Good morning, Broadsheet readers! A memoir and an inspirational book are on the way from Serena Willams, Betches gets acquired, and Best Buy CEO Corie Barry argues that technology is a “need,” not another form of discretionary spending. – Consumer behavior. Best Buy CEO Corie Barry doesn’t think her company should be lumped in with…

West Virginia University will serve as the core clinical testing site within a consortium of top universities and industries to develop technologies designed to improve the care and rehabilitation of people with neurological disorders. As part of the project, funded by the National Science Foundation, the University plans to offer a novel physician-engineer program that…

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 Meta and AI companies recruited striking actors to train AI Between July and September this year, actors in the US were invited to participate in an unusual research project, designed to capture…

Join Jeanne King, innovative partnership specialist with the NASA Glenn Research Center Technology Transfer Office, as she discusses regional resources and partnership opportunities from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 1 at Evansdale Crossing, Room 414. King will also provide an introduction to the NASA T2X program, and be on hand for one-on-one discussions following her presentation. …

In a rapidly evolving world where technology blurs the lines between science fiction and reality, the need for a comprehensive framework of rights to govern sapient technologies is becoming apparent. Robots seeking citizenship, laboratory-grown brains, and virtual intelligences expressing emotions may sound like the stuff of fiction, but they are quickly becoming tangible realities. Futurists…

In a recent study published in Nutrients, researchers reviewed existing evidence on the use of technology in managing the nutrition of older adults. Study: A Scoping Review of Nutrition Health for Older Adults: Does Technology Help? Image Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock.com Background In the United States (US), 25% of the population is aged ≥ 65, and many cannot use…

The Council for Science and Technology wrote to the Prime Minister in October offering advice on opportunities to further drive research and development in the UK’s creative industries. The UK’s creative industries are an economic and cultural success story generating £108 billion a year and employing over 2.3 million people. The creative industries are also…

Amazon is experimenting with a humanoid robot as the technology company increasingly seeks to automate its warehouses. It has started testing Digit, a two-legged ​r​obot that can grasp and lift items, at facilities this week. The device is first being used to shift empty tote boxes. The company’s ambitious drive to integrate robotics across its…

It was not so long ago that professional footballers would treat their bodies with little more care than a Sunday league player. “At Liverpool, if we played an away game in the late ’90s, we’d get onto the team bus and there would be a couple of crates of lager,” Michael Owen tells The Athletic.…