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This robotic exoskeleton can help runners sprint faster

The team tested the exosuit on nine young male runners, none of whom were considered to be elite athletes. They were given three-minute training sessions on how the exosuit works before they... Read more »

Optimizing platforms offers customers and stakeholders a better way to bank

And so, they’ve started to see the benefits of doing things themselves. So, culture change I think has been one of the biggest things that we’ve achieved in the past few years... Read more »

The Download: China’s EV success in Europe, and ClimateTech is coming

China’s electric vehicle sector has been lavished with fame and attention. But its global ambitions hit a roadblock this month when the European Commission launched an investigation into whether Chinese-made EVs benefit... Read more »

Europe’s best-selling Chinese EV maker has a surprising name

But these global ambitions hit a roadblock this month when European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen made a high-profile announcement launching an investigation into whether Chinese-made EVs benefit from excessive government... Read more »

The surprising leader in Europe’s EVs

But in reporting this story, I learned that MG has had the best-selling Chinese EV model in Europe for months; its growth trend is topped only by Tesla’s. The affordable options MG... Read more »

Europe is about to crack down on Chinese electric cars

In the long term, it could get to a point where BYD will be able to sell its cars profitably in Europe while still keeping the price lower than the cost of... Read more »

The Download: Europe vs Chinese EVs, and making AI vision less biased

1 Here’s what’s lurking inside Meta’s AI databaseA whole lot of Shakespeare, erotica, and, err, horror written for children. (The Atlantic $)+ Meta’s latest AI model is free for all. (MIT Technology... Read more »

What’s changed since the “pause AI” letter six months ago?

Well, that didn’t happen, obviously.  I sat down with MIT professor Max Tegmark, the founder and president of FLI, to take stock of what has happened since. Here are highlights of our... Read more »

Europe is working to slow down the global expansion of Chinese EVs

In the long term, it could get to a point where BYD will be able to sell its cars profitably in Europe while still keeping the price lower than the cost of... Read more »

These new tools could make AI vision systems less biased

Traditionally, skin-tone bias in computer vision is measured using the Fitzpatrick scale, which measures from light to dark. The scale was originally developed to measure tanning of white skin but has since... Read more »