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Ember’s self-heating smart mug is more than $50 off ahead of Mother’s Day

Coffee is what gets many of us through the workday, and a proper smart mug can keep it hot for hours so you can maintain your focus without constantly getting up to reheat your cup. Thankfully, if you don’t own one, the 14-ounce Ember Mug 2 is now available for $97.49 ($52 off) from Amazon, […]

Google says 75% of new code created inside the company is now generated by AI and reviewed by human engineers, up from 50% last fall (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

Hugh Langley / Business Insider:
Google says 75% of new code created inside the company is now generated by AI and reviewed by human engineers, up from 50% last fall  —  - Three-quarters of new code at Google is being generated by AI, the company said.  — The number has been steadily increasing as the company pushes staff to adopt AI tools.

Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players

Humans have been building ping-pong playing robots for decades, such as Omron's FORPHEUS that challenged amateur competitors at CES 2017. What sets Ace apart from the rest is that the robot, which was developed by Sony's AI division, is the first that can hold its own against top-ranked human players and occasionally even beat them […]

Nintendo will stick to Peach's Mario Galaxy Movie backstory in future games

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie revealed new details about Princess Peach's family, and Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto wants that to persist in future games

Pragmata takes a risk that other games need to follow

Pragmata bucks the trend of games refusing to let you make mistakes and is so much more enjoyable for it