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The humanoid robots were no match for human rivals as they made their half-marathon debut in the Chinese capital.Humans took the lead over robots and kept it easily as they raced to victory at Beijing’s Yizhuang half-marathon. Thousands of runners joined 21 humanoid robot rivals in a world-first 21km (13 miles, 352 yards) challenge in the Chinese capital on Saturday. But not every bot was up to the task. One collapsed moments after the starting gun and lay motionless for minutes before regaining its feet. Another slammed into a barrier after only a few strides, taking its handler down with…

Lana Del Rey dropped her new country-tinged single “Bluebird” on Friday and shared a story about how the song was inspired by a real-life bird that brought her a sign she should have listened to. “I had been seeing someone for a very long time, and we hadn’t seen each other for a while, and he called and he asked me if I wanted to go for a walk,” said Del Rey in a selfie video from her car. “And I was kind of excited, but I didn’t think it was a very good idea. And I said yes, and…

The 2025 RBC Heritage heads for the weekend beginning with Round 3 on Saturday morning at 7:50 a.m. ET at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. Justin Thomas, looking for his first PGA Tour win since 2022, is atop the leaderboard at 12 under. Four other golfers are within three shots of the lead. Scott Scheffler (-8) and Collin Morikawa (-7) are among the other big names within striking distance.Thomas is the +200 favorite (risk $100 to win $200) to win heading into the weekend, according to the latest 2025 RBC Heritage odds at FanDuel Sportsbook, followed by…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More National Oilwell Varco (NOV) is undergoing a sweeping cybersecurity transformation under CIO Alex Philips, embracing a Zero Trust architecture, strengthening identity defenses and infusing AI into security operations. While the journey is not complete, the results, by all accounts, are dramatic – a 35-fold drop in security events, the elimination of malware-related PC reimaging and millions saved by scrapping legacy “appliance hell” hardware. VentureBeat recently sat down (virtually) for this in-depth interview where Philips details how NOV achieved these outcomes with…

President Trump weighed in on the cost of eggs around the country, claiming Friday at the White House that the prices are “getting too low.” Trump praised Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for doing a “great” job and then asserted that egg prices are “down 87 percent, but nobody talks about that.” “You can have all the eggs. You watch, we have too many eggs. In fact, if anything, the prices are getting too low. So I just want to let you know that the prices are down,” the president said Friday after Dr. Mehmet Oz had been sworn in as…

bacteria: (adj: bacterial) Single-celled organisms. These dwell nearly everywhere on Earth, from the bottom of the sea to inside other living organisms (such as plants and animals). Bacteria are one of the three domains of life on Earth. biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things. cell: (in biology) The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism. Typically too small to see with the unaided eye, it consists of a watery fluid surrounded by a membrane or wall. Depending on their size, animals are made of anywhere from thousands to trillions of cells. Most organisms, such as yeasts,…

Television personality Mehmet Oz was sworn in as the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, but the Oval Office ceremony ended when a girl family member fainted. A reporter was about to ask a question when the incident occurred, and Trump looked over at what was happening. White House staffers could then be heard shouting “press out” and “get out right now.” Trump then went over to see what happened, and could be heard saying, “She’s OK.” Per the White House, “A minor family member fainted during Dr. Oz’s swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office. We…

Alcaraz twice fell a break down in the first set against De Minaur before recovering and making the decisive break in the 12th game.The 21-year-old was more dominant with his serve in the second set and made the only break in the sixth game. “I started quite badly with the serve, I was struggling a little bit mentally with it,” said Alcaraz.”It was just the first few games with my serve, then I think I improved a lot. I calmed myself down and started to think positively again. Alex started strong, playing aggressively, and the first set was really tight.”I’m…

What just happened? The U.S. Department of Justice has argued that Google illegally built “monopoly power” through its web advertising business, manipulating online ad services across multiple sectors and forcing higher fees on publishers reliant on its technology. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that the tech giant’s anticompetitive behavior harmed publishers, and the DOJ contended that Google should be forced to divest its ad tech business. A federal judge handed Google yet another courtroom defeat on Thursday, ruling that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly in key segments of the online display advertising industry. This decision could pave the way…

You may have already seen the headlines: Signs of life have reportedly been discovered on an alien world.  A team of astronomers led by Nikku Madhusudhan of the University of Cambridge used the James Webb Space Telescope to search for interesting molecules in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system called K2 18b. The team now says they’ve found molecules that, on Earth, are associated with life, in an abundance that is hard to explain otherwise. Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week’s scientific breakthroughs every Thursday. Combining that with the planet’s mass, size and distance…