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Artificial intelligence software is designing novel experimental protocols that improve upon the work of human physicists, although the humans are still “doing a lot of baby-sitting.”The story AI Comes Up With Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work. first appeared on Quanta M ... Show More

Humanoid robots can run, crawl, and sort objects in flashy demos. So why can’t they reliably climb stairs or open doors? On this episode of The Quanta Podcast, host Samir Patel speaks with contributing writer John Pavlus on why robots still struggle with the messy physics of the ... Show More

To better understand our cosmos, some astronomers and astrophysicists go old school. Preserved beautifully on a hundred years of glass plate photographs are images of our night sky and its ever changing variations. On this episode of The Quanta Podcast, host Samir Patel speaks wi ... Show More

In this Special Edition podcast, N2K's Executive Editor Brandon Karpf speaks with Dustin Moody, mathematician at NIST, about their first 3 recently finalized post-quantum encryption standards. NIST finalized a key set of encryption algorithms designed to protect against future c ... Show More

Bob Rudis, VP Data Science from GreyNoise, is sharing some insights into their work on "Early Warning Signals: When Attacker Behavior Precedes New Vulnerabilities." New research reveals a striking trend: in 80% of cases, spikes in malicious activity against enterprise edge techno ... Show More

<p>Quantum computing promises unprecedented speed, but in practice, it’s proven remarkably difficult to find important questions that quantum machines can solve faster than classical ones. One of the most notable demonstrations of this came from <a href="https://ewintang.com/">Ew ... Show More

<p>MIT security researchers found a flaw in Apple's M1 SoC that can't be patched in software, the NHTSA updated its investigation into Tesla's Autopilot to an "Engineering Analysis," and Meta scales back some of its AR hardware plans.</p><br><p>Get the show notes <a href="https:/ ... Show More

Meta has reported its first-ever YoY quarterly revenue decline. The FTC has moved to block a Meta acquisition, the first big regulatory move of the Lina Khan era. Google delays it’s cookie cleanup. Again. You’re not seeing things. There’s been a Gmail redesign. And DeepMind has s ... Show More

<p>Each year, the journalists at the <i>MIT Technology Review</i> publish a list of <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/breakthrough-technologies-to-watch-in-2025/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">10 breakthrough technologies</a> ... Show More

Well, it looks like Tech IPO’s might be back on the menu because Figma’s first day pop was like the good old days. Anthropic seems to be getting traction, OpenAI raises again. Earnings from Apple and Amazon, and of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Chapters: 00:33 Figma ... Show More