fourth from left in the second row) in the covert image. We all knew about the Easter egg, however as you point out; the strategy to extract it changed from previous Macs (although the location was the very same), Saperstein composed in the comment. This arised from an Easter egg in the original PowerMac which contained Paula Abdul (without authorizations, of course). The G3 team desired to still have our photos in the ROM, however we had to keep it really secret. He likewise shared behind-the-scenes details in another remark, keeping in mind that his lot of mangy engineers established the effective G3 line as a skunk works task, with hardware that Jobs later turned into the groundbreaking iMac series of computers. The team was really a group of gifted individuals (both hw and sw) that were believers in the architecture I presented, Saperstein wrote, and executed the design behind the scenes for a year up until Jon Rubenstein got wind of it and provided it to Steve and the rest is 'history.'
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Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleetsActively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleets

CVE-2024-54085 to its list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild. ....

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A modified Iranian-made Shahed-136 suicide drone reportedly featuring an onboard camera, a direct radio control system from Russia, and an artificial vision module has been discovered in Ukraine for the first time, according to military electronics expert Serhii Flesh, who released photos of the wreckage on June 19.

While such a variant had long...

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Supreme Court overturns 5th Circuit ruling that upended Universal Service FundSupreme Court overturns 5th Circuit ruling that upended Universal Service Fund

Finally, the Consumers' Research position produces absurd results, divorced from any reasonable understanding of constitutional values. ....

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NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew offNASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off

Unlike the RS-25 firing at Stennis, NASA chose to broadcast the booster test. ....

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ASTM International&s Drone Technology Task Group Sets Drone Show Safety Standards

A new task group has been formed by ASTM International to create safety standards for drone show operations, focusing on technical requirements, procedures, and risk management.

Chaired by Nils Thorjussen of Verge Aero, the group invites broad industry participation to support the growth of the emerging drone show sector.

Drone shows have come a...

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Android phones could soon warn you of &Stingrays& snooping on your communicationsAndroid phones could soon warn you of “Stingrays” snooping on your communications

Smartphones contain a treasure trove of personal data, which makes them a worthwhile target for hackers. ....

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Changing one gene can restore some tissue regeneration to miceChanging one gene can restore some tissue regeneration to mice

Regeneration is a trick many animals, including lizards, starfish, and octopuses, have mastered. ....

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I do not need your f *** ing American shells, Vadim Adamov whispered as he packed the Pringles can loaded with sulphate and plastic explosive.It was early 2024, and he had actually been fighting outside Avdiivka, a village near the occupied city of Donetsk that had been a significant Russian target given that the start of the war.The town had actually been a nearly impenetrable ...
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Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the stateSupreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state

Justice Elena Kagan filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. ....

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RFK Jr.&s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk dataRFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data

Meissner scoffed at the committee even spending time on it. ....

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GA-ASI Announces Investment in Dutch Technology Innovator Arceon

– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced an investment in another Dutch business, Arceon, following the inaugural Blue Magic Netherlands (BMN) event held in November 2024.

GA-ASI selected Arceon following a compelling pitch they made during the BMN event and after detailed business and technology discussions with GA-ASI and GA’s a...

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Man eats dubious street food—ends up blowing apart his GI tractMan eats dubious street food—ends up blowing apart his GI tract

Doctors noted that his breath was fast and shallow, with crackling in his neck. ....

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Judge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of booksJudge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of books

It could certainly look worse for Meta if authors manage to present evidence supporting the second way that torrenting could be relevant to the case, Chhabaria suggested. ....

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MIT CSAIL&s new vision system helps robots understand their bodies

MIT tested its system on a soft robotic hand, a rigid Allegro hand, a 3D-printed arm, and a rotating platform with no sensors. | Source: MIT CSAIL

In an office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or MIT CSAIL, a soft robotic hand curls its fingers to grasp a small object. The...

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Dealing with third-party companies to define these requirements and address those companies' concerns appears to be Microsoft's method of attempting to avoid that sort of debate this time around. ... Working with third-party companies to specify these standards and deal with those business' issues seems to be Microsoft's way of trying to avoid that kind of controversy this time around. We will continue to collaborate deeply with our MVI partners throughout the private sneak peek, wrote Weston. Microsoft is altering the b in BSoD, however that's less fascinating than the under-the-hood changes. Credit: Microsoft Microsoft's post details a handful of other security-related Windows tweaks, including some that take detours to avoiding more CrowdStrike-esque outages.Multiple changes are coming for the unforeseen reboot screen, the less-derogatory official name for what numerous Windows users understand informally as the blue screen of death. For beginners, the screen will now be black rather of blue, a change that Microsoft briefly attempted to make in the early days of Windows 11 however consequently rolled back.The unforeseen reboot screen has actually been streamlined in a manner that improves readability and aligns better with Windows 11 style principles, while preserving the technical info on the screen for when it is required. But the more meaningful change is under the hood, in the form of a brand-new feature called quick device healing (QMR). If a Windows PC has several unanticipated restarts or enters a boot loopas occurred to numerous systems affected by the CrowdStrike bugthe PC will try to boot into Windows RE, a stripped-down healing environment that uses a handful of diagnostic options and can be used to enter Safe Mode or open the PC's UEFI firmware. QMR will permit Microsoft to broadly release targeted removals to affected devices via Windows RE, making it possible for some problems to be fixed even if the PCs can't be booted into basic Windows, quickly getting users to an efficient state without needing complex manual intervention from IT. QMR will be enabled by default on Windows 11 Home, while the Pro and Enterprise versions will be configurable by IT administrators. The QMR functionality and the black version of the blue screen of death will both be contributed to Windows 11 24H2 later on this summertime. Microsoft prepares to add additional customization alternatives for QMR later this year.
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a generation of Internet culture from the late 1990s through the 2000s when it first became possible to create complex in-browser experiences. ....

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Comau launches mobile robots, cobots, and exoskeletons at Automatica

The MyMR line of AMRs is designed to dynamically adapt to layout changes. Source: Comau

Comau S.p.A. this week launched its MyMR family of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs. The industrial automation provider debuted the system at Automatica 2025 in Munich, Germany.

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Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited dataStung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data

With Comcast trying to figure out how to stop losing broadband customers, the cable firm yesterday announced new plans that are available nationwide and do not have data caps. ....

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VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from BroadcomVMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom

Still, the security worker that Ars spoke with is concerned about the implications of the audit and said they “expect a big financial impact” for their employer.

Because we are focusing on saving costs and are on a pretty tight financial budget, this will likely have impact on the salary negotiations or even layoffs of employees....

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