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Infinity Ward revealed new movement mechanics for Modern Warfare 4, featuring sprinting, climbing, and sliding built from fan feedback. The grounded system replaces omnimovement, drops novelty skins, and will launch on Nintendo Switch 2.
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses launched with few apps, but developers have since built a strong lineup of useful software. The display now supports a growing range of practical apps, making the glasses significantly more capable...
Mysterious repeating radio signals detected since 2022 may originate from "cataclysmic variable" star systems, where a white dwarf pulls material from a companion star, generating powerful magnetic interactions that produce the...
Microsoft is updating the Windows 11 Start menu through its Insider Program after years of slow improvements and user complaints. The changes include renaming "Recommended" to "Recent," adding toggles to show or hide the Pinned,...
NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T humanoid robot combines a Unitree H2 Plus body, tactile five-fingered hands, and Jetson Thor compute, giving universities like Stanford a standardized research platform to reduce fragmentation in humanoid...
BMW is deploying two humanoid robots named Aeon at its Leipzig factory, marking the first use of humanoid robots in European car manufacturing. Made by Hexagon Robotics, the 1.65m-tall wheeled robots handle parts feeding and...
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Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to hijack Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House's account and a U.S. Space Force official's account. By using a VPN and tricking the chatbot into adding a new email...
China's NEO brain-computer interface, developed by Neuracle Technology, became the world's first commercially approved invasive BCI, allowing paralyzed patients like Dong Hui to regain hand movement. Less invasive than...
Free home cleaning sounds like a dream, but there's a catch, even if the company says there isn't. A New York City startup called MicroAGI is offering free professional home cleanings through its app, Shift. The real business?...
DuckDuckGo's AI-free search traffic has tripled and app installs rose ~30% since Google pushed AI into its homepage, signaling strong user demand for traditional search.
Meta is aggressively expanding its wearables lineup, planning up to four new smart glasses models and an AI pendant in 2026. Powered by Meta's AI, the devices aim to offset Reality Labs' $19 billion 2025 losses, with a goal of...
The failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket has thrown NASA's Artemis Moon program into serious doubt. The Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, which was aboard, cannot easily switch to other rockets, meaning Artemis III and IV missions...
Brown University computer scientists have developed PackUV, a new method that compresses massive 3D "volumetric" video into standard formats compatible with existing streaming platforms like Netflix and YouTube. Volumetric video...
China Post has deployed humanoid robots at its massive Guangzhou postal hub, where they sort up to 1,200 parcels per hour alongside autonomous forklifts and robotic arms. The facility processes 6.5 million daily pieces of mail,...
Prusa has introduced ColorMix, a new open-source system that could transform multicolor 3D printing by blending colors in layers rather than switching filaments. Similar to how ink dots mix in standard printers, the system stacks...
OpenAI is building an "AI agent phone" to rival the iPhone, designed around a seamless task-based interface instead of traditional apps. The device, powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 chip, is now targeting a 2027 launch —...
Wispr Flow is an AI transcription tool that converts speech to polished text using voice recognition and language models, but its $144-per-year price tag may not be necessary. Free alternatives like Spokenly, MacParakeet, and...
Ryan Gosling stars in *Star Wars: Starfighter*, directed by Shawn Levy, releasing May 28, 2027. The standalone film, set five years after *The Rise of Skywalker*, features Matt Smith as the villain.
Apple Music's Android beta contains code hinting at new subscription tiers, possibly including a free, skip-limited option—surprising given that Apple Music head Oliver Schusser recently called free tiers "a terrible idea."
Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket exploded during a routine pre-launch engine test in Cape Canaveral, Florida, destroying a vehicle meant to carry 48 Amazon satellites into orbit. Jeff Bezos confirmed no injuries but...
The Swift Air 14 is a lightweight Windows 11 laptop starting at $699 with up to 19 hours of battery life, while the Swift Spin 14 AI is a convertible with stylus support, launching in July.
Apple's smart glasses are not expected to launch until late 2027, pushing the product further into the future as competition in the wearable tech space heats up. Meta has already released its Ray-Ban smart glasses, putting...
TikTok is quietly transforming from a video-sharing app into a "super app" — a single platform handling many everyday needs. It has added TikTok Shop, hotel booking through TikTok GO, games, search, and is now pursuing a fintech...
Twitch's new Dual Format feature lets creators simultaneously stream in both horizontal and vertical orientations, eliminating the need for separate streams and making content accessible across desktop and mobile platforms.