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A two pound robot duck ran 4,096 parallel practice sessions inside a computer before ever touching a floor, and that virtual run compressed years of practice into hours

A small robot duck learned to walk and somersault using chip-powered simulation that compresses years of real-world robot ...
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Americans spend less time with friends but report no more loneliness

New research from the American Friendship Project finds Americans spend less time with friends, yet loneliness has not ...
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AMPS Solar plans 600 jobs at new Hanford, California plant

AMPS Solar is converting a former Del Monte plant in Hanford, California into a solar module factory expected to employ 600 ...
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A shopper fills a cart with a jacket then closes the tab for days, and one retail study finds the pause makes buyers happier with their choice

A Texas Tech study on wish lists and shopping carts finds a pause before buying makes shoppers choose better and enjoy ...
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A Georgia plant is built to tear apart 5 gigawatts of dead solar panels a year, and the factory going up next door will turn that scrap glass into brand new solar glass

A Georgia plant processes up to 5 gigawatts of old solar panels a year, feeding recovered glass into a new factory built to ...
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Schaeffler to cut 3,460 European jobs, close five factories

Schaeffler plans to cut 3,460 European jobs and close five factories as the auto parts maker battles overcapacity and weak EV ...
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Fal raises $1.3 billion as AI inference startup doubles valuation to $16B

Fal raised $1.3 billion in a Series F led by Bessemer, doubling its valuation to $16 billion as AI inference demand surges.
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A single password reset button costs roughly $70 in help desk time each time it gets clicked, and breaches tied to stolen logins average nearly five million dollars apiece

That forgotten password reset button costs about $70 a click in help desk time, and breaches tied to stolen logins now ...
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Electric vehicle sticker prices fell 12.3 percent to $58,071 six months after a $7,500 federal tax credit vanished

EV listing prices fell 12.3% since the $7,500 federal tax credit ended, with the Equinox EV among the steepest drops as ...
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Solo restaurant reservations jump 22 percent as dining alone grows

Solo restaurant reservations rose 22 percent year over year, new data show, as dining alone sheds its old stigma among US ...
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CISA sets November 10 deadline for high-severity Node.js flaw

CISA ordered federal agencies to patch a critical Node.js Brotli decoder flaw by November 10 after confirming active ...
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Texas batteries discharged a record 4,600 megawatts at once during a February cold snap, and the grid’s increasingly fast-reacting storage fleet is reshaping how Texas a…

Texas grid batteries hit a record 4,100 MW winter discharge, cutting an estimated $150 million in scarcity pricing during a ...