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We’ve seen more than our fair share of balance bots here at Hackster News over the years, but somehow, they never seem to get old. There’s just something inherently captivating about watching a collection of motors and sensors fight gravity in real time — and win. Every now and
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Humanoids may be winning marathons and getting factory jobs, but after spending a few days with around 100 different robots of all shapes and sizes, one thing was clear: There's a chasm separating viral demonstration video and reality. At the recent InnoEX technology expo in Hong Kong, humanoids,
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Have you ever wondered what the most indispensable app is for your favorite musician or how the world’s tech CEOs stay focused? Well, that’s the sort of thing we aim to uncover in our Verge Weekend Questionnaire. Think of it as a spiritual successor to Five Minutes on
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Constantly being plugged into the news grind is mentally exhausting. Sometimes we just need to take a break, unwind, and do something fun. That’s why we’ve built up a collection of distracting time-wasters for when we need a break from being obsessively online. We figured you might enjoy
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TL;DR Kyle Vogt’s Bot Company allegedly used an Airbnb as a secret robot lab. The host found a six-foot prototype inside and is suing for $12,000 in damages. A San Francisco Airbnb host is suing The Bot Company, the $2 billion robotics startup founded by ex-Cruise CEO
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TL;DR The 2026 World Cup deploys Boston Dynamics robot dogs, net-shooting hunter drones, and AI cameras across 16 cities. FEMA distributed $875M for security. The 2026 World Cup kicks off next week across 16 cities in the US, Mexico, and Canada. It is the largest in history: 48 teams,
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * You can change Android Auto for a custom experience. * The apps, interface, and operation can be changed. * Modifications are easy to find and only take a minute. Android Auto is one of the easiest ways
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If you have been waiting for an affordable quadrupedal robot to experiment with at home, the wait is finally almost over. Nearly two years ago, we were first introduced to Eric Wu’s open source robot named Q8bot. Thanks to its unique design, Q8bot was both very capable and relatively
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* GPT-5.5, Claude 4.6, Gemini 3.0 all made AGI a reality simultaneously * ChatGPT smashed the Turing Test years ago when it first launched * Physical AI is the next step – AGI could power real-world robots In a recent interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, Marc Andreessen stated that the
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As India pushes aggressively into electronics manufacturing, electric vehicles (EVs), medical devices and semiconductor-led innovation, an often-overlooked challenge of testing and compliance infrastructure is quietly emerging behind the scenes Speaking during a media tour of Intertek's newly launched Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and wireless testing facility in Bengaluru, company
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* One Droid TW 12.7 held off Russian ground assaults for 45 days during the summer last year * This is Ukraine's first fully robotic defensive operation, with an operator maneuvering the robot from a distance of 10 km * It was supported by aerial drone surveillance, enabling it to
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Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear. But about five years ago, Benn decided to take his YouTube channel in a different direction. He didn’t stop covering music gear overnight, but
