Chinese general-purpose robotics firm Fourier has raised a new investment to bring the overall funding in its Series E round to almost 800 million yuan ($109.1 million) with support from investors including Prosperity7 Ventures. Shanghai-headquartered Fourier disclosed the scale of its Series E round, its biggest so far, in a WeChat post on Tuesday, after… Continue reading Chinese robotics firm Fourier books nearly $109m in Prosperity7-backed Series E roundIn January 2022, Fourier closed a Series D round at $55m led by S…
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Cybertruck Bomber Used ChatGPT to Plan His Attack
A weird new development. TerrorGPT Las Vegas police officials have revealed that active duty Green Beret soldier Matthew Livelsberger, who fatally shot himself and blew up a rented Tesla Cybertruck just outside the Trump Towers hotel in Las Vegas last week, used generative AI — including OpenAI’s ChatGPT — to plan his attack. As the… Continue reading Cybertruck Bomber Used ChatGPT to Plan His Attack
Death Row Prisoner Requests to Be Executed as Soon as Possible
An unusual request. Death Wish An Arizona man who’s been on death row for nearly two decades has an unusual request for the state’s highest court: to, essentially, get it over with already. Generally speaking, attorneys for death row inmates try to delay their executions as long as possible. But as the Associated Press reports, 53-year-old Aaron… Continue reading Death Row Prisoner Requests to Be Executed as Soon as Possible
Book App Alarmed as Its AI Starts Mocking Users for Reading Books by Women and Minorities
Yikes. Page Burner The popular book app Fable has come under fire for its AI-generated annual roundups, which some users say gave them offensive messages about race and gender, Wired reports. These days, every app imaginable is deploying its own take on the wildly popular Spotify Wrapped feature by providing personalized end-of-year recaps for users’… Continue reading Book App Alarmed as Its AI Starts Mocking Users for Reading Books by Women and Minorities
Las Vegas police release ChatGPT logs from the suspect in the Cybertruck explosion
/ The suspect in the New Year’s Day blast asked ChatGPT for information about explosives, how to ignite them, and where to buy them. By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Share this story Image:… Continue reading Las Vegas police release ChatGPT logs from the suspect in the Cybertruck explosion
Meta Follows Elon Musk’s Lead, Moves Staffers to Billionaire-Friendly Texas
“Executives are doing everything they can to create an environment conducive for actions they want to take, absent review or accountability from actors like our courts or legislators or others,” she says. Since taking over X, formerly Twitter, Musk has become one of Trump’s most important allies, backing his campaign financially and lending the full… Continue reading Meta Follows Elon Musk’s Lead, Moves Staffers to Billionaire-Friendly Texas
The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning
Nuzzo says it’s very possible that the Louisiana patient’s preexisting health conditions contributed to the severity of their illness, but also points to the case of a teenager in Canada who was hospitalized with bird flu in November. The 13-year-old girl was initially seen at an emergency department in British Columbia for a fever and… Continue reading The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning
More than one company brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025
It turns out that Roborock isn’t the only company that brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025. Rival company Dreame, which unveiled its stair-climbing robot vacuum earlier in the week, is also working on a robot vacuum with an arm for picking up objects. The device is still a prototype, according… Continue reading More than one company brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025
At CES 2025 I toured the Haus.me microhaus Pro, a self-contained living pod you can put just about anywhere
We may no longer be at the height of the tiny home craze, but the idea of a resource-light, efficiently built home that can be plonked down just about anywhere still appeals. Today at CES, I got to tour the 2025 model of the microhaus Pro from California-based Haus.me. It was shiny, swankily appointed and,… Continue reading At CES 2025 I toured the Haus.me microhaus Pro, a self-contained living pod you can put just about anywhere
Dreame’s X50 robot vacuum can climb stairs
Robot vacuums can make cleaning up a lot more convenient but, depending on your home’s layout, might not work with every floorplan. Chinese appliance maker Dreame is hoping to address that with its X50 robot vacuum that’s able to climb over small stairs without assistance. Though the robot vac has yet to launch in the… Continue reading Dreame’s X50 robot vacuum can climb stairs