The Download: an inspiring toy robot arm, and why AM radio matters

The Download: an inspiring toy robot arm, and why AM radio matters

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics —Jon Keegan As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our local Radio Shack as a kid. While my dad was locating capacitors and resistors, I was in the toy section. It was there, in 1984, that I discovered the best toy of my childhood: the …

The Download: an inspiring toy robot arm, and why AM radio matters – Mnnofa

“Every tech company is doing similar things but we were open about it.” —Luis von Ahn, chief executive of the language-learning app Duolingo, tells the Financial Times that his company is far from the only one adopting an AI-first strategy.  One more thing How to break free of Spotify’s algorithm Since the heyday of radio, the branding of sound has evolved from broad genres like rock and hip-hop to “paranormal dark cabaret afternoon” and “synth …