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The Elusive Hunt for a Robot That Can Pick a Ripe Strawberry
Rhee said Traptic stood out from other companies in the space because its robot doesn’t touch the strawberry. Instead it…
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Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?
Such problems led the IRS and many others to switch to alternatives, such as sending a code to a phone…
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Sony’s AI Drives a Race Car Like a Champ
Takuma Miyazono began driving virtual race cars at age 4, when his father brought home the highly realistic motorsport game…
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The Collapse of the Nvidia Deal Leaves Arm Exposed
The collapse of the biggest chip deal in history will complicate the future for its intended target. The mega-deal would…
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The IRS Drops Facial Recognition Verification After Uproar
The Internal Revenue Service is dropping a controversial facial recognition system that requires people to upload video selfies when creating…
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A New Trick Lets Artificial Intelligence See in 3D
The current wave of artificial intelligence can be traced back to 2012, and an academic contest that measured how well…
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Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed
A startup that came out of stealth last month has another idea: Parallel Systems wants to move freight using self-driving,…
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It’s Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
That document recommends encouraging people to use long, memorable passwords rather than forcing them to frequently change them or specifying…
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Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote, Too
“There’s just no way this isn’t going to explode as a category,” says Matt Beane, an assistant professor at UC…
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Synthetic Voices Want to Take Over Audiobooks
When voice actor Heath Miller sits down in his boatshed-turned-home studio in Maine to record a new audiobook narration, he…
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