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20,000 AI-Generated Songs Uploaded To Deezer Every Single Day

1 week ago | forbes.com | John Koetsier

Almost a fifth of all new music uploaded to streaming platform Deezer is AI-generated, the company said today. Deezer is receiving more than 20,000 new AI-generated songs every single day, almost double what the company was getting just three months ago, in January, when only 10% of all submitted songs were AI-generated.
20,000 AI-Generated Songs Uploaded To Deezer Every Single Day

1 week ago | flipboard.com | John Koetsier

NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more'"The last four months have been a whirlwind for the science team, and we still feel that Witch Hazel Hill has more to tell us." NASA's Perseverance …
Open Source Humanoid Robots That You Can 3D Print Yourself: Hugging Face Buys Pollen Robotics

1 week ago | forbes.com | John Koetsier

The open source AI community Hugging Face has bought open source humanoid robots company Pollen Robots, Hugging Face announced this morning. That’s great news for pretty much every country that is not the USA or China, the two nations that lead the world in humanoid robotics startups and innovation. “Super happy to announce that we are acquiring Pollen Robotics to bring open-source robots to the world,” Hugging Face said on X.
Facebook’s Newest Feature Might Make Me Want To Use It Again

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | John Koetsier

Four days ago Facebook introduced a brand new feature that’s actually kind of old: the Friends tab. It’s a tab that … wait for it … only shows updates from your actual Facebook friends. If you thought that was kind of the idea of a social network, you’ve likely been dissatisfied with your social media options lately. As Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg referenced when he announced the new feature on his personal Facebook account, it’s OG Facebook: social media like it was back in 2006.
Cómo el nuevo proyecto gasístico en Rumanía tiene potencial para impulsar la autosuficiencia energética de Europa

1 month ago | forbes.es | Ariel Cohen |Salvador Sostres |Javier Ortega Figueiral |John Koetsier

Más de tres años después de la invasión rusa de Ucrania, algunos países europeos seguían dependiendo del gas ruso. Si bien la guerra en Ucrania obligó a la mayor parte de la Unión Europea a diversificar sus importaciones energéticas y a evitar comprar gas a Moscú, algunos países, ya sea por motivos políticos o geográficos, como Eslovaquia, Austria y Hungría, continuaron comprándolo.
Europa y Cataluña explicadas a los empresarios

1 month ago | forbes.es | Salvador Sostres |Mildred Laya |Javier Ortega Figueiral |John Koetsier

Europa más recientemente y Cataluña en los últimos años han sido y son los dos conceptos políticos con los que más se ha enredado. Los que más desasosiego causan a cualquier español de buena voluntad. En el fondo son uno y el mismo, y no han de provocarnos tanto espanto. Lo más parecido a esta gran conciencia europeísta es el catalanismo. El europeísmo catalán, y catalanista, no es una forma de civilización o de cultura, ni una decantación política, sino una forma de estar en el mundo.
Air France-KLM mueve ficha: 300 millones por el 51% de Air Europa y un jaque al tablero europeo

1 month ago | forbes.es | Javier Ortega Figueiral |John Koetsier |Fernando Latienda

Cuando ayer, en la elegante plaza Vendôme de París los máximos dirigentes de Air France y KLM presentaban al mundo la nueva cabina La Première en un evento público cargado de glamour, en las oficinas del grupo franco-neerlandés se daban las últimas pinceladas a una jugada que sacudirá el escenario de la aviación europea.
El "mejor robot humanoide del mundo" se lanzará en junio en Europa

1 month ago | forbes.es | John Koetsier |Fernando Latienda

La empresa europea de robótica Neura Robotics afirma que su robot humanoide 4NE-1 de tercera generación se lanzará en junio de este año y que se espera que sea el mejor robot del mercado en ese momento. Se trata de una afirmación muy audaz en un sector que ha experimentado niveles de innovación sin precedentes a gran velocidad en los últimos meses. Sin embargo, dados los recientes cambios geopolíticos entre Europa y EE.
‘Best In World’ Humanoid Robot To Launch In June ... In Europe

1 month ago | flipboard.com | John Koetsier

2 hours agoNvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC 2025 on Tuesday. Disney will be among the first to use Newton to power its next-generation entertainment …
‘Best In World’ Humanoid Robot To Launch In June ... In Europe

1 month ago | forbes.com | John Koetsier

European robotics company Neura Robotics says that its third-generation 4NE-1 humanoid robot will launch in June of this year, and that it should be the best robot on the market at that point. That’s a very bold statement in a space that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation at high speed in the past few months. But given recent geopolitical shifts between Europe and the USA, it’s also incredibly necessary for European competitiveness in an emerging world of ever-increasing automation.