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Waymo Pauses Atlanta Service As Its Robotaxis Keep Driving Into Floods

Yesterday at 19:02 PM, via Slashdot

Waymo has paused service in Atlanta after one of its driverless cars entered a flooded street and got stuck. It follows a similar pause in San Antonio that prompted a recent software recall (PDF) over flood avoidance. TechCrunch reports: Waymo admitted that it hadn’t finished developing a “final remedy” for avoiding flooded areas when it issued its software recall last week. Instead, the...

New weight-loss shot appears to outperform other obesity drugs on market

Yesterday at 18:50 PM, via The Guardian

Eli Lilly says participants in a sizable trial of retatrutide lost much more weight compared to other weight-loss drugs

A new weight-loss drug has helped participants in a sizable trial lose much more weight than other obesity drugs already on the market – up to an average of 28% of their body weight – Eli Lilly announced on Thursday.

The Indiana-based pharmaceutical company in a press...

Microsoft Hires Analyst With Influential Video Game Blog To Fix Xbox

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft has hired games analyst and investor Matthew Ball as Xbox’s new chief strategy officer. With a long track record of analyzing the video game market and industry’s biggest shifts, Ball’s background could help Xbox rethink its hardware and console strategy at a moment when competition is tougher than ever. Engadget reports: Ball is a venture capitalist and tech industry consultant with...

The workplace In 2026: Why Building A Human-Centric Internal Culture Matters More Than Ever

Yesterday at 17:57 PM, via Tech Financials

In today’s ever-evolving workplace, culture is often understood as little more than the odd team-building exercise organised by HR or dismissed as a corporate buzzword. However, for leading South African organisations operating in 2026, culture is the internal architecture that dictates a company’s resilience, growth, and survival. A robust internal culture is built from the […]

US-DATA Expands Global Data Annotation Services for AI, Computer Vision and Machine Learning Projects

Yesterday at 17:41 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA — US-DATA helps companies turn raw images, videos, audio and text into high-quality datasets for training, testing and improving AI models. US-DATA, a data annotation company specializing in machine learning and computer vision projects, announces the expansion of its international data labeling services for companies developing AI products, automation systems, neural networks […]

OpenAI Claims It Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdos in 1946. If this sounds familiar to you, it’s because this isn’t the first time OpenAI has made such a bold claim. Seven months ago, the AI giant’s former VP Kevin Weil...

A Breakthrough in the Financial Sector in 2026: XRP Power, in Collaboration with AI, Launches a Free Smart App, Enabling More Users to Benefit

Yesterday at 15:45 PM, via Tech Financials

In 2026, the global financial industry is accelerating its transition to the AI-driven era. Faced with increasing pressure on traditional income models and a continuously changing market environment, more and more ordinary workers are seeking more flexible, efficient, and intelligent digital development methods. The integration of artificial intelligence and digital finance is gradually...

NYC and LA Are Teaming Up to Fight for EVs

Yesterday at 15:33 PM, via Wired

After the Trump administration turned away from electrification, two of the nation’s biggest governments will advocate for more electric vans, police cars, and eventually, snowplows.

US curbs on travelers exposed to deadly viruses may infringe rights and deter volunteers

Yesterday at 15:12 PM, via The Guardian

Strict restrictions on Americans with exposure to Ebola and hantavirus highlight officials’ previous rhetoric on public health measures

The US is imposing strict restrictions on American travelers who have been exposed in dual Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks in ways that experts say could run counter to their legal rights and affect who will volunteer in future public health crises globally.

The...

General Tensor and Talisman Wallet Partner to Make Bittensor Effortless for Humans and the Agent Economy

Yesterday at 15:00 PM, via Tech Financials

Partners to help unlock institutional capital for Bittensor by pairing institutional wallet infrastructure and multi‑sig tooling with a major DEX to create a clear path from custody to deployment. Toronto, Canada, May 21, 2026 — General Tensor and Talisman Wallet today announced a  partnership to make Bittensor trading, subnet discovery, and investing seamless for both […]

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