Q&A: Brian Gerkey and Wendy Tan White on Intrinsic, Open Robotics, and ROS
Today’s announcement of the acquisition of the Open Source Robotics Corporation by Intrinsic has generated a lot of questions, and no small amount of uncertainty about how this will affect the future of ROS. We have a bunch more information in thi.....»»
Sennheiser’s HD 620S closed-back cans have an open-back soul
Senneheiser, which made its reputation with open-back headphones, has introduced a new closed-back model aimed at audiophiles......»»
Ritacuba Blanco: death of a Colombian glacier
Just a few months ago, the Colombian mountain peak of Ritacuba Blanco was covered in an unbroken layer of white ice and snow, just as it had been for as long as anyone can remember......»»
Red Hat launches RHEL AI for streamlined GenAI model testing and deployment
Red Hat has launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI), a foundation model platform that enables users to more seamlessly develop, test and deploy generative AI (GenAI) models. RHEL AI brings together the open source-licensed Granite large langua.....»»
Pktstat: Open-source ethernet interface traffic monitor
Pktstat is an open-source tool that is a straightforward alternative to ncurses-based Pktstat. On Linux, it utilizes AF_PACKET, while on other platforms, it employs generic PCAP live wire capture. Pktstat is a versatile tool that doesn’t rely o.....»»
Chimps shown to learn and improve tool-using skills even as adults
Chimpanzees continue to learn and hone their skills well into adulthood, a capacity that might be essential for the evolution of complex and varied tool use, according to a study published May 7 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Mathieu Malh.....»»
These bone conduction headphones just got a $40 discount
The Shokz OpenRun Pro bone conduction headphones, which will keep your ears open to let you hear your surroundings, are on sale for only $140 from Best Buy......»»
White House environmental official tours PFAS-site in Minnesota
A member of President Joe Biden's administration stopped in the city of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, on May 6 to talk PFAS with local officials, visiting an area that's been at the forefront of contamination just three weeks after the Biden administration r.....»»
Focal debuts its most affordable open- and closed-back headphones
Focal's headphones are extraordinary and very expensive. But its latest models bring those prices down significantly......»»
Polestar CEO open to letting Apple ‘take over all the screens’ with next-gen CarPlay
Last week, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius made it clear that the automaker has no plans to support Apple’s next-generation CarPlay platform. In a new interview with The Verge, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath took a different approach and said t.....»»
Hey Makers! Maker Faire Rome 2024 Wants You!
Maker Faire Rome returns October 25-27th to the Gazometro and the want you to come and share your best ideas + projects! The Call for Makers is open covering all key aspects of innovation from digital manufacturing to the Internet of Things, robotic.....»»
White House pledges $100 million to help small suppliers shift to EV parts
The Biden administration on Monday said it will spend more than $100 million to help small and medium-sized suppliers retool or expand their factories and improve their energy and cybersecurity infrastructures......»»
Simulated chemistry: New AI platform designs tomorrow"s cancer drugs
Scientists at UC San Diego have developed a machine learning algorithm to simulate the time-consuming chemistry involved in the earliest phases of drug discovery, which could significantly streamline the process and open doors for never-before-seen t.....»»
Six months later, is the OnePlus Open still worth it? I found out
It's been about six months since the OnePlus Open hit the market. Is OnePlus' first foldable still worth it? I revisited the phone to find out......»»
iOS 17.5 shows Apple following the New York Times playbook with games
Last week at the White House Correspondents Dinner, SNL’s Colin Jost joked about how The New York Times—the country’s most successful news publication—was only kept alive by Wordle and other puzzle games. The Times didn’t appreciate the rem.....»»
You Asked: The Moire effect strikes, open-box TV tips, and where’d the curves go?
This week on You Asked: What is Moire effect, and can you do anything about it? When is it safe to buy an open-box TV? Are there any curved TVs you can buy?.....»»
Magna adds 363 jobs at 3 operations in Michigan
Magna, the world’s fourth-largest auto supplier, will open an engineering center for lighting in Novi and an R&D center in Troy, while adding manufacturing capacity in Lyon Township, according to a statement last week......»»
You Asked: The Moire effect strikes, open-box TV smarts, and where’d the curves go?
This week on You Asked: What is Moire effect, and can you do anything about it? When is it safe to buy an open-box TV? Are there any curved TVs you can buy?.....»»
Hungry, hungry white dwarfs: Solving the puzzle of stellar metal pollution
Dead stars known as white dwarfs, have a mass like the sun while being similar in size to Earth. They are common in our galaxy, as 97% of stars are white dwarfs. As stars reach the end of their lives, their cores collapse into the dense ball of a whi.....»»
The 50 best shows on Netflix in May 2024
The best shows on Netflix in May include A Man in Full, Evil, Dead Boy Detectives, White Collar, Killing Eve, Black Sails, Baby Reindeer, Ripley, and more......»»
Astronomers inspect population of young stellar objects in open cluster NGC 346
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has explored young stellar objects (YSOs) in an open cluster known as NGC 346. The study, published April 24 on the preprint server arXiv, yields crucial information ab.....»»