Sticking the perfect landing can take years of practice for a human gymnast, and it seems the same is true for little monopedal jumping robots. Salto-1P, an old acquaintance here on Hackaday, always needed to keep jumping to stay upright. With some clever control software improvements, it can now land reliably on an area the…

If you aren’t already suffering from streaming service overload, here’s how to binge Star Trek: Discovery and The Good Fight. …read more Source:: CNet

Slashdot reader sciencehabit quote Science magazine: It’s a fact of life for birders that some species are fiendishly difficult to tell apart — in particular, the sparrows and drab songbirds dubbed “little brown jobs.” Distinguishing individuals is nearly impossible. Now, a computer program analyzing photos and videos has accomplished that feat. The advance promises to…

Plus: Latest hardware results from MLPerf and why so-called text deepfakes are dangerous In brief Rite Aid, an American drugstore chain, secretly deployed facial recognition cameras to spy on its shoppers across 200 stores for eight years.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Smart speakers are here to stay. These are the best ones you can buy no matter which voice assistant you prefer. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s not a crazy rumor after all. Microsoft seems to be the key player in ByteDance’s plan to try to divest its U.S. TikTok unit. But the White House still could scuttle the plan. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Microsoft has shown old-fashioned aggression in trying to get Windows 10 users to adopt its new browser. Now, even Windows 7 users are finding it a little much. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The man who once played a CGI chimpanzee won a big role in season 2 of Netflix’s superhero show. …read more Source:: CNet

“Silicon Valley, long obsessed with computer chips, is now disrupting chocolate ones,” writes the New York Post: Remy Labesque, a Los-Angeles based industrial engineer working for Elon Musk’s Tesla, has re-engineered the chocolate chip for the optimization-obsessed set. Thirty bucks gets you 17.6 ounces, or about 142, of the expertly forged chocolate geodes, which are…

Swimming is a great way to exercise, both for the cardiovascular benefits and the improved muscle tone. However, while he’s a fan, [Peter Quinn] sometimes finds it hard to keep track of how far he’s gone when he gets in the zone. Obviously, the solution is an electronic lap counter, which [Peter] promptly set about…