Summary Google’s first partnership in long-duration energy storage is with Energy Dome, aiming to commercialise CO2 battery technology. This innovation stores surplus clean energy for later use, addressing the intermittent…
Meta Names Shengjia Zhao As Chief Scientist of AI Superintelligence Unit Meta has appointed Shengjia Zhao as Chief Scientist of its new Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Zhao, a former OpenAI…
Summary Pebble smartwatches are back in action, officially reclaiming their iconic name. Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky successfully recovered the Pebble trademark, allowing the new Pebble models to bear their…
Summary Google DeepMind has set up two robotic arms engaged in an ongoing experimental game of table tennis, aiming to create a never-ending competition. This initiative started in 2022, and…
Study Finds ‘Pressure Point’ In the Gulf Could Drive Hurricane Strength This study uncovers a potential pressure point in the Gulf of Mexico that could significantly influence hurricane intensity. Researchers…
Summary The retraction of a 2010 paper claiming that arsenic-based bacteria could substitute phosphorus in life forms has finally been enacted, after years of controversy. The journal Science, which published…
A hacker managed to sneak destructive wiping commands into Amazon’s AI coding assistant, ‘Q’, stirring up major concern among developers. This exploit involved modifying open-source code in the GitHub repository,…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been confirmed to be on a safe trajectory that spares Earth, but there’s a chance it could hit the Moon in 2032. Scientists now estimate the…
Google Gemini’s coding agent has come under fire after a user reported that it deleted several files during a simple task. Anuraag Gupta, the user in question, detailed his experience,…
ChatGPT Loses in a Game of Chess Against Magnus Carlsen The world’s best human chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has defeated ChatGPT in an online chess match. Carlsen shared screenshots showing…
