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Cnet.com 

23 Great Gifts Under $50 for 2024

We've picked the best gifts under $50, ranging from speakers to headphones to our favorite streaming device. All of them prove that you don't need to spend a ton of money to get a great gift.

New York Post 

Standard Bots is ‘arming’ robots with AI learning

Robotic arms will soon be pouring drinks, washing dishes and making fast food. That’s the dream of Standard Bots founder and CEO Evan Beard, who says fully humanoid robots aren’t necessary. He gave NYNext a tour of this company’s Long Island headquarters to show how they’re changing the game. “You don’t need any code. You...

New York Post 

The man behind the $37,000 robot in an upcoming Nicole Kidman movie

https://youtu.be/mU3-Ph47p44 The Post’s Lydia Moynihan sits down with the founder and CEO of Standard Bots to get the scoop on how they’re harnessing AI, leading the charge when it comes to American made robotic arms, and appearing in an upcoming Nicole Kidman movie.

Engineeringnews.co.za 

Opinion: Danish-South African energy cooperation to unleash just energy transition in ...

South Africa has some of the best resources for wind and solar energy in the world. However, the country battles with grid constraints in areas with higher wind speeds, and little renewable-energy deployment in areas with available grid. The Danish-South African energy cooperation addresses these challenges, write Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone, Ambassador of Denmark to South Africa, and Stine Leth Rasmussen, Deputy Director-General of the Danish Energy Agency

Cyprus Mail 

The appeal of Cyprus as a home for business professionals

In recent years, Cyprus has been transforming itself from a popular tourist destination into a vibrant entrepreneurial hub. But what is driving this change, and why are so many startups flocking to this Mediterranean island? Stepan Kuzmin, Co-Founder of TellYourStartup, explained that “In recent years, Cyprus has been quietly reinventing itself” adding that “Once primarily […]

Vox 

The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms

John didn’t start his career mad.  He trained as an emergency medicine doctor in a tidily run Midwestern emergency room about a decade ago. He loved the place, especially the way its management was so responsive to the doctors’ needs, offering extra staffing when things got busy and paid administrative time for teaching other trainees. […]

TheHill.com 

Biden administration putting $1.5B into four electric power projects — including interconnection for Texas’s isolated grid

The Biden administration is putting $1.5 billion toward four electric power projects, including a connection to the Southeast for Texas’s isolated grid, it announced on Thursday.  The four projects are expected to improve grid reliability and improve energy access, the Energy Department said in a press release. Collectively, they’re expected to enable 7,100 megawatts of new...

TheHill.com 

Trump, Vance try out new tone on abortion 

Former President Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) are seeking to soften their stance on abortion and blunt Democratic attacks in the final month before the election. Trump on Tuesday, during the vice presidential debate, declared he would veto any national abortion ban legislation, after previously refusing to say whether he would...

TheHill.com 

Trifecta of challenges unravel for Harris, White House ahead of Election Day

A compounding series of challenges are converging all at once for the White House — port workers are striking, fighting in the Middle East is escalating, and Hurricane Helene has ravaged parts of the southern and eastern U.S., all while a month away from Election Day. The issues unraveling both domestically and internationally is putting...

TheHill.com 

Last pandemic-era student loan benefit ends even as borrowers struggle to make payments

The last of the pandemic-era student loan benefits are gone, winding down four years of additional help to borrowers that advocates say was never actually enough.   The Biden administration’s “on-ramp” over the past year concluded at the beginning of October, meaning borrowers will now be penalized for missing payments.   Advocates are raising concerns...