At the Department of Agriculture’s research division, everyone knows there’s one word they should never say, according to Ethan Roberts. “The forbidden C-word” — climate. Roberts, union president at ...

In the utopia proposed by Elon Musk, billions of robots perform all necessary work. A network of autonomous vehicles and humanoids, fueled by solar energy, provide boundless resources. Poverty is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image via Shutterstock/T.Vyc (Image via Shutterstock/T.Vyc) It's easy to assume that vacuuming isn't high on ...

It's easy to assume that vacuuming isn't high on anyone's list of favorite activities. Thankfully, the invention of robot vacuums has significantly reduced the amount of time people have to spend on ...

Anthropic has begun previewing "auto mode" inside of Claude Code. The company describes the new feature as a middle path between the app's default behavior, which sees Claude request approval for ...

Wow, time flies. Nearly 20 years ago, soon after my 50th birthday, I started making a list of what I considered mistakes my parents (and many of their generation) had made as they aged — and that I ...

The FAA will now require air traffic controllers to use radar to separate planes and helicopters near airports. This new rule replaces the previous reliance on pilots using visual separation, known as ...

The notice suspends the practice of allowing helicopter pilots to rely on visual separation to avoid striking other aircraft, as happened during last year’s deadly midair collision in Washington. By ...

In San Francisco, some passengers of autonomous taxis have experienced an unexpected hazard: being stuck in the vehicles when the cars are assaulted. Self-driving ...

In 2002, the first Roomba robot vacuum cleaners rolled off the assembly line and into our homes. Well, into the homes of wealthy people, at least. It would be many years before these household robots ...

A woman with a blank expression looks at the camera with a robot vacuum component in her hand beside a white open robot vacuum on a living room floor - Grustock/Shutterstock In 2002, the first Roomba ...