A new study from researchers in Australia reveals that the people who never forget faces look smarter, not harder. In other words, they naturally focus on a person’s most distinguishing facial features. Their skill isn’t something you can learn like a trick, it’s an automatic, dynamic way of picking up Read more…
Chinese automakers are rapidly expanding across South America, boosted by the new Chinese-built Port of Chancay, aggressive pricing, local partnerships, and growing regional demand. China has been ramping up sales since the opening last year of the Port of Chancay, north of Lima. The Chinese-built megaport has halved trans-Pacific shipping Read more…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he’s uneasy about how much power a handful of tech leaders — including himself — have over the future of artificial intelligence. From a report: “I think I’m deeply uncomfortable with these decisions being made by a few companies, by a few people,” Amodei told Read more…
Just a little more than a month after reaching an all-time high, Bitcoin has erased the more than 30% gain registered since the start of the year. The dominant cryptocurrency fell below US$93,714 on Sunday, pushing the price beneath the closing level reached at the end of last year, when Read more…
One of the most common viruses in the world could be the cause of lupus, an autoimmune disease with wide-ranging symptoms, according to a new study. Until now, lupus was somewhat mysterious: No single root cause of the disease had been found, and while there is no cure, there are Read more…
Xpeng’s flying-car subsidiary Aridge has begun trial production at the world’s first dedicated flying-car factory in Guangzhou. Euronews reports: The 120,000-square-meter facility has produced its first detachable eVTOL aircraft for the modular “Land Aircraft Carrier.” With an annual capacity of up to 10,000 modules, the factory will eventually assemble one Read more…