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  No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors

  Associated Press

  BEIJING (AP) — In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday. The bipedal robots of various makes and sizes navigated the 21.1-kilometer (13.1-mile) course supported by teams of human …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Trump’s trade war casts a shadow on America’s AI boom

  The Washington Post - Gerrit De Vynck

  Tariffs will raise the costs of constructing the data centers needed to develop and deploy artificial intelligence software like ChatGPT. SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump has pledged to make the United States the “world capital” of artificial intelligence, but his aggressive trade and tariff …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid

  WIRED - Amit Katwala

  One day soon, at a research lab near Santa Barbara or Seattle or a secret facility in the Chinese mountains, it will begin: the sudden unlocking of …

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  Cambridge researchers unveil faster and more accurate AI weather system that rivals supercomputers

  TechSpot - Skye Jacobs

  In a nutshell: Aardvark Weather, an AI-based system, promises to significantly enhance weather forecasting by delivering predictions dozens of times …

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  Scientists reveal new battery breakthrough that could change how we store power: 'This report is the first step'

  thecooldown.com - Rick Kazmer

  "Our ultimate goal is to bring the power of AI and robotics into this process." Federal scientists are reducing the size of a fascinating battery as …

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  Scientists Unlocked a Holy Grail Material That Could Make Solar Panels Last 10x Longer

  Popular Mechanics - Darren Orf

  Efficient solar energy, here we come. The mineral perovskite is cheaper and more efficient at absorbing light than silicon solar cells, but it has a bit of durability problem when exposed to heat and moisture. • Scientists at the University of Surrey embedded alumina nanoparticles into perovskites to …