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Zoox has updated its driverless robotaxi with ergonomic seats, larger cupholders, and improved audio ahead of a planned 2026 commercial launch. The Amazon-owned company awaits federal approval for paid rides while offering free rides in four U.S. cities.
Figma now lets teams clone repos and switch between code and design seamlessly, while adding native animations, AI shader effects, and prompt-based plug-in creation — evolving into a unified design-and-development platform.
SteamOS 3.8.10 expands beyond the Steam Deck to support devices like the Lenovo Legion Go 2 and ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, adding KDE Plasma 6.4.3, HDMI VRR, improved GPU performance, and lower controller latency.
Meta is relaunching Creator Studio as a standalone AI app for Facebook creators, featuring personalized insights and an AI tool that drafts comments in the creator's tone to compete with TikTok and YouTube.
Deezer's "Remix Lab" lets fans remix songs with artist consent and royalty payments, using human creativity instead of AI. Available in France, it offers a potential alternative to AI-dominated streaming platforms like Spotify...
Alpha particles from nuclear fusion may boost reactor performance by suppressing turbulence and improving heating efficiency by up to 25%, simulations of the ITER and SPARC reactors suggest, potentially making fusion more viable.
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Researchers at Shanghai's Nipsea Group have developed an ultra-black automotive coating that absorbs 99.9% of visible light, blending carbon black with carbon nanotubes. Unlike Vantablack, it's engineered for real-world...
Anthbot's M5 Pro and M9 Pro robotic mowers use the new HoloSense system, combining LiDAR, RTK/NetRTK, and AI vision for 1 cm positioning accuracy—enabling reliable navigation across open and complex garden environments.
Coherence Neuro successfully tested a coin-sized brain implant in three Australian patients that detects and electrically disrupts tumor growth, with permanent implants planned for glioblastoma patients—who have under 10%...
LG Display's OLED panels earned Intertek's new "Perfect Color/Brightness Accuracy up to 500 lux" certification, achieving 100% accuracy under real-world lighting conditions—something LCD panels failed due to backlight limitations.
Claude AI is now available in Slack via @mention, giving teams instant AI-powered writing, analysis, and problem-solving support—positioning it as a strong competitor to Slack's native Slackbot.
R-Noid is a 5.5-foot humanoid robot by Robot.com that tackles labor shortages by performing 19 tasks—like packing and order picking—using AI-powered arms, available via subscription and deployable within 12 weeks.
AirPosture, a free posture coach app using AirPods' head tracking, has been fully open-sourced by creator Allen Lee after 100,000+ sessions, partly to combat copycat apps distributing malware under the AirPosture name.
HaloBraid raised $7M to build a robotic braiding assistant that works alongside stylists, completing braids five times faster than human hands, boosting salon productivity and reducing health issues like carpal tunnel syndrome.
Google Home's Familiar Faces now identifies people by clothing and body size, not just faces, cutting false alerts. Cameras can also detect sounds like barking or alarms, and Nest thermostats will flag HVAC issues.
Windows 11 26H2 will ship as a lightweight enablement package, allowing devices on 24H2 or 25H2 to upgrade with just a restart. Older versions still require a full update, with release expected in late 2026.
The Pixel 10A drops to $399 on Amazon Prime Day (normally $499), making it great value with seven years of OS updates, satellite messaging, and AI camera features.
SteamOS 3.8 expands beyond Valve's official hardware, letting gamers build custom Steam Machines with any components. AMD and Intel are already supported, though full Nvidia support won't arrive until after 2026.
Speechify now offers free voice typing for iPhone and Mac users, enabling 160 WPM input with AI that automatically removes filler words. The company also plans to launch AI phone agents and productivity tools soon.
Apple's rumored foldable iPhone (~$2,000, fall 2026) could lose $1,000–$1,292 in value within its first year, though Apple's strong resale track record may offset typical foldable depreciation trends.
Meta is developing "Arena," a points-based prediction markets app similar to Polymarket and Kalshi. It will link to existing Meta platforms and is an internal top priority, despite the industry's history of fraud and legal issues.
Steam Machines running SteamOS with KDE Plasma could bring millions of new Linux users, push companies to take Linux seriously, and pressure the Arch team to address long-standing AUR security issues.
Apple and Disney held real merger talks, but Apple showed little interest. Iger called the deal "truly transformational" and believed it would have happened had Steve Jobs still been alive.
A mistyped Unix command deleted 90% of Toy Story 2's production data in 1998—and Pixar's backups had been silently failing. The film was recovered from a personal laptop an employee had been syncing at home.