This weekend is the last chance for NASA to bring home asteroids
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which will return asteroid rock samples to Earth, is on track to reach the target on October 2, the space agency has announced. The mission will collect samples from an asteroid nicknamed ‘Asteroid X’ that is roughly the size of a medium-sized sedan. NASA’s Psyche mission will launch in October to another asteroid called ‘Phosphorus’.
Workers are demanding Job Security in the future of transport
The United Auto Workers is on strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis as they’re trying to “undermine workers” through the transition to electric vehicles, the union said. Some of the plants that the legacy automakers needed to pull off the transition have been stood up mostly in US states hostile to union organising, such as Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama.
The hardware event had everything that Microsoft had to announce:Surface Laptop Studio2,Surface Laptop Go 3, and Copilot in Windows
Microsoft has announced that its voice-based assistant, Copilot, will be available on Windows X later this month. The feature will allow users to control aspects of thedesktop experience with voice or text commands. Copilot will be available on the Windows desktop, as a stand-alone app and also within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft announced at its hardware event that there would be a Surface Laptop Go 3
Microsoft unveiled its newSurface laptops, Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Studio 3, which were available for pre-order through its online store on Tuesday. “Surface Laptop Studio 2 features a high-end, high-end Intel Core i processors, 4GB of RAM and comes with an Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics card,” Microsoft said. The laptops are priced at $1,999 and $1,499, respectively.
The smart display is hands-on
Amazon has unveiled a smart home control panel called ‘Echo Hub’ that connects to the company’s Alexa platform. It enables users to connect their devices to its network and control them with just one tap. The panel will cost around $399.99 and is available on Amazon.com, Best Buy, and other brick-and-mortar retailers.
This is an ai remake for the person
Amazon’s new voice-enabled device ‘Alexa’ will need to respond to a person’s body language, which is not structured in the same way as written language, a voice-over expert has said. Prasad said that the large language models that power services like ChatGPT can makeup facts, blurt out nonsense, and be downright inappropriate. Prasad added that upgrading Alexa’s language skills required extensive engineering.
The third-gen Echo Show 8 is hands-on
Amazon on Tuesday revealed a new Fire TV Stick with an “ambient experience” which will allow users to use the TV screen as a smart display while not using it. It will also allow users to create artwork using just their voice with AI Art. The feature will begin rolling out to customers in the US by the end of this year.
Apple Watch Series 9 review includes new chip and watchOS 10 health updates
Apple Watch Series 9 and Series 2 users will be able to find their AirTag by tapping it with their fingers instead of tapping on it, Apple has announced. This feature is being rolled out to a limited number of Apple Watch Series 9 and Series 2 users. The Apple Watch Series 9 will be available starting September 14.
We know a lot about Neuralink’s trial
Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla has claimed that Neuralink is preparing to use its human-Improved Robot for Brain Computer Interfacing and Surgery in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial. Neuralink said it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin the clinical trial of its brain implant in people with severe spinal cord injuries.
A new voice assistant, powered by a LLM, is coming soon
Amazon has announced a new voice-controlled speaker, Alexa, that can manage smart home devices. The new speaker can respond to phrases, interpret context more effectively, and complete multiple requests from one command, Amazon said. Users will be able to ask, “Alexa, I’m cold,” and the assistant should turn up the temperature on a connected thermostat.