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A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?15:24 The decades-long quest to build home robots that are both helpful and lifelike — spurred on by fictional machines like The Jetsons’ humanoid maid Rosie —- is still mostly a pipe dream, but some developers are getting closer What to know about Manhattanhenge, NYC's sunset spectacle15:24 New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers California sues 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect user data in 2023 breach15:24 California’s attorney general is suing the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected nearly 7 million people across the country Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI15:24 Ohio is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots Canada backs plan to move whales from shuttered Marineland park to US and Spain9:12 The Canadian government has endorsed a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park and zoo in Ontario to aquariums in the U.S. and Spain Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue7:01 There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship AI companies are barreling toward huge Wall Street debuts. A look at the biggest players6:28 Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations A diet of royal jelly isn't the only thing that makes a queen bee18:09 Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s home within the hive UN calculates nation-sized environmental footprints for AI and data centers17:34 According to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries UK orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI scraping for search summaries3.června British competition regulators have mandated that Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their content scraped for AI overviews Scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into US, lying to authorities3.června Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for national security risks2.června President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts2.června Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad The UK government has set a target of an 87% cut in carbon emissions by 20422.června The British government is sticking to its net-zero goal despite global conflicts affecting energy supplies |