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* A new 'brain-to-robot' interface has been unveiled in China * It uses non-invasive EEG technology * The system will supply much-needed real-world AI training data We're seeing brain-computer interfaces (BCI) continue to get more advanced and more practical, and Chinese company BrainCo has now announced another first: a
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The end of the biggest World Cup ever is almost here. Following 100 matches, there are just four teams left and two more games to play. The tournament has been hosted by three countries: Mexico, Canada, and the US. All of those host countries are now out of the running.
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It was all Chris Martin’s idea. During the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Coldplay frontman called Hugh Evans, the CEO of Global Citizen, for whom he curates the Global Citizen Festival, with something new to pitch. “Wouldn’t it be incredible,” Evans recalls Martin saying, “if we could
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Pierluigi Collina retired more than 20 years ago, yet he remains the only match official most people on the planet could pick out of a line-up. These days, the chairman of FIFA's referees committee runs officiating at the biggest sporting event ever staged, and when I met him
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* British farms can now convert pig slurry into electricity to power AI data centers * Powering compute generates 10x the income of selling this energy to the grid * Cryptocurrency mining helps farms recover investment costs in just four years One farm in Britain is now using electricity generated from pig slurry
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * When shopping for a laptop, only pay for upgrades that enhance your experience. * Better displays, extra RAM, and dedicated GPUs are worth paying extra for. * Certain features, like touchscreens, may not be worth the money.
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AI and ML Researchers found confidence increased even as accuracy fell In 2026, AI still "hallucinates" and gives you wrong answers a good chunk of the time. Nevertheless, academics from French and Italian universities have found that access to AI advice suppresses critical thinking, making people more likely
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The Dimplex FlexBlade looks like it should produce terrifyingly strong airflow, but it's not as powerful as some more traditional fan designs in its price bracket. It's very flexible, however, and being able to rotate the two arms independently and rotate them from horizontal to vertical
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
