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Robust AI’s Carter Pro robot is designed to work with, and be moved by, humans

Two things are immediately notable when watching the Carter Pro robot navigate the aisles of the demo warehouse inside R...
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The best tech for plant lovers

House plants are great. They can also be hard. All of those stress-reducing self-care qualities they promise tend to fad...
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Best gifts for frequent travelers

What’s the best gift you can get someone? Why, the gift of travel, of course. The next best is something to enhance the ...
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Botinkit’s robot wants to cook for you

Warehouses aren’t the only places grappling with a labor crunch. Since the start of the pandemic, restaurants arou...
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Apple’s AI-powered Final Cut Pro 11 is now available

It’s been 13 years since Apple released Final Cut X. That’s just over half of the video-editing software’s entire lifesp...
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Wing begins delivering blood samples via drone in London

Alphabet X spinoff Wing on Wednesday confirmed that it has started delivering blood samples via drone. The program, anno...
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Ever wanted to rent a food delivery robot? Now you can.

Good news for anyone who’s ever wanted to rent a delivery robot. Kiwibot this week announced a new “rent a robot” offeri...
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Apple reportedly shipping a security camera in 2026

Apple is set to expand its smart home presence, according to Ming-Chi Kuo. The well-sourced analyst reported on Tuesday ...
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Gift Guide 2024: The best gadgets for new home owners

In August, I did something I never imagined myself doing: I bought a house. After spending most of my adult life in New ...
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Boox Palma 2: A great little e-reader with bigger ambitions

The Palma is a strange product. It’s a small e-reader with far bigger gadget ambitions. On its site, Boox describes...
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These 60 robotics companies are hiring

From the looks of things, companies in the category — including Agility Robotics and Formlogic — can’t hire quickly enou...
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Apple 16-inch MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) review: a powerful desktop replacement

On Monday, Bloomberg reported on Apple’s plans to fully overhaul its laptop line. That’s exactly the kind of rumor you d...
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iMac (M4) review: a mini upgrade to Apple’s entry-level all-in-one

iMac is the rock of Apple’s desktop line. Over the past decade we’ve seen the iMac Pro come and go, Apple struggling to ...
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Apple Mac Mini (M4) review: more power in a tiny package

For years, the Mini was the odd man out in the Mac desktop lineup. Apple has given plenty of love to the iMac over the y...
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Apple 16-inch MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) review

On Monday, Bloomberg reported on Apple’s plans to fully overhaul its laptop line. That’s exactly the kind of rumor you d...
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Apple Mac Mini (M4) review

For years, the Mini was the odd man out in the Mac desktop lineup. Apple has given plenty of love to the iMac over the y...
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Nvidia just became the world’s largest company amid AI boom

Nvidia on Tuesday exceeded Apple’s market capitalization to become the world’s largest company, on the strength of a glo...
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Amazon acknowledges screen issues on a ‘small number’ of Kindle Colorsoft units

After more than a decade of waiting, Amazon’s first color Kindle has stumbled out of the gate. An issue with the new dis...
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Built in four days, this $120 robot arm cleans a spill with help from GPT-4o

Large language models have already proven transformative for robotics. While researchers and companies alike utilize the...
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MIT debuts a large language model-inspired method for teaching robots new skills

MIT this week showcased a new model for training robots. Rather than the standard set of focused data used to teach robo...
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Apple is buying photo editing app Pixelmator

Pixelmator Friday announced that it is being acquired by Apple. The image editing platform didn’t discuss what life migh...
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Oura buys Sparta Science, its third acquisition in two years

Smart ring maker Oura on Thursday announced that it has acquired Sparta Science, a Bay Area-based health tracking startu...
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Carl Pei says Nothing could build its own operating system

Two mobile operating systems currently comprise nearly 100% of the global smartphone market. Building one is hard, and f...
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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid hot dogs for the camera

Automation skeptics ask: why humanoids? We’ve discussed many of the benefits and drawbacks of the robotics form factor, ...
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Apple announces M4 Max chip, debuting on the MacBook Pro

Apple wrapped up a half-week of Mac announcements Wednesday by debuting the latest addition to the M-series of chips. A ...
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Apple upgrades MacBook Pro with M4 chips

Apple on Wednesday wrapped up Macweek (well, Mac half-week) by introducing an updated MacBook Pro. Apple’s most premium ...
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Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas humanoid executes autonomous automotive parts picking

Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid has been quietly improving by leaps and bounds behind the scenes. Announced in April, we c...
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Amazon Kindle Colorsoft review: A muted approach to color

October was an exciting month for reading devices. We got a new iPad mini, a couple of products from Boox, and this stra...
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MDC is building a surgical robot that operates inside an MRI

MRIs are an indispensable tool for surgeons, though the technology certainly has its limitations. Take, for instance, su...
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Apple’s new M4 Mac Mini really lives up to its name

The week of Macs keep rolling along with a brand-new Mac Mini. The rumors were true: The M4 edition finds the company sc...
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