2 h. ago Robot with animated face is here to make customer service better

Mirokaï the humanoid robot turns ordinary moments into memorable ones with advanced artificial intelligence, storytelling and a dash of charm.

Economics

4 h. ago How possible funding cuts to Maine's pubilc schools might impact one rural district

President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from Maine's public schools after a clash with the state's governor. NPR visited a rural school in Maine to see what's at stake.

Politics

4 h. ago How possible funding cuts to Maine's public schools might impact one rural district

President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from Maine's public schools after a clash with the state's governor. NPR visited a rural school in Maine to see what's at stake.

Politics

4 h. ago Violent Venezuelan gang exploits technology to turbocharge its dominance: experts

Tren de Aragua recruits members with IT skills and has even developed its own online language to advance its criminal goals in the United States, experts say.

Events

10 h. ago House Republicans face down Dem attacks, protests to pull all

House Republicans on three key committees are working to advance their respective portions of President Donald Trump's reconciliation bill.

Politics

11 h. ago State Farm 'emergency' insurance rate hike approved as customers continue to feel the lasting impact of Los Angeles wildfires

State Farm 'emergency' insurance rate hike approved as customers continue to feel the lasting impact of Los Angeles wildfires  ABC7 Los Angeles

Events

13 h. ago The 'Oscar' of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria

This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.

Politics

15 h. ago Port of Seattle Advances Environmental Progress and Sustainability Leadership in 2024

Port of Seattle Advances Environmental Progress and Sustainability Leadership in 2024  portseattle.org

Politics

15 h. ago MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work

With support from the Stone Foundation, the center will advance cutting-edge research and inform policy.

Politics

16 h. ago Exclusive — Rep. Ogles Leads Missive to Speaker Johnson to Pass Trump’s EOs into Law: ‘Less Vacation, More Codification’

President Donald Trump has signed well over a hundred executive orders to advance the America First Agenda, but Congress is lagging behind in codifying those policies into law, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) told Breitbart News. The post Exclusive — Rep. Ogles Leads Missive to Speaker Johnson to Pass Trump’s EOs into Law: ‘Less Vacation, More Codification’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

17 h. ago Giving small satellites a bigger impact with an advanced wireless chip

The world is steadily moving toward seamless, global connectivity through satellite constellations. Small satellites—weighing up to 10 to 100 kgs—are further enhancing the connectivity with their flexibility and scalability. But the application of small satellites often faces a significant challenge in their ability to accept communication beams.

Politics

17 h. ago Google’s Advanced Protection for Vulnerable Users Comes to Android

A new extra-secure mode for Android 16 will let at-risk users lock their devices down.

Technology

19 h. ago US weighs letting UAE buy over a million advanced Nvidia chips, Bloomberg News reports

US weighs letting UAE buy over a million advanced Nvidia chips, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters

Economics

19 h. ago House GOP plows ahead on hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts despite infighting

House GOP plows ahead to advance key components of its bill to fund Trump’s agenda -- including taxes and Medicaid cuts -- even as they remain at odds within.

Science

20 h. ago AI methods help predict the emergence of 'gazelles' and other high

Predicting whether or not companies will be successful is crucial for guiding investment decisions and designing effective economic policies. However, past research on high-growth firms—enterprises thought to be key for driving economic development—has typically shown low predictive accuracy, suggesting that growth may be largely random. Does this assumption still hold in the AI era, in which vast amounts of data and advanced analytical methods are now available? Can AI techniques overcome difficulties in predicting high-growth firms? These questions were raised in a chapter I co-authored in the De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship, which reviewed scientific contributions on firm growth prediction with AI methods.

Events

21 h. ago GOP, Dems to square off over Trump's sweeping tax plan in high

House Ways & Means Committee lawmakers are meeting to advance President Donald Trump's tax agenda.

Politics

23 h. ago American Seafoods' latest move shows Alaska pollock has bigger concerns than marketing

American Seafoods' latest move shows Alaska pollock has bigger concerns than marketing  intrafish.com

Politics

23 h. ago AI meets the conditions for having free will—we need to give it a moral compass, says researcher

AI is advancing at such speed that speculative moral questions, once the province of science fiction, are suddenly real and pressing, says Finnish philosopher and psychology researcher Frank Martela.

Science

23 h. ago House GOP plows ahead on $880 billion in Medicaid, other cuts to advance Trump agenda

House GOP plows ahead to advance key components of its bill to fund Trump’s agenda -- including taxes and Medicaid cuts -- even as they remain at odds within.

Politics

25 h. ago Suddenly, Washington’s a Much Bigger Factor for Commercial Real Estate

Suddenly, Washington’s a Much Bigger Factor for Commercial Real Estate  Commercial Observer

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