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This bird was built for drilling. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Hawaii's'akiapolaau has a very unique beak. If you said a woodpecker, you're not entirely wrong. But woodpeckers don't live in Hawaii, where biologists are investigating a curious bird that takes up a similar ecological niche--with its own unique twist.

Thousands of Virgin Media O2 staff face redundancy risk as the telecoms firm looks to save money in the face of billions of pounds of debt and tougher competition. The broadband provider has not finalised the number of roles to be cut but it is likely be a sizeable chunk of its 16,000 workforce, the BBC understands. VMO2 has billions of debt on its balance sheet and is tackling competition from both smaller providers as well as giants like BT, which has agreed a deal to acquire rival TalkTalk, a move which VMO2 has firmly opposed. The Prospect union, which represents VMO2 staff, said the cuts were disappointing and very unsettling. Deputy general secretary Noel McClean said it is committed to supporting our members through what is a difficult time, as well as also working with employers to explore ways to mitigate the number of redundancies and ensure retraining and redeployment of staff affected.

This flagship OLED performs great, with rich texture and high brightness, but faces new competition when it comes to color dominance. AI Optimized picture mode improved color quality and contrast. Some skin tone tests showed less variation than RGB models. Did not perform as well on some tests compared to RGB models and projectors. The traditional wisdom with TVs is that an OLED panel is the crown jewel of display technology.

Call of Duty promises a return to form - but can it compete with GTA? Call of Duty is back - and it's got a lot to prove. Last year was a low point for the video game juggernaut, with poor reviews for its single-player campaign mode and multiplayer fans defecting to rival titles. So for latest instalment, Modern Warfare 4, publisher Activision is pulling out all the stops to bring fans back on board. But with increasing competition for fans' time and attention, and the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 just weeks away, can Call of Duty still cut through?

Raphael Memmesheimer has been successfully competing in the RoboCup@Home league winning the RoboCup@Home competition five times. He and his colleagues won the best paper award at RoboCup 2026 for their work "Efficient Image Annotation via Semi-Supervised Object Segmentation with Label Propagation" . We caught up with Raphael to find out more about this research, his history with RoboCup, and the challenges of the @Home competition. Could you start by telling us how you got involved with RoboCup@Home? I've actually been involved in the @Home league since I was a student, and my first time going to a World Cup for @Home was in 2013.

The autonomous drone took first place at a major race, beating 3 former human world champions. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The autonomous racing drone MonoRace flies through a gate during trials. Artificial intelligence is undeniably good at playing games, regardless of its larger societal and environmental impact . In 1997, IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue famously beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, and nearly two decades later, Google's AlphaGo managed to defeat a human champion at the much more complex game Go.

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This year, RoboCup will be held in Incheon, South Korea, from 2-6 July. The event will see teams take part in competitions, training sessions, and a symposium. It's an exciting time for RoboCup, as there have been some updates to the leagues and competition format . Most prominently, the soccer leagues will have a primary focus on humanoid robots. A workshop focused on sharing projects, experiences, and innovations in educational robotics.

This week, I officially signed up for an unusual competition.