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Google's AI research lab is working with Boston Dynamics to make Atlas act more like a human.

Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo at CES 2026, which includes a reasoning vision language action model that allows an autonomous vehicle to think more like a human and provide chain-of-thought reasoning.

Lego developed a custom ASIC chip that allows its new Ssmart Bricks to pick up on signals from surrounding Smart Tags that dictate how it should make sounds or light up.

A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacist websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

The lawsuits seek to reverse the Department of the Interior's stop-work order, which affected five offshore wind projects off the Eastern Seaboard.

Hesai said it now plans to build as many as 4 million lidar sensors in 2026, up from 2 million, as it tries to corner a market with one fewer player after Luminar's bankruptcy.

The launch is one part of Amazon's effort to bring its LLM-powered voice and digital assistant to every device — whether handheld or in the driver's seat — touched by consumers.

Lucid built more than 18,000 EVs in 2025 and delivered more than 15,000 after a tough start to the year -- still a far cry from the high bar it set in 2021.

Amazon is bringing Alexa+ to the web with a new Alexa.com site, expanding its AI assistant beyond devices and positioning it as a family-focused, agent-style chatbot.

Fire TV's new interface focuses on your content and offers easier, speedier navigation, Amazon says.

Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings, and more.

This year LG is showing off its manufacturing chops at CES with a new Wallpaper OLED TV that is just 9mm thick.

The Luminar founder claims he has been cooperative.

The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors.

There is no timeline for when these systems will become available. But once they do, Kodiak could bring its tech to more trucks, faster.

Africa’s largest fintech company, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal valued between $25 million and $40 million, according to people familiar with the transaction. The acquisition brings together two of Africa’s leading fintech infrastructure companies. Flutterwave operates one of the continent’s widest payments networks, while Mono, often described as […]

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have raised new funding for a social media app that helps users "plan with intention."

DoorDash seems to have confirmed a viral story about a driver using an AI-generated photo to lie about making a delivery.

France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.

Plaud is going after the likes of Granola to launch a desktop app that records online meetings