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Aiden, the robot, rides the lift and navigates the corridors of the HDB block to deliver food to home-bound seniors. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore News - At an ageing block of rental flats in Queenstown, Aiden the robot works as a “butler”. Somewhat resembling a photocopier machine, it has been roped in to deliver meals to a group of frail seniors living in rental flats, under an existing programme that allows them to live... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Space Florida has joined with the Israel Innovation Authority to unveil the winners of the tenth round of funding from the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program.

Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta and a “godfather” of AI says that large language models are far from being able to “reason and plan”.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics researcher, Professor Benjamin Rosman, is one of 18 early-career researchers in the world to be selected for the prestigious CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar programme for 2022-2024. Chosen for their outstanding early-career research in diverse fields, being a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar provides researchers like Rosman, the rarest of commodities: freedom […]

At the Ides of March, inflation is pervasive. Today rumors are swirling that Tom Brady ended his retirement because of not being able to afford to retire given the price of gasoline (more in Capital Markets section below), and I head to the home of Holiday Inn: Memphis, Tennessee. (Yes, the title of the song is a little misleading; it spot-on focuses on Tennessee.) Millions in China have re-entered COVID lockdown, once again impacting the supply chain. Russia continues to batter Ukraine, with ...

"Sergeant, can we go for breakfast now?" "March first!" Welcome to March, with Mardi Gras beginning today, Daylight Savings Time on the 13th, Pi Day on 3.14, the Ides on the 15th, and St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th. (Nope, no paid days off.) Meanwhile, the world is watching Russia attack Ukraine and many are doing what they can. For example, broker dealer Jefferies will donate 100% of net global trading commissions on March 2nd for all trading in equitie...

Greetings from Little Rock, Arkansas (home of cheese dip, 1935)! George Thorogood’s music is alive and well here, and a happy 72nd birthday to he who wrote the lending anthem, “When I Do a Loan, I Prefer to be by Myself.” While George is busy celebrating his birthday week, apps plunged to their lowest level in two years, and the CFPB released a factsheet on the interest rate that is used for calculating prepaid interest under the price-based General QM APR calculation rule f...

Things change and time passes. A little more than three months ago we “fell back” and now we have less than a month until most states in the U.S. change their clocks again (spring ahead). Less than two months ago, Ohio’s Community Savings Bancorp was purchased by Double Bottomline Corp., led by Evan M. Stone, President and CEO, and by rumored other entities in residential mortgage banking. Evan’s a good guy, likes being busy, and likes making a profit, so why not be t...

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