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Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind
NEW YORK (AP) — As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla.Sprout's charm is the point. A 5-year-old child could comfortably talk at eye level with this humanoid, which stands 3.5 feet (1 meter) tall and wears a soft, padded exterior of sage-green foam.
Forged by stealth startup Fauna Robotics over two years of secret research and... Read More
âOne Battle After Anotherâ leads the pack in nominations for UKâs BAFTA film awards
LONDON (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged action thriller “One Battle After Another” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, securing 14 nominations Tuesday including acting nods for five of its cast.Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” is close behind with 13 nominations, while Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean family tragedy “Hamnet” and Josh Safdie’s ping-pong odyssey “Marty Supreme” have 11 apiece.
The best film nominees are “One Battle After Another,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme,” “Sinners”... Read More
Sabalenka, Svitolina to meet in semis after Gauff's racket-shattering exit, Alcaraz sails through
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A searing hot day turned into a sweltering night at the Australian Open and eventually Coco Gauff let off steam, shattering her racket after a lopsided loss to Elina Svitolina that cost her a place in the semifinals.Day 10 of the season-opening major began with top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka beating 18-year-old Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-0 on Tuesday before the Extreme Heat Policy was activated and the roof was closed on Rod Laver Arena.
The center court was still under cover when No. 12 Svitolina stunned the third-seeded Gauff 6-1, 6-2 in 59 minutes to... Read More
Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over nurse's Minneapolis shooting
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump is headed to Iowa on Tuesday as part of the White House’s midterm year pivot toward affordability, even as his administration remains mired in the fallout in Minneapolis over a second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this month.While in Iowa, the Republican president will make a stop at a local business and then deliver a speech on affordability, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. The remarks will be at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, a suburb of Des Moines.
The trip will also... Read More
Australia swelters in a record heat wave as temperatures near 50 C
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Parts of Australia sweltered in record temperatures of close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday as the country sweated through a prolonged heat wave.The rural towns of Hopetoun and Walpeup in Victoria state registered preliminary highs of 48.9 C (120 F), which if confirmed overnight would top records set on the day in 2009 when 173 people were killed in the state’s devastating Black Saturday bushfires.
No casualties were reported from Tuesday’s heat wave, but Victoria authorities urged caution as three forest... Read More
Top Stories
- Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind
- âOne Battle After Anotherâ leads the pack in nominations for UKâs BAFTA film awards
- Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over nurse's Minneapolis shooting
- India and EU clinch the 'mother of all deals' in a historic free trade agreement
- ICE agents to have security role at Milan Cortina Olympics
- Iran's crackdown has killed at least 6,126 people, activists say as the country's currency plunges
- UK's Starmer heads to China seeking a thaw in relations but risking a rift with Trump
- Trump's about-face in Minnesota after Pretti's death is latest in pattern of sudden shifts
- Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
- More arctic air expected in parts of the South still covered in ice and riddled with power outages
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- âOne Battle After Anotherâ leads the pack in nominations for UKâs BAFTA film awards
- King Charles III believes âharmonyâ can help save the planet. His documentary explains how
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- Sabalenka, Svitolina to meet in semis after Gauff's racket-shattering exit, Alcaraz sails through
- ICE agents to have security role at Milan Cortina Olympics
- 'Emotional' Coco Gauff smashes racket in frustration after Australian Open loss
- Michael Chang's influence on Learner Tien impresses victorious Alexander Zverev at Australian Open