Nvidia has offered robotics-focused hardware platforms and software for more than a decade, but its latest release, the Nvidia Jetson AGX Thor platform (now generally available), marks a significant step forward. For the first time, the company's latest Blackwell GPU compute architecture is being brought into both industrial and consumer......
iPhone crash detection saves Ohio teen who fell asleep at the wheel
The teenager was driving her pickup truck back home after dropping off a friend in the early hours of August 2, reports WFMJ. Despite efforts to fight the tiredness, she fell asleep behind the wheel. The out-of-control vehicle collided with two poles and some trees before coming to a stop....
Quantum computers may arrive sooner as scientists bypass flawless chip requirement
The researchers have shown that quantum computers can be built from interconnected smaller chips, and that these systems can still work reliably even if the connections and hardware are imperfect. The findings lay the groundwork for assembling large quantum systems from smaller units and highlight a crucial advance in making......
CEO Marc Benioff says Salesforce cut 4,000 support roles because of AI agents
Appearing on an episode of The Logan Bartlett show, Benioff said that adoption of AI agents has allowed him to cut Salesforce's customer support worker roles by almost half, "I was able to rebalance my head count on my support," he explained. "From 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I......
A Chinese student was questioned for hours in the US, then sent back even as Trump policies shift
A Chinese philosophy student was deported from the United States after landing in Houston to study at the University of Houston
Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson says
A spokesperson for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York City mayor is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a weekend car crash in New Hampshire
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 03-18-22-27-33, Powerball: 17
Gilgo Beach murders: A key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials
The case against Long Island’s suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer has emerged as a potentially precedent-setting battleground in the use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal cases
What the end of Federal Reserve independence could mean
President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s governing board has raised alarms among economists and legal experts who see it as the biggest threat to the central bank’s independence in decades
Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms