Alphabet-owned company is seeking to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services. Waymo has sharply increased its lobbying spending as it seeks to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services, intensifying its battle with rival Uber over the future…
FCC ban on foreign-made robots accelerated RoboStore’s US manufacturing plans. A leading US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots and robot dogs now plans to produce its own robots at a facility on Long Island, New York. The business pivot comes amid the US government’s growing crackdown on…
A retractable screen, a huge heads-up display, and an optional 4-seat VIP interior. A couple of years ago, Genesis showed us its unique take on the luxury electric SUV with the Neolum concept. The brand’s designers know how to draw a handsome shape, particularly using an SUV’s proportions, and…
The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse. Elon Musk’s talk about maintaining a million-strong AI data center satellite megaconstellation may not exactly be practical or economical, but it might be unique. It’s about the closest we’ve come to confronting a scheme that would export a considerable amount of…
People-search tool ClarityCheck left database containing more than 9M image files exposed. When someone uploads a photo to the people-search tool ClarityCheck, the website has a clear message: “Your reverse image search is private and secure.” New research, though, shows that the website left more than 9 million image files, including…
Cryptographic Context Injection is only the latest way to break an LLM safety guardrail. Earlier this week, researchers outlined an attack that used a secret input provided by Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprise to cause the AI assistant to exfiltrate a password present in the user’s inbox. Now, a…
US residents face trade-offs as delivery drone services such as Prime Air expand. Amazon wants to grow its Prime Air delivery drone service sixfold to reach nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States by the end of 2026. The planned expansions from Amazon and its rivals could…
Framework says it’s replacing some out-of-warranty AMD mainboards. A BIOS update for the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen 7040-series processors is bricking the systems, multiple users have reported online. Framework started shipping pre-built Ryzen 7040-based Framework Laptop 13 computers and compatible motherboards in 2023. In June 2026, Framework…
Google’s new Pixels make some compromises but still manage to be good phones. Google’s approach to making smartphones has changed a lot over the years. It started with Nexus phones aimed at the tinkerer and enthusiast niche back when there were countless companies making smartphones. Today, there are far…
Star, moving at 8% the speed of light, may let us measure the black hole’s rotation. Sgr A* is the name we’ve given to the supermassive black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way. We’ve known about its presence since the 1970s but only managed to…
