The state of Arizona is preemptively suing Joe Biden’s administration over its forthcoming vaccine mandate, even though the text of the rule isn’t published yet and it remains unclear when that will happen.
Two fires sparked last week by lightning strikes in Sequoia National Park have caused the park to close to visitors and are threatening the endangered trees as the fires continue to spread, the National Park Service said Tuesday. They add to California’s increasingly dire season of flames.
In 1978, a young boy mysteriously goes missing. In 1986, he reappears having not aged a day. Where did he go? Well, an alien spaceship zipped him around the galaxy so fast time didn’t change for him, but eight years passed on Earth. That’s the set-up for Disney 1986 film Flight of the Navigator and after multiple…
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“It’s a bit strange, because humanity has a history of friendship with vaccines,” the Pontiff said.
The virus’s toll has been much worse than experts initially predicted.
Humans are bad at picking good passwords. When creating new sets of login credentials, many of us often take the lazy route and pick a password that is easy to remember and therefore easy to guess, making those logins prime targets for malicious actors. Microsoft’s solution to this issue is a novel one, as the company announced today that it’s … Continue reading
Apple may have spared no hyperbole during its big iPhone 13 event yesterday, but eager travelers may find the most useful improvements didn’t get a mention in the glossy launch stream. Like last year’s iPhone 12 family, there’s 5G across the board from the smallest iPhone 13 mini through to the flagship iPhone 13 Pro Max, but changes in how … Continue reading
The Razer Wolverine V2 Chroma was revealed this week in preparation for launch for Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, and PC. This newest version of the original Wolverine works with a new design, a whole bunch of buttons, interchangeable thumbstick caps, and Chroma RGB lights aplenty. This new version of the controller will be made available direct rom … Continue reading
Boston Dynamics’ Spot dog is learning some new behaviors that will help the robot adapt to the real world. The company has delivered a Release 3.0 update that helps Spot do its jobs without human intervention. Most notably, it can dynamically replan routes — the robot’s inspection will go smoothly even if someone inadvertently left a forklift in the way.
The upgraded Spot can also handle human-free scheduled missions, and it’s smart enough to automatically plan routes when you choose the actions you want to perform. The robot will help you notice when something’s amiss, too. It uses scene recognition to capture photos at the same angle every time, and human inspectors can conduct live reviews of changes Spot notices with computer vision, such as gauge readings and heat changes.
These updates won’t mean much if you don’t have the $74,500-plus to spend on a Spot of your own. They do show how Boston Dynamics’ signature canine is evolving, though, and illustrate just how robots like this can help in real life — they’re increasingly useful for tasks where it would be impractical (or just a hassle) for humans to step in.
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