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A video with nearly 5million views sparked concerns for Kalluk, a polar bear living at the San Diego Zoo, after he appeared to sad and exhausted.

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were found not guilty on all state charges after a nine-day trial in Tennessee.

It saw the double act in a journey across the country, paying visits to various local newspapers. They attempted to find stories in each area including Blackpool, Bradford and the Isle of Wight.

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Updated  An unidentified miscreant is said to have obtained US government communications from TeleMessage, a messaging and archiving app based on the open-source Signal app and used by ousted national security advisor Michael Waltz.…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: There's a new warehouse robot at Amazon that has a sense of touch, allowing it to handle a job previously only done by humans. Amazon unveiled the robot, called Vulcan, Wednesday at an event in Germany. CNBC got an exclusive first look at Vulcan in April, as it stowed items into tall, yellow bins at a warehouse in Spokane, Washington. An up-close look at the "hand" of the robot reveals how it can feel the items it touches using an AI-powered sensor to determine the precise pressure and torque each object needs. This innovative gripper helps give Vulcan the ability to manipulate 75% of the 1 million unique items in inventory at the Spokane warehouse. Amazon has used other robotic arms inside its warehouses since 2021, but those rely on cameras for detection and suction for grasp, limiting what types of objects they can handle. Vulcan can also operate 20 hours a day, according to Aaron Parness, who heads up the Amazon Robotics team that developed the machine. Still, Parness told CNBC that instead of replacing people in its warehouses, Vulcan will create new, higher skilled jobs that involve maintaining, operating, installing and building the robots. When asked if Amazon will fully automate warehouses in the future, Parness said, "not at all." "I don't believe in 100% automation," he said. "If we had to get Vulcan to do 100% of the stows and picks, it would never happen. You would wait your entire life. Amazon understands this." The goal is for Vulcan to handle 100% of the stowing that happens in the top rows of bins, which are difficult for people to reach, Parness said. [...] Amazon said Vulcan is operating at about the same speed as a human worker and can handle items up to 8 pounds. It operates behind a fence, sequestered from human workers to reduce the risk of accidents.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks you don't have enough friends, but his solution isn't socializing more - it's talking with more robots.

No one believed Jonathan Oddi when he bizarrely told Florida cops he that was Sean ' Diddy ' Combs' sex slave in 2018.

Stephen Cliff, 40, was driving in the early hours of New Year's Eve in 2022 when he smashed his car into a tree in County Durham.

The couple split in August after five years together, but in recent months had sparked a sea of speculation that they'd rekindled their relationship.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are 'deeply saddened' and have shared their condolences with families of wildlife rangers who were killed in an attack.

The 31-year-old singer left a total of £28,595,000 after he fell to his death from a hotel balcony after a drink-drug binge on October 16 last year.

Stephen Nolson - who joined the Channel 4 dating show in 2024 - took to his Instagram page to show fans the results shortly after undergoing a hair transplant.

The iconic designer previously said ageism is 'old-fashioned' as she refuses to let her age dictate what she wears

Harman International, a Samsung subsidiary, announced it is acquiring Masimo's consumer audio division for $350 million in cash. "The deal is expected to finalized by the end of 2025, though it's still subject to regulatory approvals," notes Engadget. From the report: Samsung purchased Harman International back in 2017 for $8 billion, though it allowed the company to operate as an independent subsidiary. Harman's brands include JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG, Mark Levinson, Arcam and Revel. If and when the acquisition pushes through, Masimo's audio brands under Sound United will be added to the list, including Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz and Polk Audio. [...] As noted by The Verge, Samsung published a press release, where it briefly talked about the history of the brands it's acquiring. It mentioned some of Bowers & Wilkins' most iconic products, such as the Nautilus loudspeaker (pictured above) and its Zeppelin wireless speaker, as well as Denon's history as an early adopter of the CD player. Harman had a 60 percent market share in portable audio devices last year, and the company is looking to maintain that position with this purchase. Samsung also plans to apply the new brands' audio technologies to its smartphones, TVs, wireless earphones, soundbars and other devices in the future.

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Lisa Small, from Florida, was just 24 when she suddenly collapsed and had to be resuscitated. Research suggests just one in six patients survive the medical emergency.

Pittsburgh Pirates fan Kavan Markwood was rushed to hospital in critical condition after the horrific plunge, which has left him with a broken neck, back and collarbone.

Pharrell was one of the co-chairs of the 2025 Met Gala as celebrities descended on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on the first Monday in May,

In a video to launch his new profile on Substack, Piers, 60, shared with his followers the chaotic build-up to his interview with Kanye, 47.

On Tuesday evening, the actress, 53, took to Instagram to share a montage of photos with her former teachers and clips of herself talking about how much she appreciates them.