CES has always been a robot extravaganza, and this year’s event saw the announcement of a number of important robotics developments, including the new, production-ready debut of Atlas, the humanoid from Boston Dynamics. Then there were all the robots on the showroom floor, where bots often serve as…
Read MoreA former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that plaintiff himself redacted the most salacious details. On Friday, the company’s lawyers filed a blistering response, calling the former employee a “serial liar” and stating…
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The smart home has been drifting into a world of interoperability lately that I never would have expected just a few years ago. And at CES 2026, that was on display—from smart locks that will support the new universal Aliro digital key standard to cameras that work with…
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Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Bugonia is a remake of Save the Green Planet!, though in many ways it’s far less out there than the 2003 South Korean original. And while the basic premise—a conspiracy theorist kidnaps a powerful executive he believes to be an alien planning to destroy Earth—is the…
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Amazon could be taking another, even bigger swing at physical stores, this time with a Walmart-like supercenter. On Tuesday, the Orland Park Plan Commission in the Chicago suburb Orland Park, Illinois voted 6-1 to approve Amazon’s proposal to develop 35 acres of land for a 229,000-square foot retail…
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If you broke away from the noise about “agentic AI†in cars, EVs, eVTOLs, trucks, big rigs, fleets, robotaxis, and even boats bouncing around the halls of CES 2026, you could find some impressive automotive tech on display. Of course, AI isn’t just a buzzword and has some…
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X is suing music publishers and their trade group, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), accusing them of attempted coercion in their ongoing battle over licensing, as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. The Elon Musk-owned platform accuses music publishers of colluding with the NMPA to “coerce X…
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The splitR Auracast transceiver can attach to an iPhone’s MagSafe spot. One of the issues holding Auracast back from wider mainstream use is some companies’ lack of support for the Bluetooth technology – Apple being a prime example. With iOS having 58 percent of the market share in…
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Buddyo is a smart base designed to add AI to figurines like Funko Pops using NFC tags. AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year, but among the horde of waddling plushies and light-up emoji eyes, two stood out to me. HeyMates and Buddyo…
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been intrigued by the mystery of a dusty cassette you found in a thrift shop—or if you’re just looking for a new time-sink—you have to check out Intertapes, a website that digitizes “found cassettes” sent in by users all over the world, then posts them…
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