Tapping into whale talk: Open-source bio-logger captures underwater cetacean conversations

Say you want to listen in on a group of super-intelligent aliens whose language you don't understand, and whose spaceship ...
eWeek

Midea's Six-Armed Bot Is the Ultimate Flex

Midea Group's MIRO U isn't your average humanoid; it's a wheeled torso sprouting six coordinated arms that juggle three jobs ...

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow.
Jacobin

Google Paid to Fete Key Lawmakers at a Secret Summit

Google recently paid state lawmakers upward of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit ...

Google Launches MCP Servers to Let AI Agents Connect to Third-Party Data Sources

Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents securely access Maps, BigQuery, Compute and Kubernetes services.
IEEE

Enhancing Extreme Programming (XP) Adoption Through SAMAM: A Scalable Agile Maturity Assessment Model Based on Industry Best Practices

Abstract: The adoption of Extreme Programming (XP), a widely recognized Agile methodology, faces numerous barriers that hinder its successful implementation in software development organizations. This ...