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Two Unitree G1 robots perform live surgery in a new study from the University of California, San Diego.ARClabIn a world first, two humanoid robots performed surgery on a live patient. The robots performed laparoscopic cholecystectomies, or gallbladder removal: tissue retraction, dissection, scissoring, and elevation of the gallbladder from the liver bed. The two big caveats: the patient was a pig, and the robots were fully operated on by trained human surgeons. Another caveat: as you can see in the image above, the robots were tethered so they couldn’t accidentally fall and injure their porcine patient.Still, it’s an impressive achievement and…
Top lineThe path of totality for the total solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12, will not cross North America, but Americans still have two big reasons to care about this date: a partial solar eclipse will be visible from parts of the US and Canada, and the same night also brings the annual peak of the Perseid meteor shower. For sky watchers in parts of North America, it could be one of the best astronomical double stars of the year, with a solar eclipse followed by the best shooting star display of the year.In this set of eight photos, the…
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In an NFIB survey, 84% of small business owners looking to hire said they found few or no suitable candidates for their jobs.gettyThe percentage of small business owners looking to hire workers rose in June, but so did the percentage who said they couldn’t find skilled workers, according to a recently released overview by the National Federation of Independent Business. Overall, 62% of the 405 NFIB members surveyed reported hiring – or trying to hire – in June, an increase of seven percentage points from May. However, 51% of respondents (a whopping 84% of job seekers) reported finding few or…
How today’s NYT Connections answers and red herrings match up.gettyNote: Be sure to complete today’s NYT links before reading further! We will get into spoilers for today’s game very quickly. If you need some help completing the grid, you can find mine NYT links hint and answer column for today via my author page.Hello, Connectors! Welcome to my deepest dive into today Connections answers. The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn’t sure how the current teams match up.If I missed any red herrings or misunderstood something, please let me know via email or…
Director Russell Vought and his Office of Management and Budget are the architects of a new OMB rule that will give political appointees the power to award, cut and terminate federal grants. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Getty ImagesYou may have heard a lot of OMGs on social media about the new OMB rule. In this case, OMB stands for the White House Office of Management and Budget. And the new rule from the Trump administration titled “Federal Financial Aid Regulation” sure has gotten a lot of “oh my aunties” and submitted public comments from different scientific organizations and patient support…
Top lineSince its celestial “kiss” with Venus in June, Jupiter has been slowly sinking toward the sun as seen from Earth. Skywatchers now have just a few evenings to see the solar system’s largest planet before it slips into the sun’s glare. This Thursday and Friday, July 9 and 10, the planet will sit very low in the west-northwest about an hour after sunset. Here’s how you can see Jupiter in the evening sky for the last time until November. Panoramic concept of Jupiter gas slowly orbiting in deep space. Some data comes from the public domain of NASA.gettyKey FactsJupiter…
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General Motors’ electric Chevrolet Blazer at a dealership in Colma, California.© 2026 Bloomberg Finance LPElectric vehicle sales are booming worldwide but have fallen in the US since the Trump administration scrapped a $7,500 federal rebate last year. California, whose residents buy about a third of the electric vehicles sold in the country, is hoping to fix that with a new incentive set to roll out.The state budget that took effect July 1 includes $135.5 million earmarked to cover part of the cost of the battery-powered models. It provides first-time buyers of new electric cars and light trucks priced up to…
Xbox just finished cutting 1,600 jobs this week, with another 1,600 coming before the end of the fiscal year. It’s part of a long-term turnaround strategy for the brand, which, on the other side of deep cuts, includes trying to make games that actually sell. Sell either copies, Game Pass subscriptions or consoles. He thinks one of them is new Fallout game.Jason Schreier reports Bloomberg that Xbox-owned developer Obsidian, which recently laid off a quarter of its workforce as part of cuts this week, has canceled a sequel to Avowedand will work on a new one instead Fallout game under…