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Tensor Auto is very confident about its Robocar. It's the most succinct way I can describe how I felt after getting a look under the hood at this very luxurious electric vehicle at CES 2026, just a ...

A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9.” Cloud-9 is a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of ...

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SoundHound is unprofitable, and some of its core expenses are rising quickly. The company is burning through cash as it tries to carve out a niche in conversational AI. SoundHound's stock is expensive ...

But what if the biggest giveaway that a text was written by AI isn’t a word, phrase, or punctuation mark, but a particular sentence structure instead? The idea that certain rhythms of sentences might ...

Veterans visiting some Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers may notice something different at their next appointment: Their doctor is looking at them instead of typing furiously into a ...

Two-year-old Tofu is using AI to cross-reference social media profiles and verify applicant’s identity. A new partnership with ATS provider Gem and a $5 million seed fundraise should bring their HR ...

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...

Oracle's fiscal second-quarter report for 2025 showed increased borrowing and shrinking free cash flow as the company expands from software into artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. The firm's ...

With the U.S. experiencing so many violent incidents on campuses, prevention is critical for administrators who must keep students, faculty, and staff safe while fostering environments that encourage ...