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June 11, 2024 9:24 PM

Humanoid robots come to life in Chinese factory

Inside this factory in China, Ex-Robots engineers are working on developing humanoid robots...with a focus on enhancing facial expressions and emotions. So far, the main purpose of these hyper-realistic robots has been for display in museums. Ex-Ro...

June 11, 2024 12:33 PM

Apple brings ChatGPT and more AI to devices

Apple unveiled a long-awaited AI strategy on Monday, integrating its new "Apple Intelligence" technology across its suite of apps including Siri and bringing OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to its devices. In the nearly two-hour long presentation at Apple'...

June 10, 2024 11:42 PM

FDA panel reviews Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s drug ahead of agency decision

Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are meeting on Monday to assess whether Eli Lilly's LLY.N experimental Alzheimer's drug donanemab is safe and effective, ahead of the agency's decision on approving the drug. The FDA had been...

June 9, 2024 4:19 PM

AI to Create New Job Opportunities, Improve Healthcare Access: Industry Experts

At a seminar titled 'Future is Exciting' hosted by the Consulate General of India in association with the Services Export Promotion Council Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India, Symbiosis International University Dubai, and Indian Women in Dubai, indu...

June 9, 2024 2:20 PM

Virgin Galactic spaceplane takes tourists on flight

Virgin Galactic flew four tourists to the edge of space and back aboard its spaceplane, marking the second flight this year, the Richard Branson-founded company said on Saturday. The Galactic 07 mission carried Turkish, U.S. and Italian passengers t...

June 9, 2024 11:57 AM

Banks say growing reliance on Big Tech for AI carries new risks

The boom in artificial intelligence will increase banks' dependence on big U.S. tech firms, creating new risks for the industry, European banking executives said. Excitement around using artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services - widel...

June 7, 2024 10:47 AM

Boeing Starliner’s first astronaut crew welcomed aboard space station

Boeing's new Starliner capsule and an inaugural two-member NASA crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, meeting a key test in proving the vessel's flight-worthiness and sharpening Boeing's competition with Elon Musk's Spa...

June 6, 2024 5:19 PM

Bolivian scientists to track glacial changes at high speed with new equipment

Scientists in Bolivia are hoping to track glacial changes at lightning speed. New scientific equipment being installed at the country's Huayna Potosi mountain peak will provide real-time measurements of glaciers' mass compared to much slower older m...

June 6, 2024 3:31 PM

China’s Chang’e-6 transfers moon samples to spacecraft, set for return to Earth

China's Chang'e-6 probe transferred samples it collected from the moon's far side to a spacecraft in lunar orbit on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua reported. After receiving the samples, the uncrewed spacecraft will fly back to Earth, with an exp...

June 6, 2024 12:50 PM

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams makes history on Boeing’s Starliner maiden crewed mission

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, carrying astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday for a test mission to the International Space Station. Williams, 58, an...

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