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* Courtesy of Amazon Aero Cordless Vacuum I love cordless vacuums for so many reasons, including portability and how easy they are to use. But, the downfalls of cordless vacs are frustrating and sometimes yucky emptying, and awkward charging ports. This self-emptying stick vac from Levoit fixes all of that. With
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Remote work and home offices are becoming more prevalent, changing people's tech demands. A reliable internet connection is now just as important (if not more) than having a capable laptop or smartphone. While the router provided by your internet service provider may be good enough for a household
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The most useful robots on Earth look nothing like us — they're rolling boxes, laser-armed gantries, and robot dogs, not the humanoids we were promised. Here's why function is quietly beating form in the design of machines. And, in the background, why the race to build them
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Jibo is dead. Long live Jibo. Jibo was a cute, social robot that sat in one place in your home. Built in 2014, Jibo was meant to be a robot people brought into their lives before the smart-home industry had even really taken off. (It preceded Amazon’s popular Echo
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Tempest cash lands alongside hypersonic target contract and BAE's 'loyal wingman' drone reveal Britain has found £708 million ($946m) to fund the development of advanced technologies for the Royal Air Force’s next-gen fighter, codenamed Tempest. Announced to coincide with the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire,
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* White Eagle knocked Matador's head off with a precise high kick during combat * Matador continued fighting after losing its head and head-mounted sensors during battle * EngineAI's humanoid robot can perform uppercuts, spinning kicks, and rapid recovery after falls A white T800 humanoid robot named White Eagle
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For forty years, the secret language that lets software talk to hardware was owned by a handful of companies. Then a free alternative escaped the lab—and turned chip design into a matter of statecraft. There is a sentence that security researchers, hardware startups, and the governments of at least
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Tesla is no longer planning to reach “volume production” of three of its newest products – the Cybercab, the Tesla Semi, and its Megapack 3 commercial energy storage solution – in 2026, according to a second-quarter shareholder letter published Wednesday. The company also removed language from its first-quarter letter about its Optimus
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* Anduril and Archer Aviation unveiled Thunder, an autonomous tiltrotor "loyal wingman" designed to fly alongside crewed attack helicopters * The rotocraft can carry up to 10 air-to-ground missiles or 76 guided rockets while simultaneously being equipped with counter-drone technology * Its first flight is targeted for 2027, but no price
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After a dismal two years of weakening demand, falling sales, and damage to its brand by Elon Musk’s political activities, Tesla’s road to recovery continues apace. On the heels of an impressive delivery report, the company released its earnings for the second quarter of 2026 — giving us the
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Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz will join the company’s board following the investment. Bain Capital, Fifth Wall, and others participated in the round. Perhaps most notably, Uber also joined the funding round, re-connecting
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NEURA Robotics is opening ‘gyms’ where robots train under real-world conditions, starting with two German universities. Its bet is that the thing holding humanoids back is not intelligence, but a shortage of real experience. The German robotics firm NEURA has a theory about why robots still fumble in the real
