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Why Long-Horizon AI Agents Are the Next Frontier in Artificial Intelligence

For two hundred hours straight, in a warehouse this past May, three humanoid robots named Bob, Jim, and Rose sorted a quarter of a million packages without a single hardware failure. When the team behind them hit the two-hundred-hour mark…

SpaceX Cuts Starlink Internet Prices in Memphis After Data Center Opposition

SpaceX is offering discounts for Starlink internet plans in Memphis, Tennessee, as the Elon Musk-led company endures blowback and legal challenges from opponents of its data centers in the area and neighboring Mississippi.

In Germany, political fallout from heat wave begins

Following a major heat wave, critics say the government needs to do more to adapt to climate change. What can policymakers do to ensure the country is better prepared for extreme temperatures in the future?

Germany's heat wave is over, political fallout has just begun

Following a major heat wave, critics say the government needs to do more to adapt to climate change. What can policymakers do to ensure the country is better prepared for extreme temperatures in the future?

Germany's heat wave has a political fallout

In the wake of the heat wave, critics say the government needs to do more to adapt to climate change.

Germany: heat wave is over, political fallout has just begun

After a major heat wave, critics say leaders need to do more for climate change adaption. Policymakers disagree on who's responsible to prepare Germany for extreme temperatures ― the federal government or municipalities.

S. Africa anti-migrant wave: UN's Türk urges people 'not to dehumanise, see in other a human being'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In this wide-ranging interview, Türk presents a coherent vision of human rights as the essential framework through which to understand…

NASA awards Astrobotic, Firefly, Intuitive Machines lunar lander contracts in moon base project

$59bn Flowed Into Nigeria Through Crypto. Here’s Why Regulation Is No Longer Optional

When Chainalysis reported that approximately $59 billion in cryptocurrency passed through Nigeria between July 2023 and June 2024, the figure did more than confirm what many in the industry already suspected. It settled the argument that…

Firefighters struggle to contain deadly Greek wildfire

Over 100 firefighters are working to extinguish a fire near Thessaloniki which has claimed a life.

Google's new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet

There are plenty of AI image-generation models these days, but the ones capable of quality outputs tend to be slow and expensive. Google DeepMind says its new image model, known as Nano Banana 2 Lite, offers the best balance of quality and…

FDA scientists flag concerns with peptides, the trendy molecules RFK Jr. supports

Documents reviewing the research on peptides note lack of good evidence of efficacy or safety. Yet an FDA panel will consider easing access to them later this month. (Image credit: Svitlana Pietukhova/iStockphoto)