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#AI has been effectively deployed to find practical ways to solve one of the most persistent problems facing #smallbusinesses, that of getting consistent #customerreviews without adding more work. www.knoxnews.com/story/specia...
Reviewly.ai helps streamline Google reviews for small businesses
Studies show that over 93% of consumers read online reviews before choosing local services, yet small businesses consistently struggle to collect them.
www.knoxnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
#AI has been effectively deployed to find practical ways to solve one of the most persistent problems facing #smallbusinesses, that of getting consistent #customerreviews without adding more work. www.knoxnews.com/story/specia...
Whether you’re looking into the best #drones for #kids for their #education or for their #entertainment, drones are a fantastic tool to enrich a kid’s life. Here are some drone #kits to consider. www.thedronegirl.com/2024/03/24/t...
The best drones for kids in 2026
Best drones for kids in 2026: DJI Neo 2 leads with obstacle avoidance for $249, plus budget picks from $33, great for ages 8+.
www.thedronegirl.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Whether you’re looking into the best #drones for #kids for their #education or for their #entertainment, drones are a fantastic tool to enrich a kid’s life. Here are some drone #kits to consider. www.thedronegirl.com/2024/03/24/t...
#Amazon cites 10 different #robots through its #warehouse network, though the #StoneMountain warehouse had only a handful of them. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future
At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in pallets
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
#Amazon cites 10 different #robots through its #warehouse network, though the #StoneMountain warehouse had only a handful of them. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
As #organizations accelerate their #AI #adoption & time to value, leaders seek strategies to achieve a sustainable edge. Here are some key #strategies that top performers often adopt & learn how you can manage risks & enable #innovation with speed. www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
5 strategies to accelerate the adoption of responsible AI
Here are five key strategies that top performers worldwide often adopt to scale responsible AI while managing risks and enabling innovation with speed.
www.weforum.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
As #organizations accelerate their #AI #adoption & time to value, leaders seek strategies to achieve a sustainable edge. Here are some key #strategies that top performers often adopt & learn how you can manage risks & enable #innovation with speed. www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
#Universities are reorganizing around claims about #AI’s #effectiveness that current evidence does not support. After #bias correction, reported learning gains from AI shrink sharply & may approach zero. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
AI in Education Is an Unknown, Humans Are Not
A massive re-analysis of findings on AI and learning shows universities may be rebuilding around a technology with no reliable effect.
www.psychologytoday.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
#Universities are reorganizing around claims about #AI’s #effectiveness that current evidence does not support. After #bias correction, reported learning gains from AI shrink sharply & may approach zero. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
As tech companies look to shoehorn AI software into #robotic platforms, it can be difficult for #labor organizers to separate actual threats from typical tech industry bluster. Either way, the rapid pace is alarming.
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Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
Union organizers are growing increasingly worried about a future in which AI-powered robots decimate blue collar labor.
futurism.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
As tech companies look to shoehorn AI software into #robotic platforms, it can be difficult for #labor organizers to separate actual threats from typical tech industry bluster. Either way, the rapid pace is alarming.
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
A growing collection of pocket-sized gadgets lets you record your meetings & extract value from them. Here are some #WIRED favorite #AI #Notetakers. www.wired.com/gallery/best...
The Best AI Notetakers to Record Your Meetings, Interviews, or Classes
A growing collection of pocket-sized gadgets lets you record your meetings and extract value from them. Here are our favorites.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A growing collection of pocket-sized gadgets lets you record your meetings & extract value from them. Here are some #WIRED favorite #AI #Notetakers. www.wired.com/gallery/best...
Hear #Coursera’s plan to merge with fellow online learning platform #Udemy. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Watch Coursera, Udemy Merger to Boost Online AI Education - Bloomberg
Greg Hart, President and CEO of Coursera, joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the firm's plans to merge with fellow online learning platform Udemy. Hart says he will remain CEO of the newly ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Hear #Coursera’s plan to merge with fellow online learning platform #Udemy. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
To bring a #robot to life, motion-activating components, or #actuators, are essential. If robots are to become more sophisticated, they will have to have more #efficient, more #precise & #intelligent actuators. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Making robots useful and affordable will need better motors
Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
To bring a #robot to life, motion-activating components, or #actuators, are essential. If robots are to become more sophisticated, they will have to have more #efficient, more #precise & #intelligent actuators. www.bbc.com/news/article...
For a few days last week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called #Moltbook, which billed itself as a #SocialNetwork for #bots. Moltbook went #viral in a matter of hours. More than 1.7 million agents now have accounts. www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1...
Moltbook was peak AI theater
The viral social network for bots reveals more about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.
www.technologyreview.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
For a few days last week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called #Moltbook, which billed itself as a #SocialNetwork for #bots. Moltbook went #viral in a matter of hours. More than 1.7 million agents now have accounts. www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1...
#Harvard #3Dprinting experts devised a new fabrication method for printing #robotic devices that feature long filaments with precisely placed hollow channels. When filled with air, the channels allow the device to #bend & #deform in predetermined ways. seas.harvard.edu/news/3d-prin...
3D Printing Soft Robots
Rotational multimaterial printing offers intricate, programmable shapes
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February 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#Harvard #3Dprinting experts devised a new fabrication method for printing #robotic devices that feature long filaments with precisely placed hollow channels. When filled with air, the channels allow the device to #bend & #deform in predetermined ways. seas.harvard.edu/news/3d-prin...
#AGIBOTNIGHT marks the world's first large-scale live #event fully led by #humanoid #robots, they took center stage to perform dance, magic, comedy & music, appearing not as tools or supporting elements, but as the primary performers throughout the show. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
AGIBOT Hosts "AGIBOT NIGHT," a Robot-Led Live Gala Show
/PRNewswire/ -- AGIBOT, a leading robotics company specializing in embodied intelligence, today hosted AGIBOT NIGHT, a robot-led gala show streaming on...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#AGIBOTNIGHT marks the world's first large-scale live #event fully led by #humanoid #robots, they took center stage to perform dance, magic, comedy & music, appearing not as tools or supporting elements, but as the primary performers throughout the show. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
To help get #nursing education programs back on a successful track, #schools are turning to #AI not as a replacement for educators, but as a powerful tool to personalize learning, enhance engagement & improve NCLEX outcomes.
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AI in Nursing Education: Strategies for Engagement and Curriculum Data Implementation
Nursing schools are using AI to combat faculty shortages and improve NCLEX scores. Learn how adaptive learning and virtual simulation are saving the pipeline.
hitconsultant.net
February 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
To help get #nursing education programs back on a successful track, #schools are turning to #AI not as a replacement for educators, but as a powerful tool to personalize learning, enhance engagement & improve NCLEX outcomes.
hitconsultant.net/2026/02/06/e...
hitconsultant.net/2026/02/06/e...
#Entertainment about or made with #AI has been missing the mark with #viewers over the past year.
www.wired.com/story/hollyw...
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Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue
Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year.
www.wired.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
#Entertainment about or made with #AI has been missing the mark with #viewers over the past year.
www.wired.com/story/hollyw...
www.wired.com/story/hollyw...
Studies from the #DepartmentofCommunicationandLearninginScience show that #AI tools may be #reshaping how #students perceive #knowledge & #learning—a perspective that is not always shared by teachers & universities.
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AI challenges established norms in higher education
Studies from the Department of Communication and Learning in Science show that AI tools such as ChatGPT are not merely being used as support in students' studies. In fact, they may be reshaping how st...
phys.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Studies from the #DepartmentofCommunicationandLearninginScience show that #AI tools may be #reshaping how #students perceive #knowledge & #learning—a perspective that is not always shared by teachers & universities.
phys.org/news/2026-02...
phys.org/news/2026-02...
Big US technology companies (#Alphabet, #Amazon, #Meta & #Microsoft) together have forecast #capital expenditures that will reach about $650 billion in 2026 — a mind-boggling tide of cash earmarked for new #datacenters and all the gear housed within them. finance.yahoo.com/news/big-tec...
Big Tech to Spend $650 Billion This Year as AI Race Intensifies
The spending planned by Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp., all in pursuit of dominance in the still-nascent market for AI tools, is a boom without a parallel this...
finance.yahoo.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Big US technology companies (#Alphabet, #Amazon, #Meta & #Microsoft) together have forecast #capital expenditures that will reach about $650 billion in 2026 — a mind-boggling tide of cash earmarked for new #datacenters and all the gear housed within them. finance.yahoo.com/news/big-tec...
More Acquisitions: #TexasInstruments > #SiliconLabs; #UiPath > #WorkFusion; #VolarisGroup > #Zonal; #WovenSolutions > #ApiraTechnologies; #Zscaler > #SquareX
Mergers: #Intrack & #Tektonux; #Purlin & #FinalOffer
IPOs: #ForgentPowerSolutions; #PicPay
Mergers: #Intrack & #Tektonux; #Purlin & #FinalOffer
IPOs: #ForgentPowerSolutions; #PicPay
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
More Acquisitions: #TexasInstruments > #SiliconLabs; #UiPath > #WorkFusion; #VolarisGroup > #Zonal; #WovenSolutions > #ApiraTechnologies; #Zscaler > #SquareX
Mergers: #Intrack & #Tektonux; #Purlin & #FinalOffer
IPOs: #ForgentPowerSolutions; #PicPay
Mergers: #Intrack & #Tektonux; #Purlin & #FinalOffer
IPOs: #ForgentPowerSolutions; #PicPay
Acquisitions: #ActiveCampaign > #FeedbackIntelligence; #AetherHoldings > #PublicView.ai; #Arcesium > #Limina; #Dash0 > #Lumigo; #MarvellTechnologies > #CelestialAI; #Newsela > #Schoolytics; #Ondas > #RotronAero; #Siemens > #CanopusAI; #SPXTechnologies > #CrawfordUnited
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Acquisitions: #ActiveCampaign > #FeedbackIntelligence; #AetherHoldings > #PublicView.ai; #Arcesium > #Limina; #Dash0 > #Lumigo; #MarvellTechnologies > #CelestialAI; #Newsela > #Schoolytics; #Ondas > #RotronAero; #Siemens > #CanopusAI; #SPXTechnologies > #CrawfordUnited
Agreed Acquisitions: #CGI > #StratfieldConsulting; #DevonEnergy > #CoterraEnergy; #Flowserve > #TrilliumFlowTech’s Values Division; #GenisSports > #Legend; #HalozymeTherapeutics > #SurfBio; #IonQ > #skyWaterTechnology; #OndalMedicalSystems > #VolkerVideo; #SpringHealth > #Alma
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Agreed Acquisitions: #CGI > #StratfieldConsulting; #DevonEnergy > #CoterraEnergy; #Flowserve > #TrilliumFlowTech’s Values Division; #GenisSports > #Legend; #HalozymeTherapeutics > #SurfBio; #IonQ > #skyWaterTechnology; #OndalMedicalSystems > #VolkerVideo; #SpringHealth > #Alma
Funding Raises: #Waymo $16B; #CerebrasSystems $1B Series H; #ElevenLabs $500M Series D; #CesiumAstro $470M; #Skyryse $300M Series C; #BedrockRobotics $270M Series B; #Fundamental $255M Series A; #Positron $230M Series B; #VulcanForms $220M Series D; #Goodfire $150M Series B
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Funding Raises: #Waymo $16B; #CerebrasSystems $1B Series H; #ElevenLabs $500M Series D; #CesiumAstro $470M; #Skyryse $300M Series C; #BedrockRobotics $270M Series B; #Fundamental $255M Series A; #Positron $230M Series B; #VulcanForms $220M Series D; #Goodfire $150M Series B
#AI is #reshaping #education but will not determine its future. That responsibility remains where it belongs: with institutions willing to #govern wisely and reassert the human core of #teaching & #learning. www.aei.org/society-and-...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
#AI is #reshaping #education but will not determine its future. That responsibility remains where it belongs: with institutions willing to #govern wisely and reassert the human core of #teaching & #learning. www.aei.org/society-and-...
The model #robot demonstrated remarkable precision, stability & speed across a highly complex #dance routine. www.livescience.com/technology/r...
Watch awkward Chinese humanoid robot lay it all down on the dance floor
The model demonstrated remarkable precision, stability and speed across a highly complex dance routine.
www.livescience.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The model #robot demonstrated remarkable precision, stability & speed across a highly complex #dance routine. www.livescience.com/technology/r...
#OIST (Japan) scientists demonstrated the potential of #InnerSpeech to #improve #AIlearning, showing how AI models can generalize across different tasks more easily when supported by both inner speech & short-term memory.
techxplore.com/news/2026-01...
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Inner 'self-talk' helps AI models learn, adapt and multitask more easily
Talking to oneself is a trait which feels inherently human. Our inner monologs help us organize our thoughts, make decisions, and understand our emotions. But it's not just humans who can reap the ben...
techxplore.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
#OIST (Japan) scientists demonstrated the potential of #InnerSpeech to #improve #AIlearning, showing how AI models can generalize across different tasks more easily when supported by both inner speech & short-term memory.
techxplore.com/news/2026-01...
techxplore.com/news/2026-01...
The #risk #AI poses to #students #outweighs its benefits, concludes a #BrookingsInstitutue report. Yet the reality is that 85% of teachers & 86% of students across the country used AI at some level during the 2024-25 school year. www.edweek.org/technology/t...
The Risks and Rewards of AI in School: What to Know
Brookings Institution's report details the best ways to minimize risk and utilize benefits of AI for students.
www.edweek.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The #risk #AI poses to #students #outweighs its benefits, concludes a #BrookingsInstitutue report. Yet the reality is that 85% of teachers & 86% of students across the country used AI at some level during the 2024-25 school year. www.edweek.org/technology/t...
#Biohybrid #robots, which rely on living muscles to drive force generation, could be of use in many applications. But the development of untethered & autonomous machines will require the integration of onboard #electronics for sensing, control & power. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using electronics to build biohybrid robots with physical intelligence - Nature Electronics
Biohybrid robots, which rely on living muscles to drive force generation, could be of use in applications ranging from microsurgery to unmanned exploration. But the development of untethered and auton...
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#Biohybrid #robots, which rely on living muscles to drive force generation, could be of use in many applications. But the development of untethered & autonomous machines will require the integration of onboard #electronics for sensing, control & power. www.nature.com/articles/s41...