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FuturismChinese Police Deploy Rolling BB-8-STyle Robot to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects
Imperial Police In Eastern China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling, rubber tire-wrapped robot that can chase down suspects and beat them in a fight. As the South China Morning Post reports, cops in the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province have lately been flanked by the spherical robot that looks more like an imperial "Death Star" than anything that should be used by ostensibly not-evil law enforcement. Named the "Rotunbot" or "RT-G" for short, this spherical robot was create
- TechCrunch
OpenAI blames its massive ChatGPT outage on a 'new telemetry service'
OpenAI is blaming one of the longest outages in its history on a "new telemetry service" gone awry. On Wednesday, OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT; its video generator, Sora; and its developer-facing API experienced major disruptions starting at around 3 p.m. Pacific. In a postmortem published late Thursday, OpenAI wrote that the outage wasn't caused by a security incident or recent product launch, but by a telemetry service it deployed Wednesday to collect Kubernetes metrics.
- Zacks
MSI & NOK Team Up to Develop Advanced Drone Solution: Stock to Gain?
Motorola is collaborating with Nokia to develop a leading edge drone solution that will address the evolving requirements of first responder agencies and industries.
- Yahoo Canada Style
PS5 is now on sale — plus tax-free with Canada's GST/HST holiday: See why Amazon shoppers love Sony's slim PlayStation console
The latest edition of the top-rated gaming console offers "incredible" graphics and a roughly 30 per cent size reduction.
- Engadget
PlayStation 5 review (2024): A smaller console with a bigger game library
Sony’s PS5 redesign is a smaller console with slightly more storage and the same incredible selection of hit games. It's easy to see how it's dominated this console cycle.
- Yahoo Life Shopping
Big solutions, small prices: these $20-and-under gifts are editor-approved winners
From a compact box cutter to rechargeable sconces, these giftable editors' picks alleviate some of life's biggest headaches, starting at $5.
- South China Morning Post
China ups the ante on humanoid robotic innovation, applications to boost economy
Local government officials across China are rushing to introduce policies to level up the innovation and deployment of robots, especially humanoid robots, as Beijing's policymakers upped the ante for future industries at the tone-setting central economic work conference. The cities of Hangzhou, Chongqing and Nanjing, plus a part of the southwestern Sichuan province, have released robotics policies to accelerate robotics innovations and the "concentration of business entities" involved, the offic
- Benzinga
Apple's 2025 Chip Transition Targets New Wireless Edge, Broadcom To Retain Key Role
Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) upcoming switch to in-house chips for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections from 2025 will likely impact its partner Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO). The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips will enable Apple devices to go online via wireless networks, pair with headphones, and more. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (NYSE:TSM) manufactured Proxima, which will power Apple’s first products in 2025, Bloomberg cites familiar sources. Also Read: STMicroelectronics and Qualcomm Launch New IoT
- The Telegraph
Uyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China next
A Uyghur militant group that helped to topple Bashar-al Assad has vowed to take the fight to China.
- Cinema Online
Grace Wong reveals pregnancy in stunning Santorini announcement
The former TVB actress shares that she and husband will be welcoming a baby after eight years of marriage
- Associated Press
China's Xi is likely to decline Trump's inauguration invitation, seeing it as too risky to attend
Chinese leader Xi Jinping would likely see President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to attend his inauguration as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations as the White House changes hands, experts say. Trump’s incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on Thursday that Trump extended an invitation to the Jan. 20 ceremony.
- The Observers
Fears mount for Syria’s minorities as video emerges showing rebel fighters executing suspects
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has become Syria’s new strongman, replacing the Alawite regime of Bashar al-Assad. Once a partner of al Qaeda, Jolani now speaks the language of tolerance towards Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities and told his fighters to refrain from extrajudicial violence. Videos emerging on social media, including one apparently showing the execution of four suspected regime collaborators, suggest that not all of his fighters are following hi
- CNN
US serviceman sentenced to 5 years for kidnapping and raping Japanese schoolgirl, officials say
A US serviceman was sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping and raping an underage girl last year, an official from Naha District Court on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa told CNN Friday.
- BBC
Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.
- People
Jennifer Lopez Is Trying to Convince Us That Super Low-Rise Jeans Are Back and It’s Working
The 'Unstoppable' star may be reviving a highly-debated denim trend
- People
Sydney Sweeney Claps Back at Body Critics with Intense Workout Footage for Boxing Biopic
The actress posted videos of her flipping tires, pumping iron and punching bags in response to negative comments
- The Telegraph
North Korean troops performing well on battlefield, say Russian bloggers
North Korean troops have captured a village from Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, Russian military bloggers have reported.
- The Telegraph
Hard to see Ruben Amorim staying loyal to error-prone goalkeeper Andre Onana
At the home of Pilsner, Andre Onana would be forgiven for buying Rasmus Hojlund a beer or two after the striker got him out of jail following another mistake to add to his collection.
- People
Woman Brings Her Ailing Dog to Spain to Live Out Her Final Days. Then She Unexpectedly Falls in Love (Exclusive)
A Seattle woman's compassionate mission to take her ailing dog on a final adventure led to an unexpected friendship that's capturing hearts worldwide
- INSIDER
A top Chinese economist just said what many people suspected: China's official GDP numbers may not be accurate
China's GDP growth rate is likely to be between 3% and 4% for the next three to five years, said Gao Shanwen, a prominent economist.