China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis Summary China has launched the World Humanoid Robot Games, a three-day event featuring 280 teams from 16 countries competing in…
China is About To Launch SSDs So Small You Insert Them Like a SIM Card Summary Chinese storage maker Biwin has announced a “Mini SSD” about the size of a…
The Plan For Linux After Torvalds Has a Kernel of Truth: There Isn’t One Summary The Register columnist Rupert Goodwins argues the Linux kernel project lacks a formal succession plan…
Microsoft Kills Volume Rebates in Name of ‘Transparency’ Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services in Enterprise Agreements by removing longstanding volume rebates/discounts and aligning EA pricing with…
Sam Altman Says ‘Yes,’ AI Is In a Bubble Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters he believes AI investments have entered “bubble territory.” In an interview reported by The…
Proton Begins Shifting Infrastructure Outside of Switzerland Ahead of Surveillance Legislation Summary Proton has started moving parts of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland in response to proposed Swiss surveillance…
Pentagon Funded Experiment Develops Robots That Change By ‘Consuming’ Other Robots Summary A Columbia University team, partly funded by DARPA, has demonstrated small tubular robots that physically reconfigure by “consuming”…
Exposure To Some Common Pfas Changes Gene Activity, New Study Finds Summary New research reports that exposure to certain PFAS (so-called “forever chemicals”) alters gene activity — epigenetic changes that…
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley Summary This WIRED “Uncanny Valley” podcast episode (with reporter Caroline Haskins) unpacks what Palantir actually does, why it courts secrecy, and…
UK telecom provider Colt says outages were due to cyber incident Summary London-based Colt Technology Services confirmed it is recovering from a cyberattack that knocked services such as Colt Online…
