The suspect in last weekend’s Brown University shooting in Providence, Rhode Island, has been found dead, officials confirmed on Thursday. Authorities identified him as 48-year-old Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente, who also allegedly killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor two days after the campus rampage. Investigators said Valente took his own life and […]
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In robotics classes, Armenian teens dream of high-tech future
In a sleek classroom in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, one of the poorest post-Soviet republics, 14-year-old Nazeli Ter-Petrosyan peers at the screen of her Apple Mac. During a computer programming course offered at the high-tech Tumo school, Ter-Petrosyan and her classmates learn how to digitise medieval texts. “I’m developing a programme to enable artificial […]
Scientists in China develop ultra-long range AI camera
Chinese researchers have developed a new camera technology that can render human sized-subjects as far as 28 miles away. According to a paper from researcher Zheng-Ping Li published in the open source journal ArXiv, the camera technology can cut through smog and other pollution using a mixture of laser imaging and advanced AI software. While […]
Human Uber lets you hire someone to live your life
Socialising has a lot of advantages. For example, it makes you active, promotes self-esteem, reduces stress, garners confidence and boosts health. However, sometimes it can be exhausting too, but worry no more; because if you are tired of socialising and are unable to gather enough urge to get out of home, Human Uber’s might just […]