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Rivian CEO taking different approach than Elon Musk for humanoid robotics company

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Rivian CEO taking different approach than Elon Musk for humanoid robotics company

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe started a robotics company late last year called Mind Robotics that he says has has raised more than $1 billion.

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From 10% chance of success to $2 trillion market cap: SpaceX's historic IPO

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From 10% chance of success to $2 trillion market cap: SpaceX's historic IPO

After its Nasdaq debut on Friday, SpaceX was the sixth most-valuable U.S. company, despite being a fraction the size by revenue of tech's megacaps.

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The David Hockney Painting That Makes You Look, and Then Look Again

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The David Hockney Painting That Makes You Look, and Then Look Again

The tireless artist, who died this week, understood how to slow down time.

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Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time

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Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time

Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games

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‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’

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‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’

In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee – and she’s furious at the tech overlords doing nothing to stop the abuse

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'It reminds me of the love I felt for my faithful companion': Tony Hertz’s best phone picture

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'It reminds me of the love I felt for my faithful companion': Tony Hertz’s best phone picture

Shadows glimpsed on a wall at sunset inspired this evocative portrait of the photographer and his dog, Lolly

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UK parents support an under-16 social media ban

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UK parents support an under-16 social media ban

These young people recognise dangers of ‘addictive’ social media but have differing views on a total crackdown

5 months ago

Painting With All the Colors of the California Alert System

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Painting With All the Colors of the California Alert System

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Texas Takes On Wall Street

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Texas Takes On Wall Street

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Dutch far-right party pays damages to court artist after changing image with AI

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Dutch far-right party pays damages to court artist after changing image with AI

Geert Wilders’ PVV altered sketch of jailed Syrian brothers to make them look more menacing

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Anthropic blocks most advanced AI models after US bars foreign use

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Anthropic blocks most advanced AI models after US bars foreign use

Anthropic said it blocked its most advanced artificial intelligence models for public use after the U.S. government banned their use by foreigners.

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Anthropic disables access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to comply with government directive

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Anthropic disables access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to comply with government directive

Anthropic said it disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with an export control directive from the U.S. government.

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