Even three years after the generative AI boom started, most AI startups are still making money by selling to businesses, not individual consumers. Although consumers quickly adopted general-purpose LLMs like ChatGPT, most specialized consumer GenAI applications have yet to resonate. “A lot of early AI applications around video, audio, and photo were super cool,” said Chi-Hua Chien, co-founder and managing...
There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin Angle and Helen Greiner, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, punctuating a 35-year run that took it from the dreams of...
Nature, Published online: 12 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03981-xUpdated estimates of the worldwide sources and sinks of anthropogenic carbon dioxide provide a firmer basis for monitoring climate action. Source link...
Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command (Centcom) has said.Officials said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was "engaged and killed". Syria's state news said two Syrian service personnel were also injured.US President Donald...
A legacy event brought the holiday spirit and highlighted the historical significance of Richmond this weekend. Source link...
(RNS) — Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, a 38-year-old nun in the Dominican order, is often asked how she got from her upbringing in Kansas to life in a monastery in New Jersey. In a new book, “Joy Within His House,” Prewitt explains, tracing her path from college in Pittsburg, Kansas, to an enclosed monastery in Summit,...
A new study in Communications Earth & Environment reports that a series of major droughts, each extending beyond 85 years, likely played a central role in the eventual decline of the Indus Valley Civilization. This interpretation offers fresh insight into why this influential ancient society, a contemporary of ancient Egypt located near the present-day India-Pakistan border, experienced a slow reduction...
A research project supported by FAPESP and carried out at Harvard University in the United States has identified a set of metabolites that move from the intestine to the liver and then on to the heart, which distributes them throughout the body. These circulating compounds appear to influence how metabolic pathways function within the liver and how sensitive the body...
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) talks with coach Kevin Stefanski during a game against the Tennessee Titans on Dec. 7, 2025, in Cleveland. PHOTO USA TODAY SPORTS IMAGES We're halfway through December, so you know what season it is. That's right, kids! Happy NFL coaching-cycle season to all those who celebrate.Coaching carousel is actually a better term, since the...
Ireland is a place we’ve wanted to travel for many years, and finally everything just fell into place for us to visit. And not just visit, but do it in style…as digital nomads living van life in Ireland! Ireland lived up to its reputation of having dramatic coastlines, stunning rolling green hills, tiny villages, and plenty of places to stop...
