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Sep 2, 2022

A Chinese game company has appointed the world’s first humanoid robot as its CEO

Posted by in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI

She will make fairer decisions for the employees.

The world of technology continues to meet the firsts. Recently, the China-based mobile game company NetDragon Websoft appointed an artificial intelligence-supported virtual human being as the general manager named “Tang Yu.”

The appointment was made on August 26 and the virtual CEO, Ms. Tang Yu started her position in the company’s principal subsidiary, Fujian NetDragon Websoft.

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Sep 2, 2022

No VR or AR: A new pocket-size eyeglass will be just big screen experience in your eyes

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, computing, education, mobile phones, virtual reality

You need to wait till 2023 to get them though.

Lenovo has unveiled its T1 Glasses at its Tech Life 2022 event and promises to place a full HD video-watching experience right inside your pockets, a company press release.

Mobile computing devices have exploded in the past few years as gaming has become more intense, and various video streaming platforms have gathered steam. The computing power of smartphones and tablets has increased manifold. Whether you want to ambush other people in an online shooting game or sit back and watch a documentary in high-definition, a device in your pocket can help you do that with ease.

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Sep 2, 2022

Recycling EV batteries is a problem, but not as you think

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

The global rush to recycled batteries is excellent news for automakers, however, there isn’t nearly enough scrap to feed them all.

The wave of new factories poses a significant risk for the recycling industry itself, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

“Nobody is really looking at each other, and they seem to think there will be a lot of scrap and end-of-life batteries,” Hans Eric Melin, the founder of a UK-based consultancy Circular Energy Storage(CES), told Bloomberg.

Sep 2, 2022

China’s mysterious space nuclear reactor allegedly can power 10 International Space Stations

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, space

Little is known about the specifications of the project, but it is edging closer.

Last november, south china morning post.

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Sep 2, 2022

Photo: Mars aurora captured by the UAE and NASA shows the beauty of the red planet

Posted by in category: space

The study was published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Sep 2, 2022

This humanoid robot can help children describe their concerns better, research shows

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, robotics/AI

Nao is the new shoulder to lean on for children.

Sometimes it can be difficult for children to open their hearts to adults. If there is a mental disorder, this situation can be even more difficult. However, a robot called “Nao” overcame it.

Robots may be more effective in identifying children’s mental health problems than parental or self-reported testing, according to a recent study by the University of Cambridge.

Sep 2, 2022

A quantum magnet is 3 billion times colder than interstellar space, scientists discover

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, space

Egor Suvorov/iStock.

That sentence belongs in a sci-fi movie, but it also belongs right here in real life.

Sep 2, 2022

James Webb Telescope captures its first images of an exoplanet

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Exoplanets are rarely seen in images.

In a first for the James Webb Telescope, astronomers from the joint NASA/ESA/CSA cooperative used the space-based telescope to bring back images of an exoplanet. Exoplanets are planets orbiting other suns than our own, helping us to understand if we are unique in the universe or if other Earth-like planets exist.


ESA

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Sep 2, 2022

A hacker attacked Yandex Taxi and sent dozens of cars to the same location

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, transportation

The hack created a massive traffic jam in Moscow.

Drivers working for Yandex Taxi, the largest taxi service in Moscow, did not have a good day on Thursday as hackers messed with the company’s app and sent dozens of cars to the same location resulting in a traffic jam that lasted up to three hours, according to Twitter reports.

A co-founder sanctioned for propaganda.

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Sep 2, 2022

5,700-year-old Neolithic Woman’s Facial Reconstruction Revealed by Scientists

Posted by in category: futurism

She could be related to modern-day Malaysians.

A study by Universiti Sains Malaysia has revealed a prehistoric woman’s facial reconstruction. It is thought that this prehistoric “Penang Woman” lived about 5,700 years ago during the Neolithic or New Stone Age in what is now Malaysia, the study suggests, which was published on August 5. However, the woman’s full identity is still unknown.

Universiti Sains Malaysia researcher Shaiful Idzwan Shahidan, one of seven USM researchers who worked on the project, told FMT that Penang Woman is estimated to have died when she was 30 to 35 years old.

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