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Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter littered with sauce packets. If your goal is to wipe the counter clean, you might sweep up the packets as a group. If, however, you wanted to first pick out the mustard packets before throwing the rest away, you would sort more discriminately, by sauce type. And if, among the mustards, you had a hankering for Grey Poupon, finding this specific brand would entail a more careful search.MIT engineers have developed a method that enables robots to make similarly intuitive, task-relevant decisions.The team’s new approach, named Clio, enables…
Many people are ecstatic about the arrival of 5G technology. With its advanced networking capabilities, 5G will allows us to utilize numerous advanced devices, which includes IoT products. Its enormous speed will make downloading and uploading a breeze, making it a real game-changer when handling large files. Unfortunately, as with any other new technology, 5G comes with its fair share of risks. Perhaps the biggest current issue providers face has to do with lacking infrastructure. While major efforts are made to create the basis for 5G, we’re still ways away from having the same 4G coverage. We also have to…
Welcome to Research Focus, a series of blog posts that highlights notable publications, events, code/datasets, new hires and other milestones from across the research community at Microsoft. NEW RESEARCH Can LLMs be Fooled? Investigating Vulnerabilities in LLMs Large language models (LLMs) are the de facto standard for numerous machine learning tasks, ranging from text generation and summarization to even code generation. They also play an integral role in various natural language processing (NLP) tasks. However, recent studies show they are susceptible to adversarial attacks, including prompt injections, jailbreaking and other strategies. As people and organizations increasingly rely on LLMs, it…
Whether looking for a time-traveling adventure, strategic roleplay or epic action, anyone can find something to play on GeForce NOW, with over 2,000 games in the cloud. The GeForce NOW library continues to grow with seven titles arriving this week, including the role-playing game GreedFall II: The Dying World from developer Spiders and publisher Nacon. Plus, be sure to claim the new in-game reward for Guild Wars 2 for extra style points. GeForce NOW is improving experiences for members using Windows on Arm laptops. Support for these products is currently in beta, and improvements will be included in the GeForce…
As a still-reeling Florida braces for Hurricane Milton’s impact, the U.S. government’s top disaster relief arm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is working to provide relief amid back-to-back storms.Milton strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Monday while taking aim at Florida’s west coast, but is forecast to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.Hurricane watches are in effect in Tampa, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples and Orlando.Late last month, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, leaving a 500-mile path of destruction from Florida through the southern Appalachians that has been…
2 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 12:06 AM IST Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have, for the first time, amassed holdings in Indian securities exceeding the $1 trillion mark, a milestone underscoring the country’s growing allure among global investors. As of the end of September 2024, FPIs’ assets under custody in India reached $1.1 trillion (Rs 84.4 trillion), with $930 billion (Rs 78 trillion) invested in equities and the remainder allocated to debt and hybrid instruments, according to data from National Securities Depository Limited. This figure represents a threefold surge from a Covid-19 low of…
Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for commerce and industry3 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 12:08 AM IST India has reduced the time period for foreign investors to seek international arbitration from five years to three years as part of the recently signed investment pact with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a departure from its model Bilateral InvestmentTreaty (BIT). Under the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism, if the Indian judicial system is unable to resolve a dispute within this shortened period, investors can resort to international arbitration. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp …
FILE – The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., American Water, its building in Camden, N.J., seen in the foreground on June 17, 2024, says it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) Source link
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Democratic Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman was in campaign mode Monday, railing against a ballot measure that would allow Kentucky tax money to go toward students attending private and charter schools.The issue hits home for Coleman, a former public school teacher and administrator who has taken a lead role campaigning against the proposal on the statewide ballot. If a simple majority of Kentucky voters approve it next month, the measure would remove constitutional barriers that have blocked the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature from using public funds to support private school education.Speaking at a union hall in Kentucky’s largest city,…
Restaurant to RetailThis summer saw Chicago’s fast-casual restaurant chain Wow Bao expand its retail frozen grocery distribution through new partnerships Meijer and Ahold Delhaize. Officials said Meijer is the first retailer to carry Szechwan-Style Spicy Pork Bao, made with roasted pork, cabbage, ginger, garlic, and chili crisp-gochujang sauce inside a soft, fluffy bao.In June, the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association recognized Wow Bao with the group’s “Most Disruptive Product Award.” Other new summer offerings have included Ginger Chicken Potstickers and Chicken and Pork Soup Dumplings.Taste of ItalyMooney Farms, Chico, Calif., extended its Bella Sun Luci Italian products line with…