How AI Receptionists Work: The Architecture Behind AI Phone Agents
An AI receptionist may sound simple from the outside: a caller speaks, the system responds, and the conversation continues until the caller gets an answer or...
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Making a Pole Balance Itself With Propellers
A fun trick with a pole is to try to balance it so that it can stand on one end. This can be done in a...
Read moreNASA Ames Fire Department Aircraft Firefighting Training
The fire department at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will perform training on the Moffett Federal Airfield beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8 through Friday,...
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Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC
FCC tells court it is “open-minded" about whether ABC should lose licenses.
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The White House is making arcade games racist
The PR masterminds at the White House just released a series of vaguely policy-themed "arcade" games, some of which are racist - and modeled on real...
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After AI slop accusations, Humankind 2 studio says its new trailer was definitely "made by humankind" and at least five chickens
A large portion of the internet pointed their virtual fingers at Humankind 2's new trailer and shouted 'AI slop!' Developer Amplitude Studios is now denying those...
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Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus
Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.
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Home Depot Labor Day Sale (2026): BOGO on Best Grills and Tools
The Home Depot Labor Day sale goes hard on grills and tools. Here are our recommendations on what to buy—and what to ignore.
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Casio ‘CasioNaut’ G-Shock GMC-2500 GAC-2500 Series: Price, Specs, Availability
In what appears to be a follow-up to the mighty “CasiOak,” the rugged Japanese watch brand is expected to release an all-new luxury homage.
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The 20th Data Release (DR 20) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is Here!
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has officially launched its twentieth data release (DR20), featuring updated data from multiple observations projects.
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Architecting memory and storage in the AI era
The era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an...
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It looks like No Man's Sky's next update is imminent as Sean Murray breaks out the emojis again – and fans reckon it's a big one
Yes, it's time to brace yourself once more, No Man's Sky fans: Sean Murray is delving into his big bag of emojis, indicating - with reliable...
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