Singularities are a pain in the neck for robot arms — Jacobi Robotics is trying to solve them
It’s easy to lose track of the fact that robotics is as much a software problem as a hardware one. The programming understandably gets overshadowed by...
Sci-Fi Icon Linda Hamilton on Resident Alien Season 3—and Stranger Things Season 5
Syfy’s Resident Alien returns today with a third season that will see Harry the extra-terrestrial (Alan Tudyk) doing his awkward best to save the Earth—now that...
Elon Musk Claims Tesla Employee’s Fatal Crash Had Nothing to Do With Full-Self-Driving
Elon Musk is taking issue with a report from the Washington Post published Tuesday detailing what the newspaper described as potentially the first death from Tesla’s...
Happy Valentine’s Day, dating app downloads are slowing down
It may be Valentine’s Day here in the U.S., but the dating app market isn’t looking as promising as it used to. According to a new...
Cormac McCarthy’s Valentine Day Candy Hearts
This originally appeared in our Today in Books daily newsletter, where each day we round up the most interesting stories, news, essays, and other goings on...
Latency vs. Bandwidth vs. Throughput: What’s the Difference?
We always crave fast and reliable internet connection when surfing the web, streaming videos, and playing online games. However, what exactly makes an internet connection fast?...
Send Love Across the Stars With io9’s Nerdy Valentines
Happy Valentines Day, you lovely nerds! io9’s favorite tradition on this most romantic day is back, with another round of pop culture gag cards to send...
ChatGPT Will Customize Responses With New “Memory” Feature
OpenAI has been rolling out new features for ChatGPT at a steady rate, but most of them are based on the GPT-4 language model and limited...
ChatGPT will now remember things about you
OpenAI announced the release of a new feature late yesterday for a limited number of ChatGPT users that allows the chatbot to retain information gleaned from...
SpaceX will de-orbit 100 Starlink satellites with unidentified flaw
SpaceX announced today that it will be sending some 100 Starlink satellites to an early retirement after a flaw was identified that could make them a...
