Google DeepMind can beat humans at table tennis
Google’s DeepMind has been used to train a robot arm to play table tennis, and it beat human players.
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Increased masculinity linked to reduced distress in gay men via heightened mindfulness
New research has found that increased masculinity is linked to reduced mental distress among gay men in China. The findings, published in the International Journal of Sexual Health, highlight the significant role that mindfulness plays in this relationship. Unlike their…
Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs for North Koreans
Enlarge Federal authorities have arrested a Nashville man on charges he hosted laptops at his residences in a scheme to deceive US companies into hiring foreign remote IT workers who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in income to fund…
AT&T rebuked over misleading ad for nonexistent satellite phone calling
Enlarge / Screenshot from AT&T commercial featuring Ben Stiller making a satellite call to Jordan Spieth. (credit: AT&T) AT&T has been told to stop running ads that claim the carrier is already offering cellular coverage from space. AT&T intends to…
Pass the mayo: Condiment could help improve fusion energy yields
Enlarge (credit: jules/CC BY 2.0) Inertial confinement fusion is one method for generating energy through nuclear fusion, albeit one plagued by all manner of scientific challenges (although progress is being made). Researchers at LeHigh University are attempting to overcome one…
Intel details fixes for crashing 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs as BIOS updates roll out
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel has shared more about the voltage-related issues that affected some 13th- and 14th-generation Core processors, as the company tries to put the episode behind it. As reported by Tom’s Hardware, Intel says that the problem originated…
People act differently when they think they’re training an AI
Enlarge / In the experiments, people had to judge what constituted a fair monetary offer. (credit: manusapon kasosod) In many cases, AIs are trained on material that’s either made or curated by humans. As a result, it can become a…
Why Japan issued its first-ever mega-earthquake alert
After a magnitude 7.1 temblor jolted southern Japan, the chances of a subsequent, larger quake occurring in the next week had slightly increased, experts said.
Double mastectomies don’t increase cancer survival, study suggests
Other types of surgery besides double mastectomies are equally good at lowering death rates in women with cancer in one breast.
Mitochondrial dysfunction linked to early aging in children of alcohol-abusing parents
Children of parents with alcohol use disorders are at an increased risk of early aging and related health problems, a recent study from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has found. The research reveals that parents…
