‘Alien-like’ AI robot can evolve and repair itself after being chopped into pieces

The alien-like machines, described as ‘legged metamachines’, are built from autonomous modules that can be snapped together in a variety of forms. Researchers say the approach could lead to robots ...
PCMag

What the Fork? Roblox's AI to Replace Swearing With More 'Civil' Language

The platform's chat filter can also recognize when abbreviations, numbers, or symbols are being used to express profanities.
PCMag Australia

Wikipedia Forced to Lock Down Edits Over JavaScript That Could Vandalize Pages

The nonprofit that oversees Wikipedia briefly enforced a 'read-only' mode on Thursday morning as users spotted code designed to replace articles with Russian text.
The Guardian

Will China replace the US on the world stage? – podcast

A succession of political leaders have been trooping to Beijing in recent months. Is it an indication of a new world order? Tania Branigan explains Xi Jinping had a busy January. First came the Irish ...
Yahoo

Trump would quickly replace tariffs after court action, New York Times reports

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a ceremony held to dedicate a 4-mile stretch of road from West Palm Beach Airport to his Mar ...
Fast Company

Klarna tried to replace its workforce with AI

In late 2024, Klarna’s CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski announced that AI could already perform the jobs humans do. The company paused hiring for more than a year, cut its workforce from 5,500 to 3,400, ...
Reuters

Walmart to replace Astrazeneca on Nasdaq-100 on Jan 20

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Walmart (WMT.O), opens new tab will replace British drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab in the Nasdaq-100 Index on January 20, the exchange operator (NDAQ.O), opens new tab ...
Hollywood Life

Who Will Replace Tony Dokoupil on ‘CBS Mornings’? What We Know So Far

Tony Dokoupil replaced Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson on CBS Evening News at the end of 2025. As part of the Paramount Skydance network shakeup, the now-former CBS Mornings co-host is taking on a ...
9to5google

Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android in 2026

Back in March, Google said Gemini would replace Assistant on Android phones this year. That “upgrade” is now set for 2026. Google today shared an update on its plan to “upgrade the Assistant ...
Jalopnik

Should You Replace Your Ignition Coils When You Replace Spark Plugs?

You're hunched over the engine with your wrist painfully contorted, wishing you were Mr. Fantastic. You've finally removed broken spark plug number four and then the intrusive thought hits. "Should I ...
The New York Times

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations. Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has ...
The Economist

Can AI replace junior workers?

AMERICA’S ECONOMY is a puzzle. Growth remains healthy enough, yet just 22,000 jobs were added in August, down from 158,000 in April. Amid this lull, one worry is swirling: is generative AI starting to ...