Abstraction, but for robots – Stack Overflow

Viam is a robotics platform that brings modern software development tools into hardware applications. Connect with Simone on Linkedin. This week’s shoutout goes to Lifejacket winner Sergey Kalinichenko for their answer to How does this K&R code for reading an int work?. TRANSCRIPT Ryan Donovan: Working with voice? Try Assembly AI instead of wrestling with […]

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Inside the White House shitposting machine

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the technology, broligarchs and brainrot rapidly transforming politics and civic society. Not subscribed to The Verge yet? You should! It can materially improve your life. Last week was a grim reminder that no matter what sort of horror is being perpetrated or how many […]

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New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exception

New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to introduce legislation that would effectively legalize robotaxis in the state — except for its most populous metropolis: New York City.  Hochul, who made the comments Tuesday during her State of the State address, said the legislation would advance the next phase of the state’s autonomous vehicle pilot program.  […]

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Qwen boss says Chinese AI models have ‘less than 20%’ chance of leapfrogging Western counterparts — despite China’s $1 billion AI IPO week, capital can’t close the gap alone

Tom’s Hardware Premium Roadmaps (Image credit: Future) China’s AI sector made a splash this month as a cluster of domestic AI firms raised more than $1 billion through IPOs in Hong Kong. While these listings were undoubtedly meant to signal confidence, they triggered an unusually candid round of warnings from inside China’s own AI industry […]

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