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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
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* This compute patch performs instant, on-skin AI analysis for health data * Minimal latency is critical for conditions like ventricular fibrillation * It could also overhaul robotics and edge AI for disaster relief Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have developed a compute patch that can run
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Jake Dyson Jake Dyson is Dyson's Chief Engineer, focused on core innovation, new product development, software connectivity and future technology. Dyson is making big strides in the world of robot vacuums, and its latest robovac — the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai — uses a camera combined with artificial intelligence to
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Base building is also key in this wacky game from a co-creator of Secret Hitler. Mike Boxleiter/Kevan DuPont/Jake Yetter/Joel Corelitz/Karlee Esmailli Day of the Devs rarely disappoints. Every edition of the showcase has at least one game that looks both delightful and truly off-the-wall (Building Relationships
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Robot roundhouse kicks child — I wish I were making that up, but we have the video evidence, and while I know that AI could generate a similar film, this one appears to be quite, and unfortunately, real. Most of today's humanoid robotics companies are enthusiastically pitching an immediate
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Breakthroughs in science and engineering rarely come from a single insight. They emerge through cycles of hypothesis, experimentation, refinement, and review across teams, tools, and data. Today at Microsoft Build, we are announcing that Microsoft Discovery is now generally available for all organizations, providing a comprehensive platform for building and
