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Grand Theft Auto VI presales to begin next week

Pre-sales of Grand Theft Auto VI, the feverishly anticipated video game release, will begin June 25, Rockstar Games said Thursday.This post was originally published on this site

Stretchable self-powered sensor delivers stable signals even at 668% elongation

Wearable medical devices that monitor heart rate, respiration and joint movements for long periods without battery concerns, electronic skins that sense external stimuli like human skin, and soft robots made of flexible materials that move […]

Paint it black(er): A new way to make cars darker than ever

Scientists have developed a practical way to make ultra-black coatings to meet demand for trendy, luxury vehicles in China. The coating, described in a paper published in Matter & Light, is made up of a […]

New lidar system maps location, speed and material properties in a single measurement

Researchers have developed a new kind of lidar system that simultaneously measures the location, speed and material properties of objects in a scene. This type of information could be useful for applications such as robotics, […]

Intelligent, but not conscious: A warning about AI chatbots

Have you ever said “thanks” to ChatGPT, or “please” to Claude? Maybe you’re just being polite, showing some civility to a helpful and eloquent conversational partner. You may even consider politeness a safe choice, just […]

Apple CEO says AI boom makes price increases ‘unavoidable’

Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that demand for memory chips from the artificial intelligence boom will force the tech giant to increase the prices of its products, according to an interview with The Wall […]

Innovations on show at Paris Vivatech fest

Around 15,000 startups from around Europe and beyond are showing off their wares at the VivaTech trade show in Paris until Saturday.This post was originally published on this site

Electric ‘nose’ can smell when your food’s gone bad

Most of us have used the sniff test to decide whether a slightly expired bottle of milk or a week-old box of takeout is still good to eat. But while the human nose can be […]

UK imposes rules targeting Google search fairness

Britain’s competition watchdog introduced new rules Wednesday requiring Google to be fairer and more transparent in how it ranks search results, as part of moves tackling the technology giant’s dominance.This post was originally published on […]

New heat dissipation device design achieves a 47% weight reduction in a non-terrestrial network planar antenna

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Sharp Corp, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp, and TECHLAB Co, jointly reduced the total weight of a planar antenna for NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) applications by 47% (from 5.5 kilograms […]