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Researchers from the Catholic University of Argentina set out to understand how rising temperatures will affect physical activity - and as a result, premature deaths.

Keir Starmer announced a £53 million package of 'targeted' support to help those hit by a dramatic rise in costs triggered by the Iran war.

More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial, part of the team behind Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, a company that makes short-distance delivery robots for food and groceries. Soon, those robot couriers will scoot around sidewalks using Niantic's Visual Positioning System (VPS)-- a navigation tool that can reportedly pinpoint location down to a few centimeters just by looking at nearby buildings and landmarks. Niantic trained that VPS model on more than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go users, and claims it will help robots operate in areas where GPS falls short. [...] Instead of helping users navigate the way that GPS does, VPS determines where someone is based on their surroundings. That makes Pokemon Go particularly useful as a data source, because players had to physically travel to specific locations and point their phones at various angles. That mapping effort got a significant boost in 2020, when the app added what it called "Field Research," a feature prompting players to scan real-world statues and landmarks with their cameras in exchange for in-game rewards. A portion of the data also reportedly came from areas known as "Pokemon battle arenas." Whether players knew it or not, those scans were creating 3D models of the real world that would eventually power the Niantic model. More data means better accuracy, and because Niantic was collecting images of the same locations from many different users, it could capture the same spots across varying weather conditions, lighting, angles, and heights. [...] The idea is that Coco's robots can use VPS and four cameras mounted around the machine to get a far more precise read on their surroundings. In turn, the well-equipped robot will deliver food on time. On a broader level, Niantic says its partnership with Coco Robotics is part of a longer-term effort to build a "living map" of the world that updates as new data becomes available. Once VPS-equipped delivery robots hit the streets, they will collect even more info that can be fed back into the model to bolster its accuracy further. This kind of continuous, real-world data collection is already central to how self-driving vehicle companies like Waymo and Tesla operate, and is a large part of why that technology has improved so significantly in recent years.

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The hotly-anticipated Baywatch reboot has begun filming in LA - with new lead stars Noah Beck and Jessica Belkin slipping into their iconic swimsuits.

Human consciousness is an odd thing. When we learn a new skill, habits form quickly. We run on autopilot until something goes wrong.

All Halle Bauman wanted to do was join her choir group on stage at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in South Dakota in August 2024, but the popular rock band didn't allow her.

Juliette Kenny, 18, died on Saturday surrounded by her family after falling victim to the deadly bug which has swept through several towns in Kent.

Donald Trump has revealed that a Republican congressman is suffering from a terminal diagnosis in a morbid discussion of his private health battle.

'We want to use our capital correctly, and I think debt is a great way to do that,' says CEO Benioff

Here today; here tomorrow. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s stock buyback will saddle the company with debt until 2066, when he turns 102 years old.…

After an Oscars campaign in which he boasted about his 'top-level' acting, Timothee Chalamet's loss doubtlessly stung. And, the Daily Mail has learned, his humiliation haunted him beyond the Dolby Theatre.

A 'web of litigation'

The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) has accused one its members of trying to "paralyse" the organization.…

During today's Nvidia GTC keynote, the company introduced NemoClaw, a security-focused stack designed to make the autonomous AI agent platform OpenClaw safer. ZDNet explains how it works: NemoClaw installs Nvidia's OpenShell, a new open-source runtime that keeps agents safer to use by enforcing an organization's policy-based guardrails. OpenShell keeps models sandboxed, adds data privacy protections and additional security for agents, and makes them more scalable. "This provides the missing infrastructure layer beneath claws to give them the access they need to be productive, while enforcing policy-based security, network, and privacy guardrails," Nvidia said in the announcement. The company built OpenShell with security companies like CrowdStrike, Cisco, and Microsoft Security to ensure it is compatible with other cybersecurity tools. Nvidia said NemoClaw can be installed in a single command, runs on any platform, and can use any coding agent, including Nvidia's own Nemotron open model family, on a local system. Through a privacy router, it allows agents to access frontier models in the cloud, which unites local and cloud models to help teach agents how to complete tasks within privacy guardrails, Nvidia explained. Nvidia seems to be hoping that the additional security can make OpenClaw agents more popular and accessible, with less risk than they currently carry. The bigger picture here is how NemoClaw could give companies the added peace of mind to let AI agents complete actions for their employees, where they wouldn't have previously. Nvidia did not specify when NemoClaw would be available.

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The cast of Line Of Duty gathered on Monday to do a first readthrough of series seven.

The government body has advised anyone who visited Club Chemistry in the city centre on March 5, 6 or 7 to come forward 'for preventative antibiotic treatment as a precautionary measure'.

Mohammed Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, died on March 14 while in ICE custody in Texas. He exhibited several symptoms, including a swollen tongue, while he was detained.

A man in his 30s remains in custody after he was arrested on suspicion of rape hours after the alleged attack, which took place on Sunday at around 10am in Castle Park, Bristol.

Robert Wilson, a former Tory MP, chairs the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), an independent body representing water and sewerage customers in England and Wales.

His family told TMZ that he passed away in his Austin, Texas home on Sunday morning. Clark was suffering from complications after he had back surgery.

Noem has been referred to the DOJ for a criminal investigation over alleged perjury tied to her claims that Donald Trump approved her $220 million commercial featuring her riding a horse.