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TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Construction on the new Smith County Courthouse is progressing rapidly, with advanced technology helping workers build what will become the centerpiece of downtown Tyler. The ...

Construction robots are no longer a far-off idea. They're already changing job sites by tackling repetitive, heavy, and often dangerous tasks. The latest robot comes from Australia, where a ...

On Wednesday, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model, billed as offering similar performance to Sonnet 4 “at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed,” ...

Scientists at EPFL have reimagined 3D printing by turning simple hydrogels into tough metals and ceramics. Their process allows multiple infusions of metal salts that form dense, high-strength ...

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...

CISOs stuck on CIA must accept reality: The world has shifted, and our cybersecurity models must shift, too. We need a model that is layered, contextual, and built for survival. For decades, the ...