China has launched a barrage of medium-range missiles over large distances in the South China Sea, Beijing’s latest step to demonstrate its strategic dominance and sovereignty over disputed waters, a U.S. defense official said. The rocket launches on Wednesday mark a series of military exercises that China has carried out …
Read More »Amazon’s first Fresh supermarket opens with high-tech Dash shopping carts
Amazon will open its first Fresh supermarket for personalized shopping by invitation only this week, and will be open to the general public in the coming weeks, the company announced. The store is located in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, and will sell food such as pizzas and …
Read More »LG’s new wearable air purifier is what George Jetson would wear in the bad timeline
Image: LG LG unveiled its new PuriCare ™ Wearable Air Purifier on Thursday, essentially putting one of LG’s home air purifiers on your face. The device looks like something George Jetson might wear if he fell into bad timeline — with climate change-fueled fires, militarized police tear-jerking peaceful Protestants, and …
Read More »Turkey supports another currency crisis
When the Turkish lira fell to a new low against the dollar and euro this month, Hakan Bulgurlu did not panic. This was not the first time that Mr Bulgurlu, the CEO of Arcelik, a Turkish manufacturer of household appliances, was sent through a currency crisis. “We do business in …
Read More »National Science Foundation Announces MIT-led Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions | MIT News
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced an investment of more than $ 100 million to establish five institutes of artificial intelligence (AI), each of which will receive approximately $ 20 million over five years. One of these, the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI), …
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