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Amazon Has Put Up a Roadblock for Meta’s AI Shopper
Meta’s agent promises to handle tasks for you. Amazon’s response shows why an assistant needs more than intelligence to get through a digital checkout.
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AI Is Learning to Spot the ‘Zombie Cells’ Linked to Ageing
A new method gives researchers a chemical fingerprint of senescent cells in mouse tissue. Better measurement could sharpen ageing research before it changes medicine.
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MIT’s Dissolving Battery Brings Swallowable Electronics Closer
A tiny battery powered experimental devices inside pigs and is designed to break down after use. It could help solve a difficult problem for ingestible electronics.
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Nvidia’s Next AI Power Move Reaches Beyond the Chip
Nvidia is expanding its influence over the equipment around its processors. A new qualification programme puts batteries and liquid cooling in the spotlight.
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CATL’s New Truck Battery Takes Aim at Diesel’s Stronghold
CATL’s latest battery platform and a new DHL agreement target long-distance electric freight. The real test is making the whole delivery route work.
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Google’s AI Is Turning Satellite Data Into a Methane Leak Hunt
Google and NASA JPL researchers are using AI to find methane plumes in satellite observations. The strongest results are promising; the confidence labels are essential.
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Getting Home From Mars Could Depend on Making Oxygen From Thin Air
MIT researchers are exploring another way to extract oxygen from Martian air. Producing it is only part of the challenge; collecting it reliably could be just as important.
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Scientists Spotted a Risky Choice Before a Person Moved
A small human study tracked brain signals as people weighed reward against danger. It offers a closer view of decision-making without proving that scientists can read minds.
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Google Wants Gemini to Be the First App You Reach for on Your PC
Gemini now has a Windows app. Google’s opportunity is to turn an AI service people visit occasionally into a tool they reach for throughout the day.
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China’s Memory-Chip Challenger Just Raised the Stakes
CXMT says its new G5 memory platform has entered mass production. The implications reach beyond one chip, but cheaper devices are not a guaranteed result.
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MediaTek’s New Flagship Chip Makes Android’s Next Upgrade More Interesting
The Dimensity 9600 Pro brings MediaTek into the 2nm smartphone race. Its most useful promise may be what it does with a phone’s power budget.
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The Power Grid Is Giving Retiring Coal Plants Another Lifeline
Three Indiana coal units have been told to remain available through December. The decision exposes a difficult energy transition trade-off: keeping power dependable without locking customers into costly old equipment.