Factories around the world installed 603,000 industrial robots in 2025, up 11%, and China accounted for 354,000 of them, or 59%. The figures come from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), which published its World Robotics 2026 report on Thu…
General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric will give new EV buyers a home charger worth up to $1,999 and $15 a month if they let the utility decide when the car charges. In Germany that arrangement has been mandatory for new wallboxes since January 20…
A pair of developers say that with very little prompting, Meta’s Muse will share its entire filesystem with you. Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders have said they both independently coaxed Muse into zipping up and sharing the entire contents of its root filesystem, Ubuntu system files, app templates, and internal documentation. Saunders posted on […]
More than 100 AI experts have weighed in on whether advanced AI could threaten humanity—or whether the fear is overblown. Here’s what they’ve said.
We seem to be entering into an AI agent renaissance. Meta’s new consumer-facing AI agent, Muse, topped the App Store charts soon after its release and has 600,000 daily active users in the US, by an Apptopia estimate. And AI agent platform Instinct, whose eponymous creator is fundraising at a $2.5 billion valuation, has been […]
A new patent application details the potential for a future PlayStation controller to accept payments via credit cards and gift cards.
Databricks has brought cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero, adding yet another acquisition to its 2026 shopping spree.
US citizens are feeling worse about data centers than they were just half a year ago, and it doesn’t matter which party they vote for.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 marks a strategic turning point, as traditional awareness is no longer sufficient against rapidly evolving threats
Security isn’t the opposite of innovation. It’s the part of the investment that lets you look a patient in the eye after the innovation ships.