PARIS – The Netherlands plans to place a rush order for an additional Patriot air-defense system for €940 million, or US$1.1 billion, to avoid losing its production slot and joining the tail end of a waiting list of international customers, which the Dutch government says could push delivery back to 2033. The government has until … Read more
Amazon confirmed it has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup building humanoid robots. Fauna’s first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that’s 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be “approachable and human-friendly.” Amazon last week acquired Rivr as it explores automating aspects of its last-mile delivery. Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a … Read more
Disney’s much heralded $1 billion investment in Open AI is over as the Sam Altman-led tech giant will be shuttering its standalone Sora text-to-video app “The deal is not moving forward,” an insider tells Pacthman.coof the agreement then House of Mouse CEO Bob Igerreached last year with Altman. It is unclear how much of the … Read more
By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 (Pacthman.co) – Arm Holdings announced a new artificial intelligence data center chip on Tuesday which it said will add billions of dollars of revenue and represent a significant shift in the company’s strategy. The new chip, called the AGI CPU, will address data-crunching needed for a specific … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to the metaverse during Covid seemed shocking, if not a bit bold at the time. After all, the CEO of Facebook invested tens of billions of dollars to pivot one of the world’s largest and most valuable companies into a purely speculative venture. But now that metaverse hype has been replaced by … Read more
From the control tower to the tarmac of the third-longest runway in the state, Action News Jax got a behind-the-scenes look at progress at Cecil Field and Spaceport Tuesday morning. There’s been more than $600 million of capital investment at Cecil since 1999, and $1.7 billion more is expected over the next two decades. “It’s … Read more
It didn’t take long for OpenAI’s text-to-video AI app, Sora, to melt down into outrageous drama. Almost immediately after the company rolled out the flashy smartphone app in early October, it became ground zero for photorealistic videos of people shoplifting, flagrantly copyright-infringing footage of SpongeBob SquarePants cooking up meth, and mocking clips of deceased celebrities. … Read more
OpenAI just confirmed Sora shutting down, and the timeline has people confused. The company is pulling the plug on the Sora video app only months after its debut. That quick turnaround caught creators and tech watchers off guard, especially because Sora was positioned as a major step forward for AI video. So naturally, people are … Read more
Biological membranes of cells and their subunits (organelles) are organized into tiny regions (nanodomains) made up of fats (lipids) and proteins. Those specialized regions carry out important tasks for the cell, such as signaling, sorting, or transport. While proteins in these domains are well understood, the lipid distribution and behavior within them remain a bit … Read more
An electronic composer will deliver a customised audio-visual performance in Basingstoke. Scientist Max Cooper will showcase his immersive show, Max Cooper Live, at The Anvil on Thursday, May 14 at 7.30pm. Tailored to each venue, Cooper’s unique show combines scientific and human stories, interacting with the architecture to wrap audiences in sculptures of light and … Read more
