Futurism

It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines

Waymo has established itself as the autonomous ride-hailing service to beat, operating a fleet of several thousand self-driving taxis across the United States, with active services in ten major ...
Reuters

Musk says steps to stop Russia from using Starlink seem to have worked

Feb 1 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Sunday that moves by his SpaceX company to stop the 'unauthorized' use by Russia of its internet system Starlink seemed to have worked, while Kyiv's defence chief ...
The New York Times

Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up

Mr. Shirky, a vice provost at New York University, has been helping faculty members and students adapt to digital tools since 2015. Back in 2023, when ChatGPT was still new, a professor friend had a ...
Reuters

Sweeping oil reform in Venezuela approved, operators expected to gain autonomy

Authorities can approve asset transfers, outsourcing of oilfield operation after sweetened terms New hydrocarbon tax introduced, income tax can be lowered for energy projects Oil ministry gains power ...
WSAZ

Emergency officials use ham radio operators during winter storms

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - With winter weather slamming much of the region, emergency officials are activating a different kind of backup — one that doesn’t rely on cell towers or Wi-Fi. It’s called ...
IEEE

Improved Edge Detection Using Frei-Chen Operator on NEQR Quantum Image: a Comparative Analysis with Sobel, Prewitt, and Kirsch Operator

Abstract: The proposed study investigates the use of the Novel Enhanced Quantum Representation (NEQR) in Quantum picture Processing (QIP) for image processing. It focusses on the way the FREI-CHEN ...