Things You Didn’t Know About Tesla’s Humanoid Robots

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Elon Musk’s Tesla is famous for its electric cars, but the company is also a world leader in robotics. Musk considers Tesla’s AI to be severely underrated—a claim that’s not entirely baseless. While Tesla attracts world-class talent to build robots and artificial intelligence, these areas are much less talked about…

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Exiled Chinese bloggers urged people back home to unfollow them, claiming police are checking individuals 'one by one'

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Wang Zhi'an checks his website during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo on October 5, 2022.

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  • In separate posts, 2 Chinese bloggers in exile asked their social media followers to unfollow them.
  • They claimed that Chinese police were checking their accounts.
  • One of the dissidents, Li Ying, posted screenshots claiming his followers had been interrogated.

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Family Dollar has agreed to pay $42 million after storing food and medicine in a warehouse with a severe rodent infestation

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The FDA uncovered a severe rodent infestation in January 2022 at a Family Dollar warehouse. The photo does not show the warehouse in question.

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  • Family Dollar is paying $41.7 million for storing products in unsanitary conditions at a warehouse in Arkansas.
  • The warehouse closed in 2022 after an FDA inspection uncovered a severe rodent infestation.
  • The DOJ said it represents the US' largest

There's Finally a Drug That Can Keep Your Fingers and Toes Safe From Frostbite

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A reliable way to keep appendages safe from the ravages of the cold is finally here. This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment meant to prevent limb amputation from severe frostbite, Eicos Sciences’ Aurlumyn. Compared to standard care, the intravenous drug was shown to significantly…

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Tales of a shopping influencer

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Everywhere you go on the internet, it feels like someone’s trying to sell you something. TikTok is being overrun by sales pitches for stuff on the TikTok Shop; Instagram is making it easier to buy everything you see in a post; platforms from Pinterest to Prime Video are adding ever more ads, ever more hungrily trying to get you to buy

Google wants you to text Gemini in Google Messages

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Google officially brings Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot, to the Google Messages. You'll be able to text Gemini just like your other friends.

Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees

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Sony says it’s laying off around 900 employees of its PlayStation division, a reduction of its global headcount of around 8 percent. Sony’s layoffs will impact a variety of its PlayStation studios, including Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, and Firesprite. Sony’s layoffs are the latest in a wave that has been impacting

10 fascinating facts about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has a company tattoo and dozens of direct reports

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Here are 10 facts about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang that may be surprise you.

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  • Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang is on track to be one of the richest people in the world.
  • But there's more to the tech CEO than his wealth. 
  • Here are 10 surprising facts about Huang, from his Nvidia tattoo to his staggering number of direct reports.

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