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The device also mimics lemonade and coffee—but fried eggs? Not so much. “That Cajun blackened shrimp recipe looks really good,” I tell my husband while scrolling through cooking videos online. The presenter describes it well: juicy, plump, smoky, a parade of spices. Without making the dish, I

Robots need an internal representation of the world and its rules like ours. If you’re not familiar with the concept of “world models” just yet, a storm of activity at the start of 2025 gives every indication it may soon become a well-known term. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, used his

“We exist, and life exists on Earth, because of 12 to 14 inches of topsoil. When that goes away, we go away,” said James Ehrlich, director of compassionate sustainability at Stanford University. It was an offhand and exasperated tangent more than an hour into a lengthy interview for this article

Humans are increasingly engaging with wearable technology as it becomes more adaptable and interactive. One of the most intimate ways gaining acceptance is through augmented reality glasses. Last week, Meta debuted a prototype of the most recent version of their AR glasses—Orion. They look like

Disney recently revealed that it has developed something it calls Holotile. The company calls its new invention “the world’s first multi-person, omnidirectional, modular, expandable, treadmill floor.” It was designed by Disney Research Fellow and Imagineer Lanny Smoot. Smoot is the person who also