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The real-life Dune ornithopter was French

Long before science fiction made flapping-wing aircraft famous, French engineers experimented with real ornithopters. These unusual flying machines attempted to mimic birds in flight, pushing the ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

KHEDER | The Death of the Polymath

Opinion Columnist Zak Kheder ’26 contends that in a world with such nuanced problems, our brightest minds cannot be ...
TechNode

DeepSeek releases OCR 2 with new visual encoding architecture, targeting more human-like machine vision

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Tuesday released a research paper and open-sourced its latest optical character recognition (OCR) model, DeepSeek-OCR 2, aiming to improve how machines interpret and ...
Los Angeles Times

Santa Anita betting machines removed by state Department of Justice

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Santa Anita’s experiment of placing betting machines similar to Historical Horse Racing at the racetrack last week ...
Los Angeles Times

Santa Anita horse track installs slot-machine-like terminals sure to spark fight

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The fight over horse racing tracks’ right to legally install slot-machine-like ...
People

It Looks Like a Tiny, Fluffy Dragon, But It's Really a Bird. Meet the Great Eared Nightjar

Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on Bustle, The US Sun, Newsweek and OK! Magazine. Alamy Ever wondered ...
Stereogum

RJD2 & Supastition Announce New Album According To…: Hear “Machines Like Us”

In addition to the instrumentals that brought him underground renown, the Columbus DJ-producer RJD2 (back home after a years-long stint in Philly) has frequently embarked on album-length ...
techtimes

This Silicon Valley Idea Shaper Is Making Machines That Think Like Humans

When it comes to solutions, the most unobtrusive ones are typically the most effective. Mohammad Adnan works on this kind of solution, aiming to make machines think like humans and produce better work ...
Variety

‘The Smashing Machine’ Sets HBO Max Release Date

Audiences will get a second chance to see Dwayne Johnson‘s most dramatic transformation of his career when “The Smashing Machine” lands on HBO Max on Jan. 23. Helmed by Benny Safdie, “The Smashing ...
The Conversation

Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way

Amirali Aghazadeh receives funding from Georgia Tech. When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing.
USA Today

Massive 'dinosaur bird' stalks, devours snake in Uganda swamp

Last month we featured footage of an enormous, dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda and was photographed in a way that made the striking bird appear even larger. “We were ...
New Scientist

Can viral relationship tests really tell you about your relationship?

If you have been on TikTok lately, you may have stumbled upon the “bird test”. One partner casually points out something – like a bird outside the window – and waits to see whether the other responds ...