Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house

Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house

Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision to step away from an OpenAI collaboration, is centered around Helix, a “generalist” Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model. VLAs are a new phenomenon for robotics, leveraging…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Labels Bitcoin as “Somewhat of a Memecoin”

Coinbase (COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong threw an unexpected perspective into the crypto conversation, arguing that even Bitcoin is “somewhat a meme coin.” His reasoning? Bitcoin’s value isn’t solely built on technology or utility—it’s driven by a powerful community narrative, much like meme coins. He pointed out that, at its core, Bitcoin has no central authority…

Bivol’s Fear Of Pain: The Real Reason He Lost To Beterbiev?

Bivol’s Fear Of Pain: The Real Reason He Lost To Beterbiev?

Dmitry Bivol downplays Artur Beterbiev’s punching power, saying it wasn’t harder than some of the other fighters he’s faced during his career. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) says Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) doesn’t load up on his shots and only focuses on landing them. The former WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol, 34, was clearly bothered by…

Ryan Reynolds Didn’t Pitch ‘SNL 50’ Joke Amid Justin Baldoni Drama: Source

Ryan Reynolds Didn’t Pitch ‘SNL 50’ Joke Amid Justin Baldoni Drama: Source

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Chatter around Ryan Reynolds’ SNL 50: The Anniversary Special joke amid his legal drama with Justin Baldoni continues. “He had a different line in rehearsal and he pitched that to replace it,” Wally Feresten, better known as Cue Card Wally, alleged on the Tuesday, February 18, episode of Australian breakfast radio show…

California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers

California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers

California’s privacy regulator is asking a court to fine a data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers in one of last year’s biggest data breaches. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), which enforces California’s state rules on data protection and privacy rights, known as CCPA, said Thursday that it is seeking…

Microsoft’s quantum computing breakthrough questioned by experts: ‘No publicly available evidence that this test has been conducted successfully’

Microsoft’s quantum computing breakthrough questioned by experts: ‘No publicly available evidence that this test has been conducted successfully’

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