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* Ukrainian firm Drone Fight Group has delivered three Humvees fitted with its Kaban remote-control kit * The Kaban kit bolts on without modifying the vehicle's structure, allowing crews to switch between remote and manual modes depending on their needs * The primary control link here is Starlink, with analog video
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Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics, is nearing a new round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of about $500 million, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The new financing comes just three months
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Save up to $100: Cleaning is tedious and I’d prefer not to do it, but it does help to have excellent tools for the task. Right now, you can save up to $100 off some CNET’s favorite carpet cleaners of 2026. Bissell has made a name for itself
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Skip to content Natural gaslighting? Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas. The Project Jupiter data center construction site in New Mexico as seen in a video posted in July 2026. Credit: STACK Infrastructure Oracle’s proposed investment in 2 gigawatts of
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Right now, you can score the Shark Matrix Plus combination robot vacuum and mop for almost 60% off. You can also save over 25% on Anker’s laptop docking station. Finally, you can grab the Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet for 35% off, all at Amazon. I’ve been tracking
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Your pets deserve the best products, but what is the best, anyway? At CNET, we and our pets banded together over the past year to test out the latest technology made especially for pets. We tried devices like smart pet cams, app-connected litter boxes, vacuums made just for pet stains,
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Save $400: The Shark Matrix Plus robot vacuum and mop isn’t the cheapest model around, but a $400 discount sure does help with the sticker shock. Best Buy is selling this model for $300 rather than the usual $700, but you’ll need to act fast — this deal ends
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The sound quality on the JBL Live 680NC is good for the price, if a little bass heavy. But more impressive are the various features included as well as the amazingly long battery life. Just be aware that the fit does put some pressure on the top of the head
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Skild AI has launched its S1 robot foundation model on NVIDIA infrastructure, training robotics systems using single video demonstrations. The system uses video inputs to execute long-horizon, previously unseen tasks through in-context learning, operating without parameter weight updates or task-specific post-training. Deepak Pathak, cofounder and CEO of Skild AI, said:
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JoyIn, a Chinese robotics startup, has accused OpenAI of copying its ideas and its website. Its chief executive, Guo Renjie, set out the claims in an open letter in Chinese on the company’s WeChat account, dated 10 September. On the same day, JoyIn announced Aether, a model for controlling
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Shares in Shanghai Enflame Technology closed 179% above their offer price on their first day of trading on Shanghai’s Star Market on Friday. The Tencent-backed AI chipmaker had raised about 6.12bn yuan ($911m) in its initial public offering, Bloomberg reported. The stock opened at 410 yuan, against an
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Adobe has acquired Rilo, a martech startup backed by Peak XV Partners, for an undisclosed amount. Rilo was founded in 2025 by IIT Bombay alumni Dhruv Jaglan and Georgi Boby and built AI agents aimed at marketing and go-to-market teams. The acquisition also marks Adobe’s second purchase of an
