Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Amazon had to defend the use of AI technology in its physical supermarkets Item information Author, Emma Woollacott Role, Technology reporter 7 hours ago Amazon received critical headlines this year when reports questioned the ‘Just Walk Out’ technology installed in many of its brick-and-mortar supermarkets. The AI-powered system allows … Read more
Copilot+ PCs are a huge deal for Microsoft, Windows, and the manufacturers that make them. By all accounts, the Snapdragon X Elite chip that powers most of the new breed is astonishingly good, and by and large, those on our team who have started testing have been impressed. But hardware is only part of the … Read more
Enlarge / NASA astronaut Christina Koch (right) poses for a portrait with fellow Expedition 61 flight engineer Jessica Meir, who sits in an American spacesuit for a fit check. NASA Almost exactly two years ago, as it prepared for the next generation of human spaceflight, NASA chose a pair of private companies to design and … Read more
Crafty criminals are targeting thousands of organizations around the world with social engineering attacks that use fake error messages to trick users into running malicious PowerShell scripts. This latest Windows malware distribution campaign uses fake Google Chrome, Microsoft Word, and OneDrive error messages to resemble real alerts. After visiting a legitimate but compromised website, victims … Read more
“Our economy has really turned around,” said Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, last week as he introduced his party’s election manifesto, backed by recent data showing that the British economy had emerged from a recession stronger than at the start of the crisis was expected. years and that inflation had slowed significantly. Justifying the … Read more
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have innovated a non-invasive technology that combines a holographic acoustic device with genetic engineering. This allows them to precisely target specific neurons in the brain. This breakthrough holds promise for the precise modulation of targeted cell types in various diseased brain regions. Diseases of the human brain, such … Read more
IIs it the seemingly incessant rain in Britain? Bad design? Or perhaps the way they are ridden or cleaned? Why do so many electric bike owners complain that their motors need to be replaced so often? Some mountain bike owners with a fourth-generation Bosch electric motor describe having four or five – yes five – … Read more
Cycling is so full of baffling jargon that it almost threatens to spoil the fun at times. If it’s not the complexity of power measurement, then it’s the physiology of fueling or the PhD-level physics behind aerodynamics that tricks the wind. The latest buzzword that has us grappling with its meaning is ketones, described by … Read more
Andrew Cunningham, CEO of ‘green’ hydrogen company GeoPura, likens the challenge of scaling the sector to a gridlock. “It’s about breaking through the ‘chicken and egg’,” he says. There is a “cycle of people not building hydrogen production capacity because they are not sure who will use it. . . And [of] people who do … Read more
iOS 18 will be fully unveiled this Monday during the WWDC keynote. According to one of the latest rumors, the iPhone update will introduce a redesigned Control Center. A core feature of the new Control Center is the ability to place controls on multiple separate pages, rather than the single-page view currently available. Here’s what … Read more