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Building and buying - why Unitree Robotics’ mega IPO suggests that China may win the humanoid robot race

My first experience of a Unitree robot was, fittingly enough, in China. At Tencent’s Global Digital Ecosystem Summit last September, Unitree G1s waved at passers-by in the vast hall at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center. The 1.3m humanoids have been regular fixtures in TikTok and Instagram videos, running, dancing, kickboxing and jumping into the bold future imagined by robot makers.

But in the exhibition hall that day, closer examination revealed them to be tele-operated by young programmers, who were waving too – albeit from behind the scenes. But when a G1 was let loose to work autonomously, the robot careened dangerously into the crowd, confused by the thousands of onlookers, who backed away as it stomped and staggered towards them, waving its arms like a stroppy teenager.

But Chinese behemoth Unitree Robotics (Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co Ltd) met a very different public reception this week as it floated...

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What's The Difference Between Your iPhone's Do Not Disturb And Focus Modes?

Your iPhone has more ways to silence notifications than you realize. Filipe Espósito for Engadget Notifications can get really annoying, especially during a meeting or at bedtime. The good news is that your iPhone has plenty of ways to silence and suppress them: Do Not Disturb, Focus modes and, of

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Spanish Grand Prix: How to Watch the F1 Race Today

Round 14 of the 2026 Formula One season sees the drivers enter the unknown as they take on a Madrid street circuit making its first appearance on the F1 schedule. Our Picks Bottom Line Apple TV now costs $15 per month in the US for the standalone, ad-free streaming service.

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Quote of the day by Motorola's cell phone pioneer Martin Cooper: 'People want to talk to other people — not a house, or an office, or a car' — blueprinting the start of a new era of communications

The American engineer Mark Cooper is considered one of the leading pioneers of the wireless communications industry, envisioning a world in which people would communicate wherever they were and not from fixed locations. Without his work in the mid-20th century, the mobile communications industry would arguably be non-existent. Hello Moto

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A Look Inside My Career As A B2B Product Marketing Manager in IT (Part 1)

Hi! My name is Anya. I run the Product Pulse Telegram channel, work as a PMM in tech (B2B to be precise), and also consult on marketing, product, and career-related topics. Today, I’m going to tell you all about my career path and share some of my tips — and

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What's The Difference Between Your iPhone's Do Not Disturb And Focus Modes?

Spanish Grand Prix: How to Watch the F1 Race Today

Quote of the day by Motorola's cell phone pioneer Martin Cooper: 'People want to talk to other people &mdash; not a house, or an office, or a car' &mdash; blueprinting the start of a new era of communications

A Look Inside My Career As A B2B Product Marketing Manager in IT (Part 1)

Quote of the day by Motorola's cell phone pioneer Martin Cooper: 'People want to talk to other people — not a house, or an office, or a car' — blueprinting the start of a new era of communications