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Inside the trans athlete podium controversy sending political shockwaves in California ahead of elections

FOX News

Victor Wembanyama's historic game one performance was personal, Spurs star reveals in postgame interview Dana White says gnats at Trump's White House Rose Garden dinner raised concerns for outdoor UFC events High school athlete slams CIF's shared podium rule as humiliating response that fails female competitors Kuwaiti Muslim jiu-jitsu champion refuses Israeli athlete's handshake: 'We do not respect them at all' Caitlin Clark's fiery Fever teammate tells WNBA haters to relax with perfect three-word response Red Sox legend Jason Varitek's wife appears to take massive swipe at team after ugly ouster Reds vs. Phillies betting preview: Why Cincinnati is the play despite their 4-12 skid over 16 games Bubba Wallace'seeing red' after being wrecked, female driver rage-quits and cries & NASCAR missed the mark Taiwan warns US about China's regional ambitions as Trump weighs arms deal Nate Bargatze takes clean comedy to big screen with'The Breadwinner' Retired vice admiral on Iran standoff: Trump has'time on his hands' Jury dismisses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman Strikes must resume if Iran fails to negotiate'in good faith': Brig Gen John Teichert Trace Gallagher: What does liberal America want? 'Rededicate 250' faith event draws thousands to DC OutKick contributor Riley Gaines discusses female high school athletes speaking out after a transgender participant won multiple events at a California track meet on'Fox & Friends.' MOORPARK, Calif. - On the morning of a day that would live in girls' sports infamy, a letter was handed out to coaches who entered a championship track and field meet at Moorpark High School. The letter announced that any girl who finished behind a biological male trans athlete would be bumped up by one spot on the podium, if that girl finished behind the trans athlete. The letter was dated May 16 -- the day of the event. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) will implement the pilot entry process introduced last season at the 2025 CIF Track and Field State Championships.


How Invisalign Became the World's Biggest User of 3D Printers

WIRED

Joe Hogan, Align Technology's plastics-nerd CEO, says you shouldn't eat with your aligners and that you don't need to wear your retainers every night. Joe Hogan sees a lot of smiles. When people ask him where he works, he responds with "Align Technology," which inevitably prompts the follow up, "What's that?" After months, sometimes years, the discrete rival to braces promises to give people smiles they will want to show off. Hogan gets a look at them all. And he's eager to see more. Align is embarking on its biggest manufacturing overhaul since it was founded by two Stanford Graduate School of Business classmates 29 years ago. The company is preparing to begin directly 3D printing the aligners at the core of its business, ditching what Hogan describes as a longer, more wasteful process that involves making molds. A successful transition could lower costs and make treatment more affordable in the long run, bringing Invisalign to more customers and boosting Align's profits. It also, according to Hogan, would entrench Align as the world's biggest user of 3D printers .


Learning challenges shape a mechanical engineer's path

Robohub

"I observed assistive technologies -- developed by scientists and engineers my friends and I never met -- which liberated us. My dream has always been to be one of those engineers." Before James Hermus started elementary school, he was a happy, curious kid who loved to learn. By the end of first grade, however, all that started to change, he says. As his schoolbooks became more advanced, Hermus could no longer memorize the words on each page, and pretend to be reading.


Tracing the Digital Transformation of Grocery Stores

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In less than a year, the American grocery store has gone from an age-old, in-person shopping institution to a destination at the forefront of a technological transformation. Grocery giant Kroger, for instance, covered 98 percent of households in its delivery areas in 2020 by investing in a large digital and delivery presence. Furthermore, according to a recent global study, over 50 percent of respondents are not planning to re-integrate in-store shopping into their routine for "a long time"--underlining the need for innovative solutions. As the world traverses a slow path to recovery amid COVID-19, how we purchase food and staple goods may never look quite the same, thanks to new technologies and consumer habits. Though automats and self-service technologies have existed since the 1930s, the first proper self-checkout platform was introduced in 1992 by Dr.


Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Relative Pose Estimation of a Non-Cooperative Spacecraft with Thermal Infrared Imagery

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Recent interest in on-orbit servicing and Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions have driven the need for technologies to enable non-cooperative rendezvous manoeuvres. Such manoeuvres put heavy burden on the perception capabilities of a chaser spacecraft. This paper demonstrates Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) capable of providing an initial coarse pose estimation of a target from a passive thermal infrared camera feed. Thermal cameras offer a promising alternative to visible cameras, which struggle in low light conditions and are susceptible to overexposure. Often, thermal information on the target is not available a priori; this paper therefore proposes using visible images to train networks. The robustness of the models is demonstrated on two different targets, first on synthetic data, and then in a laboratory environment for a realistic scenario that might be faced during an ADR mission. Given that there is much concern over the use of CNN in critical applications due to their black box nature, we use innovative techniques to explain what is important to our network and fault conditions.


'Lost Tapes of the 27 Club' used Google AI to 'write' a new Nirvana song

Engadget

Were he still alive today, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain would be 52 years old. Every February 20th, on the day of his birthday, fans wonder what songs he would write if he hadn't died of suicide nearly 30 years ago. While we'll never know the answer to that question, an AI is attempting to fill the gap. A mental health organization called Over the Bridge used Google's Magenta AI and a generic neural network to examine more than two dozen songs by Nirvana to create a'new' track from the band. "Drowned in the Sun" opens with reverb-soaked plucking before turning into an assault of distorted power chords.


In Computero: Hear How AI Software Wrote a 'New' Nirvana Song

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Ever since Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, Nirvana fans have hypothesized about the music he would have made had he lived. But other than "You Know You're Right," the scabrous, throat-shredding meditation on confusion that Nirvana recorded a few months before his suicide, and a few comments he told confidants about potentially collaborating with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe or going completely solo, he mainly left behind question marks. Now an organization has created a "new" Nirvana song using artificial-intelligence software to approximate the singer-guitarist's songwriting. The guitar riffs vary from quiet, "Come as You Are"โ€“style plucking to raging, Bleach fury ร  la "Scoff." And lyrics like, "The sun shines on you but I don't know how," and a surprisingly anthemic chorus, "I don't care/I feel as one, drowned in the sun," bear evocative, Cobain-esque qualities.


Maryland Gov. Hogan pushes to reopen schools for hybrid learning

FOX News

A panel of parents give there take on the president's move to reopen schools on'Fox & amp; Friends.' Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is going all in on a push to reopen schools in the state for hybrid learning by the beginning of March. Hogan said during a news conference at St. John's College in Annapolis on Thursday that there is a growing consensus in the state and in the country that there is "no public health reason for county school boards to keep students out of schools" due to COVID-19. He argued that continuing down a path of virtual learning could lead to significant setbacks for students, especially among students of color and those from low-income families. "I understand that in earlier stages of the pandemic, that this was a very difficult decision for county school boards to make," Hogan added.


Nvidia explains how 'true adoption' of AI is making an impact

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Nvidia Senior Director of Enterprise David Hogan spoke at this year's AI Expo about how the company is seeing artificial intelligence adoption making an impact. In the keynote session, titled'What is the true adoption of AI', Hogan provided real-world examples of how the technology is being used and enabled by Nvidia's GPUs. But first, he highlighted the momentum we're seeing in AI. "Many governments have announced investments in AI and how they're going to position themselves," comments Hogan. "Countries around the world are starting to invest in very large infrastructures." The world's most powerful supercomputers are powered by Nvidia GPUs.


Alexa, what's a screen pass? Amazon speaker can teach football to casual NFL fans

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

Dec 22, 2018; Carson, CA, USA; Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa (99) looks on before the game against the Baltimore Ravens at StubHub Center. You don't know a lateral from a screen pass or the difference between a tight end and wide receiver. And what the heck does "three men in a box," "RPO" "nickel defense" or the "coffin corner" mean? Your significant other is fixated on watching the NFL playoffs that kick off this weekend. And if you're going to spend any meaningful time with your honey, then you best watch, too.