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Climate change will cost the world $38tn a year by 2050, study finds The negative impact of climate change on agricultural yields, labour productivity and infrastructure will cost the world an estimated $38tn annually by 2050, scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have said. The negative impact of climate change on […]

Offshore wind industry unveils plan to triple manufacturing over the next decade A coalition of industry bodies have unveiled a plan to triple the ability to manufacture offshore wind turbines in the UK in a bid to meet the government’s rapidly approaching energy decarbonisation deadline. A coalition of industry bodies have unveiled a plan to […]

Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot Atlas enters a new electric era Following the recent ‘retirement’ of the hydraulic-powered Atlas, Boston Dynamics unveils an all-new electric version of its humanoid robot. Following the recent ‘retirement’ of the hydraulic-powered Atlas, Boston Dynamics unveils an all-new electric version of its humanoid robot. Tanya Weaverhttps://eandt.theiet.org/rssNewshttps://eandt.theiet.org/2024/04/18/boston-dynamics-humanoid-robot-atlas-enters-new-electric-eraPowered by WPeMatico

Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect themArtificial intelligence has been in the crosshairs of governments concerned about how it might be misused for fraud, disinformation and other malicious online activity; now in the U.K. a regulator is preparing to explore how AI is used in […]

Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasksHugging Face has published a new leaderboard and benchmark for evaluating generative AI models on health-related tasks and questions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Hugging Face has published a new leaderboard and benchmark for evaluating generative AI models on health-related […]

Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleaguesMuch has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short-term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. The long-term impact these sorts of sweeping changes will have on […]

Tesla still plans to build 1,800-mile charging corridor for semi trucks despite Biden funding snubTesla is pushing forward with a plan to build an electric big rig charging corridor stretching from Texas to California, despite being snubbed by a lucrative federal funding program that’s part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. But the original scope […]

Ibotta’s IPO opens sharply higher, hinting at warming public-market interest in tech sharesIbotta began its path as a public company on Thursday by opening at $117 per share, a big increase from its IPO price of $88, itself an increase from its proposed range of $76 to $84 per share. And this pop is despite boosting […]

Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $200M, say sourcesConsolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is in talks to be acquired by another […]

How to play Pokémon and other Game Boy games on your iPhoneApple finally updated its App Store guidelines to allow global developers to host retro game emulators on iOS. Now, you don’t need to jailbreak your iPhone or download any sketchy software — you can get a sophisticated emulator right in the palm of your […]