March 6, 2025

Hardware

Google Expands AI Search Mode Test Powered By Gemini 2.0, How To Participate

It appears that Google is unmoved by recent allegations that its AI Overview feature has negatively impacted web publishers’ traffic. In a recent update, Google announced that its AI overview feature will now be powered by Gemini 2.0. Google has introduced its new, “future-looking” AI search mode, which is meant to help users find answers to queries that need more “exploration, comparison and reasoning”. According to the demo on its blog, the update will also

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Robotics

RightHand Robotics receives investment from Rockwell Automation

Simulation showing RightHand Robotics RightPick solution fulfilling orders from an AutoStore ASRS in collaboration with AMRs from OTTO Motors. | Credit: Rockwell Automation. RightHand Robotics, a leader in robotic piece-picking for logistics operations, has received a strategic investment from Rockwell Automation. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Rockwell Automation is one of the world’s leading industrial automation providers. Rockwell’s investment comes at a pivotal moment for RightHand Robotics. It right-sized its operation in

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Robotics

Get ready for ROS 1 sunset and learn ROS 2 features at the Robotics Summit – The Robot Report

Source: OSRF The Robot Operating System, or ROS, has matured along with robotics research, development, and commercial use. The Open Source Robotics Foundation made the first public release of ROS 2 more than a decade ago, and ROS 1 is reaching its end of life on May 31, 2025. Attendees of the Robotics Summit & Expo, which will be on April 30 and May 1, can learn about how the operating system‘s features continue to

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Hardware

Retailers Claim Second Wave Of Radeon RX 9070 Cards Will Have Higher Prices

Update: 3/6/25 – 5:24 PM: We have just received an official statement from representatives at AMD on this matter, and it appears there’s more to this story for sure. We have left the entirety of our previous coverage in tact below, however…  “It is inaccurate that $549/$599 MSRP is launch-only pricing. We expect cards to be available from multiple vendors at $549/$599 (excluding region specific tariffs and/or taxes) based on the work we have done with our

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Hardware

Another Analyst Predicts Sky-High GTA 6 Launch Pricing

Even with games like Monster Hunter Wilds achieving impressive success, the gaming community can’t go long before mentioning Grand Theft Auto VI. Gamers are sifting through every detail just to figure out when the next trailer will drop, while analysts speculate about pricing and what it means for the larger industry. Michael Pachter, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities, has made a prediction for how much the highly anticipated game might cost when it is released.

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Robotics

Capstan Medical completes robotic catheter mitral valve replacement – The Robot Report

Capstan has developed a catheter-based treatment for cardiac valve replacements. Source: Capstan Medical Capstan Medical today said it has successfully completed its first in-human, robot-assisted transcatheter mitral valve replacements. The Santa Cruz, Calif.-based company claimed that it was “the first time a minimally invasive robotic structural heart platform has been used in clinical practice, successfully delivering a novel mitral valve into two human patients.” Dr. Gonzalo Martinez performed the minimally invasive procedures at Hospital Clínico

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“Flying Batteries” Could Help Microdrones Take Off

4 min read Samuel K. Moore is IEEE Spectrum’s semiconductor editor. Study authors Patrick Mercier [left] and Zixiao Lin verify the driving system on a test platform at UC San Diego. David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Although they’re a staple of sci-fi movies and conspiracy theories, in real life, tiny flying microbots—weighed down by batteries and electronics—have struggled to get very far. But a new combination of circuits and lightweight solid-state batteries called

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Hardware

MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio Review: Boosted Mid-Range Blackwell

MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio: MSRP $599 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio packs a massive cooler and takes NVIDIA’s reference specs and kicks them up a couple of notches to boost performance. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Good Overclocker Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 + RTX Neural Rendering Upgraded Media Engine Radeon RX 9070 Usually Faster In Games Small Upgrade Over The RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 5070 series cards from

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Hardware

Console Game Sales Projected To Leave PC Games In The Dust By 2030

Few topics can be as divisive as PC versus console gaming, kind of like Ford versus Chevy or Coke versus Pepsi (or politics, if things get really heated). Not without irony, PCs and consoles are more alike than ever these days. Even so, a new report on projected game sales in the coming years is not going to do anything settle the debate. According to the report, the console gaming market is on pace to

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AI

From diagnosis to treatment: Advancing AMIE for longitudinal disease management

A two-agent architecture for enhanced reasoning Our work addresses this challenge with a novel approach based on the interplay of two LLM-driven agents, which has similarities to how human clinicians tackle management problems. The Dialogue Agent is user-facing and equipped to rapidly respond based on its current understanding of the patient. This agent handles the conversational aspects of the interaction, gathering information about the patient’s condition, addressing their concerns, and building rapport. By leveraging natural

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