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🚀SpaceNews

Lunar orbiter among upcoming NASA CLPS task orders

NASA plans to award three more lunar missions this year through a commercial services program, including an orbiter that would replace the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter The post Lunar orbiter among upc

10h ago
Electrek

Weekend Quick Charge: all about autonomy with Waymo and GM

On today’s self-steering episode of Quick Charge, we take a look at Waymo’s westward expansion into 18 new California counties – a move the company believes will power it to more than one MILLION paid

12h ago
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."

13h ago
Electrek

Tesla adds 2.4 kW vehicle-to-load to Model Y Premium with $80 adapter

Tesla has switched on vehicle-to-load for the Model Y Premium in the US and Puerto Rico, letting owners pull 2.4 kW out of the car’s battery at 120 volts and 20 amps. You need an $80 accessory to do i

15h ago
Electrek

Corrupt DoT head took oil money for reality TV show during oil price spike (update)

Sean Duffy, whose transportation expertise comes from being a contestant on the reality TV show Road Rules, is going back to his roots and filming a reality TV show while on the job. But, as is fittin

17h ago
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition

AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.

18h ago
Electrek

Turning millions of Teslas and Mach-Es into V2L power stations: WETOX D2 earns world’s first Next-Gen V2X certification from SGS

The ability to tap into the energy locked inside your car’s battery to power tools, lights, campground gear, and essential home appliances during an outage has quickly become one of the most desirable

18h ago
Electrek

Current classics: Bisimoto’s 600 hp electric Rolls-Royce SilvEV Ghost

First seen in the Toyo Tires booth in 2024, Bisi Ezerioha’s converted Roller resurfaced this week at Exotics on Broadway – and the slick, silent running SilvEV Ghost electric restomod has never looked

19h ago
Electrek

Speeders just got lucky: the new Dodge police Charger is NOT electric

If the Mopar faithful won’t embrace the 670 hp electric Charger because it’s powered by batteries, and won’t accept the 550 hp Sixpack Charger because it’s powered by turbos. In a last-ditch effort, D

20h ago
Electrek

PACCAR brand DAF to add Level 4 Einride autonomy to its electric trucks

Autonomous logistics firm Einride is partnering with heavy truck brand DAF to accelerate the deployment of autonomous electric freight assets across the company’s premium truck platforms.

22h ago
🦾The Robot Report

Why robots that can’t communicate naturally won’t be adopted

Gunnar Pétur Hauksson, the co-founder and COO at Treble Technologies, says robotics developers can't overlook the importance of hearing. The post Why robots that can’t communicate naturally won’t be a

22h ago
Electrek

As EV sales, oil costs and wildfires spike, UK gov’t considers.. fewer EVs? (update)

The UK government is considering relaxing its landmark electric vehicle rules, even in the face of inflated oil prices, a recordbreaking year for temperatures and wildfires, and EV sales that are alre

1d ago
🚀SpaceNews

U.S. Space Force adds second surveillance sensor to Japanese constellation

The Aug. 10 launch of QZS-7 completes bilateral program to host U.S. sensors aboard Japanese navigation satellites The post U.S. Space Force adds second surveillance sensor to Japanese constellation a

1d ago
🦾The Robot Report

How Protolabs turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours

Protolabs CTO Marc Kermisch explains how AI, simulation, and design for manufacturing turn CAD files into production parts faster. The post How Protolabs turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours a

1d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Wallops gears up for an increase in launches

With a projected surge in launches from Wallops Island in the coming years, companies and officials say now is the time for infrastructure improvements to benefit companies and their workers. The post

1d ago
Electrek

Every 2027 GM EV will plug directly into Tesla Superchargers

GM is putting NACS DC fast-charging ports on its entire 2027 model-year EV lineup.

1d ago
Electrek

Chevy Equinox EV vs Kia EV3: Which is America’s most affordable 315+ mile range EV?

The 2027 Chevrolet Equinox EV is now on sale, starting at $34,995. The 2027 Kia EV3 starts at $29,890. On GM’s website, it still says the electric Equinox is “America’s most affordable 315+ mile range

1d ago
Electrek

Podcast: Tesla Roadster is happening?, Kia EV3 in US, gas pumps replaced, and more

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the Tesla Roadster actually happening, the Kia EV3 coming

1d ago
Electrek

Waymo wins California approval to expand robotaxis across 18 counties

Waymo says California regulators have signed off on the biggest expansion of its robotaxi service yet, covering 18 counties from Sonoma down to San Diego. The California Public Utilities Commission ap

1d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla launches V2L Outlet Adapter for Premium Model Y in the U.S.

Tesla has launched a new Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) Outlet Adapter for Premium Model Y vehicles in the United States, meaning you can now power devices like laptops or light strings with your vehicle’s bat

1d ago
Electrek

BYD launches the Qin Max EV for half the price of a Tesla Model 3

BYD’s new Qin Max is now on sale, another Tesla Model 3-sized electric sedan that’s about half the price.

1d ago
Electrek

Velotric Nomad 2 e-bike new 1,749 low, Greenworks 60V 54-inch MaximusZ mower bundle low, Anker SOLIX, Segway, more

We are closing out this week with a fully packed Green Deals edition, half of which are EV deals. To start, there’s Velotric’s newly launched End of Summer Sale, which has offers like the Nomad 2 Off-

1d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Neros Technologies raises $250M to deploy its defense drones by the end of 2026

Neros is developing its Archer AI and Bandit platform with the hardware and compute required for multi-asset control. The post Neros Technologies raises $250M to deploy its defense drones by the end o

1d ago
Electrek

Hyundai starts building the IONIQ 3, its affordable electric hatch

Hyundai wants the IONIQ 3 to be “the best vehicle in Europe.” With sales set to begin soon, the electric hatch is now rolling off the line.

1d ago
🟩NVIDIA

Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indosat and NVIDIA Open Indonesia’s First University AI Center to Develop Local AI Talent

Indonesia is taking charge of its AI future. This week, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH), NVIDIA and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM

1d ago
🤖IEEE Robotics

Video Friday: Lift Happens

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few month

1d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation contracts

SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded contracts to Spire Global and PlanetiQ to provide radio occultation data for terrestrial and space weather forecasts. Th

1d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla Roadster unveiling nears, and it will fly: The Information

Tesla is nearing its long-awaited unveiling of the all-electric Tesla Roadster, a new report from The Information claims, as the company has said several times this year that the event would take plac

1d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Cheaper launch has moved the spacecraft bottleneck. Mass is out, surface area is in.

In the beginning, mass constrained spaceflight. We live at the bottom of a gravity well, and the rocket equation punishes every kilogram we try to lift out of it. Mass […] The post Cheaper launch has

1d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Robots on Wall Street: Non-traditional paths to public markets for robotics companies

Agility’s SPAC deal shows there is no one route to a robotics public listing, with SPAC mergers, reverse mergers, and traditional IPOs offering different advantages. The post Robots on Wall Street: No

1d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Blue Origin outlines plans for second Cape Canaveral launch pad

Blue Origin disclosed new details about its plans to not only rebuild but also expand its Florida launch site, adding a second pad for a larger version of New Glenn. The post Blue Origin outlines plan

1d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Intuitive Machines wins contract for three GEO satellites

Intuitive Machines announced Aug. 13 that it won a $600 million contract from an undisclosed customer for three geostationary orbit communications satellites. The post Intuitive Machines wins contract

1d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Bulgaria advances project to launch new space, defense innovation hub

WARSAW, Poland — Bulgaria’s government has approved a draft memorandum of understanding with the local satellite manufacturer EnduroSat to collaborate on the development of a new space and defense inn

2d ago
🚀SpaceNews

In-Orbit Services Market to Generate $3 Billion in Revenue Over the Next Decade

Paris, France | August 2026 – Novaspace’s latest In-Orbit Services Markets report projects that emerging in-orbit services will generate approximately $3 billion in cumulative service revenues over th

2d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla finally got its Nevada Robotaxi Permit but with a few catches hard to miss

Nevada granted Tesla's robotaxi permit, but capped the fleet at just ten vehicles for now. The post Tesla finally got its Nevada Robotaxi Permit but with a few catches hard to miss appeared first on T

2d ago
🚀SpaceNews

CesiumAstro buys semiconductor specialist to boost constellation plans

CesiumAstro is acquiring semiconductor specialist Jariet Technologies, adding more in-house capabilities behind the phased-array antenna specialist’s plans for a future communications constellation. T

2d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Space Force awards five companies $60 million for multi-vendor satellite network tests

Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space will prototype and test connections to the SpaceX-built data network backbone The post Space Force awards five companies $60 mi

2d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla launches Powerwall Lease for affordable home backup

Tesla Energy has introduced the Powerwall Lease in conjunction with Tesla Electric, making the service available in Texas. This new option delivers whole-home backup power using two Powerwall units fo

2d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Space Command expands Alabama footprint as headquarters relocation advances

More than 100 personnel have already relocated to Redstone Arsenal as construction of billion-dollar Space Command facility is set to begin The post Space Command expands Alabama footprint as headqua

2d ago
🚗Teslarati

Elon Musk teases Tesla Roadster unveiling once again

Elon Musk continues to tease the unveiling event for the Tesla Roadster, a continuing trend that has grown into a bigger game of “When” for fans who have been waiting years for the car to finally ente

2d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla’s driverless Cybercab just passed a big test with State Governor

Florida's governor rode Tesla's Cybercab at a closed test track and called the experience impressive. The post Tesla’s driverless Cybercab just passed a big test with State Governor appeared first on

2d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Mobile manipulators and humanoids: The future of robotics

A free download looks at the state of humanoids, including a rundown of current robotics developers and interviews with industry experts. The post Mobile manipulators and humanoids: The future of robo

2d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla wins three-year standoff against Sweden’s IF Metall union

Sweden’s IF Metall union has announced that it is ending all protests against Tesla, effective immediately. The union said in a statement this morning: “There seems to be no limits to the length Tesla

2d ago
🚀SpaceNews

An optical link ‘internet’ to connect networks in space

In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with John Mackey, CEO, co-founder and director of Mbryonics. They discuss building optical links for satellites and other space infrastructure, and what it would

2d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Maritime Satellite Service Revenues to Reach $3.79 Billion by 2035 as NGSO Reshapes Maritime Connectivity

Paris, France | July 2026 — The maritime satellite communications market is entering a new phase of growth as next-generation satellite networks transform connectivity at sea. According to Novaspace’s

2d ago
🟩NVIDIA

Class Is in Session: GeForce NOW Levels Up Linux, Chromebooks and More

GeForce NOW is giving cloud gaming an extra-credit upgrade just in time for back-to-school season. The native Linux app for GeForce NOW is officially out of beta. GeForce NOW is also delivering new cl

2d ago
🦾The Robot Report

ARM Institute calls for defense manufacturing technology projects

The ARM Institute and the U.S. Department of War are seeking technology project submissions to help rapid U.S. production. The post ARM Institute calls for defense manufacturing technology projects ap

2d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Experts to discuss the state of humanoid robots at RoboBusiness

The RoboBusiness panel will include insights on humanoid robots from Agility, Apptronik, Persona AI, and PSYONIC experts. The post Experts to discuss the state of humanoid robots at RoboBusiness appea

2d ago
🦾The Robot Report

BioflexBot robot hand aims to replicate key human hand motions

Researchers created the BioflexBot, a novel robot that mimics and even exceeds core motions of the hand with a simple design. The post BioflexBot robot hand aims to replicate key human hand motions ap

2d ago
🚀SpaceNews

Paragon lays off staff after Gateway cancellation

A subcontractor for a module that was being developed for NASA’s lunar Gateway has laid off 70 people after NASA halted work on the program. The post Paragon lays off staff after Gateway cancellation

3d ago
🦾The Robot Report

SEW-EURODRIVE adds economy series to its planetary servo gear unit portfolio

SEW-EURODRIVE's new P1.G, P2.G and P3.G gear units extend its existing PxG family below the P5.G, P6.G, and P7.G precision range. The post SEW-EURODRIVE adds economy series to its planetary servo gear

3d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says flying cars are coming

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that flying cars will be coming to the market, something that his own company has hinted at previously. Musk said on X, in response to a post that read, “We were promised flyi

3d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Q2 2026 robotics demand increased across industries, reports A3

A3 said that Q2 2026 robotics orders in food, electronics, and healthcare helped offset soft demand from automotive manufacturing. The post Q2 2026 robotics demand increased across industries, reports

3d ago
🟩NVIDIA

NVIDIA CEO Tops Glassdoor’s 2026 List of Best CEOs

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang is ranked No. 1 on Glassdoor’s Best CEOs list for 2026. In the just-released ranking, recognition is earned directly from the people who know their leadership the b

3d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Strengthening U.S. Army sustainment: TALUS to deliver autonomous distribution

A Stratom-led team won a U.S. Army contract to develop TALUS, an autonomous logistics system for contested environments. The post Strengthening U.S. Army sustainment: TALUS to deliver autonomous distr

3d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Celona launches Orion agentic wireless platform built for physical AI and robotics

Celona launched Celona Orion, a unified agentic platform merging private 5G, Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite into one network for physical AI. The post Celona launches Orion agentic wireless platform b

3d ago
🦾The Robot Report

DAF Trucks to integrate Einride Driver to scale autonomous electric freight

Einride is integrating its self-driving software with PACCAR unit DAF Trucks and research at TNO to advance safe autonomous trucking. The post DAF Trucks to integrate Einride Driver to scale autonomou

4d ago
🚗Teslarati

SpaceX’s next trillion dollar bet has nothing to do with rockets, Musk tells staff

Elon Musk told SpaceX staff AI revenue will soon dwarf rockets and Starlink combined entirely. The post SpaceX’s next trillion dollar bet has nothing to do with rockets, Musk tells staff appeared firs

4d ago
🟩NVIDIA

NVIDIA AI Factory Compute Is Becoming an Investable Asset Class

We announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent financing platforms designed to mobilize over $500 billion of third-party capit

4d ago
🦾The Robot Report

Defense drone developer Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M

The round comes just months after the Cambridge Aerospace's $200 million Series B funding in April. The post Defense drone developer Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M appeared first on The Robot Report

4d ago
🚗Teslarati

Tesla has one big financial question to answer for investors: Morgan Stanley

In a new note to investors on Tuesday, Morgan Stanley analyst Andrew Percoco said that Tesla has one big financial question to answer for investors regarding its Robotaxi rollout, Full Self-Driving so

4d ago
🦾The Robot Report

PlusAI reaches key milestones ahead of launching its autonomous trucks

Since the start of the year, PlusAI said it has improved the safety validation, operational maturity, and efficiency of SuperDrive. The post PlusAI reaches key milestones ahead of launching its autono

4d ago
🟩NVIDIA

Why Scaling AI Compute Performance Requires a New Power Architecture

Every new generation of accelerated computing demands more from the infrastructure underneath it — more compute performance, higher rack density and more efficient, scalable power distribution. The bo

4d ago
🟩NVIDIA

NVIDIA and Local AI Community Fuel Open Source Models and Intelligent Agents

The open source ecosystem is making it easier for AI enthusiasts and developers to build, customize and run increasingly capable agents locally.  Throughout August, NVIDIA is celebrating the partners

4d ago
🟩NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard Deliver Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Agentic AI

As AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, open models are serving market demands for full control over where AI runs and how it’s deployed and evolves. Today, NVIDIA is expanding its Nemotron 3

4d ago
🤖IEEE Robotics

Robot Recycler Salvages Parts From Broken Machines

Objects constructed by robots are ubiquitous. If you’ve used a car, household appliance, or smartphone today, you’ve used an object constructed at least in part by robots. The more products that manuf

5d ago
🟩NVIDIA

Firebird Launches CIS Region’s Largest AI Factory in Armenia

The global buildout of AI infrastructure reached a new milestone today — Firebird, an emerging AI cloud, launched the CIS region’s largest AI factory in Armenia, establishing a new AI computing hub po

Aug 8
🤖IEEE Robotics

Video Friday: Drones Go Heavy in DARPA Lift Challenge

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few month

Aug 7
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

SpaceX’s Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels

The fab is intended to build chips for data centers that will be run by SpaceX and its xAI subsidiary.

Aug 7
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston.

Aug 6
🟩NVIDIA

GeForce NOW Shakes Up August With 26 New Games

August is here, bringing 26 new games for GeForce NOW members.  Command the seas in World of Warships: Legends and discover what’s next in the GeForce NOW library, starting with the eight newly added

Aug 6
🟩NVIDIA

Into the Omniverse: How Open World Models Push the Frontier of Physical AI

In July, NVIDIA joined more than 200 companies and organizations in signing “Open Weights and American AI Leadership,” an open letter arguing that AI leadership will be measured not by any single fron

Aug 6
🟩NVIDIA

NVIDIA and Partners Build in America, for America

NVIDIA and its partners are investing in American manufacturing, supply chains, energy grids and skilled workforces so the U.S. can produce the infrastructure needed for better healthcare, breakthroug

Aug 5
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call

Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.

Aug 4
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year

The purchase illustrates just how interconnected Elon Musk's universe of companies are.

Aug 4
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth

SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June.

Aug 4
🟩NVIDIA

NVIDIA Joins NSF State and Regional AI Hubs Program to Expand AI Research and Education Across the US

NVIDIA is participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs program, an effort launching today to expand access to the advanc

Aug 4
🟩NVIDIA

NVIDIA Alpamayo 2 Super, the Frontier Open Model for Robotaxis and Autonomous Vehicles, Now Available for Commercial Use

For robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles (AVs), the hardest problems aren’t the everyday scenarios. They’re the rare, complex situations that are difficult to anticipate and train for. Handling the

Aug 4
🟩NVIDIA

As AI Increases Demands on Memory, Storage Steps Up

Surging AI demands are driving the need for massive datasets and context windows that burst past the confines of system memory.  But rising needs aren’t met by simply adding more storage capacity. Wha

Aug 4
🟩NVIDIA

AI Leaders Propose SAFE Guidelines for Cybersecurity Transparency

Members of the Open Secure AI Alliance — now more than 120 organizations strong — are developing new guidelines to strengthen agentic AI cybersecurity as the annual Black Hat conference begins in Las

Aug 4
🤖IEEE Robotics

What Robotics Companies Think About the U.S. Foreign Robot Ban

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “Covered List,” originally published in 2021, identifies communications equipment and services that it says pose a threat to national security. On 28 J

Aug 4
🤖IEEE Robotics

Walden Robotics Partners With Toyota on Practical Humanoids

For a while there, it seemed as though robotics as a whole was stuck in a mad rush towards building humanoid robots mostly because it was very possible (and very lucrative) to do so, even without near

Aug 3
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps

Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward.

Aug 1
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out o

Jul 31
🤖IEEE Robotics

Video Friday: Meet Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few month

Jul 31
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year

SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.

Jul 31
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and SpaceX are still blasting off

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out o

Jul 31
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger

Tesla had already reportedly prepped for the idea in the event that Beijing invades Taiwan.

Jul 31
🤖IEEE Robotics

Robot Finger Feels in Color

Imagine running your fingertip over the surface of a U.S. penny. You would feel the ridges of the raised letters and numbers, Abe Lincoln’s bearded side profile, and, if it’s tails, the fluted columns

Jul 28
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing

Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.

Jul 28
🤖IEEE Robotics

Optical Tech Would Update a Robot’s AI on the Fly

Atop a lab bench, Cornell Tech postdoctoral researcher Yifan He positions the lens of an optical receiver almost a meter away from an LED emitting a beam of red light. The computer monitor attached to

Jul 26
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure

The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue relighting the booster's rocket engines.

Jul 24
🤖IEEE Robotics

Video Friday: An Italian Humanoid Comes to Life

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few month

Jul 24
🤖IEEE Robotics

This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills

Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, Okla., middle school’s First Lego League t

Jul 17
🤖IEEE Robotics

Video Friday: Your Robot Surgeon Will See You Now

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few month

Jul 17
🛰️TechCrunch SpaceX

SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition

The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.

Jul 16
🤖IEEE Robotics

How to Make an Invisible Drone

There are many words that I would never, ever use to describe a drone. Stealthy. Subtle. Whatever the opposite of obnoxious is. Much of this is because of the giant angry bee sound that drones tend to

Jul 16
🤖IEEE Robotics

Building a Foundation Stack for General-Purpose Robots

This article is brought to you by X Square Robot.Large language models gave artificial intelligence a working recipe. Pretrain a large model on broad data, and general capability follows. Robotics has

Jul 13
🤖IEEE Robotics

Video Friday: A World Cup for Robots

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few month

Jul 10
🤖IEEE Robotics

Ground Robots Inherit the Kill Zone

Borys Drozhak has a vision: a front line almost free of humans, patrolled by flying drones and ground robots, and continuously monitored by AI-controlled sensor networks. And it’s not a pipe dream. Uk

Jul 10
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables

The startup specializes in "non-invasive" "mind-reading" tech — a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.

Apr 28
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch

This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry.

Mar 12
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

Science Corp. raises $230M as it races to bring its brain implant to market

A source close to the company says the round assigns Science a post-money valuation of $1.25 billion.

Mar 5
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

China’s brain-computer interface industry is racing ahead

China’s brain-computer interface industry is rapidly scaling from research to commercialization, driven by strong policy support, expanding clinical trials, and growing investor interest.

Feb 22
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

After Neuralink, Max Hodak is building something even wilder

"You could really, in a very fundamental sense, talk about redrawing the border around a brain," Hodak says, "possibly to include four hemispheres, or a device, or a whole group of people."

Dec 5
🧬Ars Neuralink

OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup

Aug 13
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink

Neuralink has been making serious progress. Soon Sam Altman and OpenAI could be backing a challenger.

Aug 13
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

Elon Musk’s Neuralink raises $600M at $9B valuation

Neuralink last year received "breakthrough device" clearance from the U.S. FDA. Three people have so far received implants made by Neuralink.

May 28
🧬Ars Neuralink

Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech

Apr 21
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

Neuralink’s ‘breakthrough device’ clearance from FDA does not mean it has cured blindness

Neuralink, the Elon Musk-owned brain-computer interface company, on Tuesday received “breakthrough device” clearance from the FDA. But this does not mean the outfit has developed a cure for blindness,

Sep 17
🧬Ars Neuralink

Ars chats with Precision, the brain-chip maker taking the road less invasive

Jun 7
🧬Ars Neuralink

Neuralink rival sets brain-chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain

May 28
🧬Ars Neuralink

Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip

May 9
🧬Ars Neuralink

Musk claims Neuralink patient doing OK with implant, can move mouse with brain

Feb 20
🧬Ars Neuralink

Elon Musk claims Neuralink has implanted a brain chip in its first human

Jan 30
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

How soon can I get a computer-brain implant?

Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news -- and you might be glad to know today was not all about OpenAI.

Nov 27
🧠TechCrunch Neuralink

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, quietly raises an additional $43M

Neuralink, the Elon Musk-founded company developing implantable chips that can read brain waves, has raised an additional $43 million in venture capital, according to a filing with the SEC. The filing

Nov 25
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Musk’s Neuralink seeks volunteers for brain implants—who’s in?

Sep 20
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Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trials

May 26
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Talking with Future Ventures about its new fund, AI hype and Siri sucking (still)

For a firm whose bets are largely unpredictable, the early-stage venture firm Future Ventures has become very formulaic in its fundraising. Now entering its fifth year, the firm just closed a $200 mil

Apr 12
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Neuralink human testing has reportedly received one FDA rejection already

Neuralink’s ambition to provide a brain-computer interface orders of magnitude better than what’s out there now has hit headwinds with the FDA, Reuters reports. The agency reportedly rejected the comp

Mar 2
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Musk’s bid to start Neuralink human trials denied by FDA in 2022, report says

Mar 2
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Neuralink transported brain implants covered in pathogens, group alleges

Feb 10
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Precision Neuroscience is making brain implants safer, smarter and reversible

Brain researchers have relied on devices called microelectrode arrays for decades, but the technology behind these tools is increasingly outdated. Precision Neuroscience is building a modern alternati

Jan 31
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Neuralink faces federal probe over alleged animal abuse, “hack job” surgeries

Dec 6
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Over a year later, Musk’s Neuralink still 6 months from human trials

Dec 1
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It sounds like Elon Musk is still trying to get out of his own Twitter deal

According to a new report from The Washington Post that relies heavily on anonymous sources, the world’s richest man is still looking for a way out of a $44 billion deal of his own making. The Post re

Jul 7
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Things get messy for Elon Musk with report about new twins he shares with Neuralink exec

Last month, Insider published an explosive report about a former SpaceX flight attendant who accused SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk of propositioning her for sex in 2016 and to whom the company paid

Jul 6
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High-bandwidth wireless BCI demonstrated in humans for first time

Apr 28
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The big advance in Elon Musk’s Pong-playing monkey is what you can’t see

Apr 9