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Swimming robots typically need motors or other mechanical actuators to push themselves through the water. But a new robot developed by researchers at MIT gets around with a layer of living muscle cells thinner than a human hair. The paper-thin biohybrid robot uses two independently controlled muscle-powered fins to swim,
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Every year, the editors at CNET pretend we’re kids again, playtesting our way through all kinds of gadgets, games, STEM kits, puzzles and more to cut through the endless options and find the very best toys. After hours of real play, and plenty of help from our experts at
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DoorDash has unveiled the aircraft behind DoorDash Air and will begin pilot deliveries in Northern California with Chipotle and Popeyes. Manna, which flew more than 300,000 deliveries from Dublin and Cork, paused Irish operations in June for want of a national policy and is building a factory in Oklahoma.
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Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich will co-direct Project Meridian. The Pentagon study will identify the technology the US military needs to fight future wars. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth commissioned it on Wednesday, the Department of War said. The findings are due by 28 January 2027, 120 days
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Save up to $65: Amazon’s October Prime Day sales are around the corner but Amazon isn’t the only one offering dramatic discounts. Right now you can scoop up a basic 1-year Sam’s Club membership for as low as $25. Not only will you save $35 over the
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Save $270:Prime Day is packed with robot vacuum deals, but this Roomba discount stands out. Right now, Prime members can grab the iRobot Roomba 115X combo robot vacuum and mop for just $200, down from its usual $470 price. That’s a massive 57% savings on a model that
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The best path to successfully deploying a robot is not building one at all, according to Destro, a startup that came out of stealth Tuesday with an $8 million seed round. Most new robotics companies are focused on finding the right form factor or developing an AI model that can
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Most ESP32 projects have just a single purpose. After you write the firmware and flash it to the board, it becomes a weather station, a robot controller, or whatever you originally built it to do. KryonOS takes a different approach by treating the ESP32 more like a tiny personal computer.
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AMD has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, the artificial intelligence research company co-founded and led by AI pioneer Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion. The acquisition is aimed at strengthening AMD’s AI capabilities by bringing World Labs’ model
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Peak XV Partners has selected 18 startups for the 12th cohort of Surge while raising the maximum investment under its seed-stage programme from $3 million to $5 million per company. A programme that started in 2019 as an early-stage platform for young startups. Under the revised structure, Surge can now
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This is it: 3 days to get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Exhibit bookings close Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and this is your final opportunity to showcase at the heart of the global
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If you're British, you're automatically a Maxine Peake superfan — regardless of your age or generation. From Silk to the hugely overlooked The Bisexual on Channel 4, she's starred in banger after banger. Now, she stars as delusional wife Jenna in gripping Australian Apple TV
