Gadgets

• New system designed to protect drones from cyber threats
• For solar power to truly provide affordable energy access, we need to deploy it better, say researchers
• AirDrop is coming to Android phones
• HEART benchmark assesses ability of LLMs and humans to offer emotional support
• Ensuring smartphones have not been tampered with
• How can you avoid AI sycophancy? Keep it professional, researchers say
• How eyes affect our perception of a humanoid robot's mind
• Humanoid home robots are on the market—but do we really want them?
• AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users, study shows
• Investigating how people respond to air taxi noise
• Most AI bots lack basic safety disclosures, study finds
• Research project launches free tool to make AI safer and more trustworthy
• AI and kindness: Are we morally obligated to be kind to Grok?
• Laughter reveals how we use AI at home
• People are overconfident about spotting AI faces, study finds