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OMRON said its new robotics business with be an essential pillar of its end-to-end automation systems. | Source: OMRON

OMRON Corp. has created a dedicated global robotics organization, effective April 1. It said this strategic step reflects its continued commitment to robotics. The Kyoto, Japan-based company said the new unit will operate alongside...

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Nnamdi Emelifeonwu was always curious about what work life was like for his colleague Feargus MacDaeid, one of the few registered blind lawyers in the U.K. Both practiced law at the global firm Freshfields.

When asking about what would make his life easier, the answer was clear: “Help me navigate definitions in complex contracts without losing c...

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U.S. Air Force gives additional funding to Palladyne AI

Palladyne AI said its software enables robots to perceive and adapt to changes in real-world environments. | Source: Palladyne AI

Palladyne AI yesterday said it has received additional funds from the U.S. Air Force as part of its contract with the Air Logistics Complex at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. The AI software developer also...

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When Daniel Saks was working as a co-CEO of the previous startup he co-founded, AppDirect, billionaire Michael Dell sent him a LinkedIn message asking for a meeting. Dell famously likes to cold-contact founders of startups he finds interesting. 

“I thought it was fake,” Saks tells A Technology NewsRoom. But he replied anyway. “So I’m getting ready f...

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HP reveals first Google Beam 3D video conferencing setup, priced at $25,000HP reveals first Google Beam 3D video conferencing setup, priced at $25,000

at Google I/O last month, the company also turned one of its experiments into a (kind of) real product. ....

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Laura Major, president and CEO, Motional

Laura Major was named president and CEO of Motional in June 2025. | Credit: Motional

Autonomous vehicle company Motional today named Laura Major president and CEO. Major was appointed by Motional&s Board of Directors following a successful tenure as CTO. The announcement comes as Motional prepares to launch its driverless commercial service...

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RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they&re not goodRFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good

Anti-vaccine advocate and current health secretary Robert F. ....

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A warlord brings chaos in Foundation S3 trailerA warlord brings chaos in Foundation S3 trailer

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Gecko Robotics reaches unicorn status with latest funding

Gecko Robotics& technology runs on Cantilever, its AI-powered operating platform. | Source: Gecko Robotics

Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh-based company that designs robots for building, operating, and modernizing critical infrastructure, today achieved unicorn status. With a fresh $125 million in Series D funding, Gecko Robotics doubled its...

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Repairing that was one of the primary objectives of the new windowing system. ... Fixing that was among the main goals of the brand-new windowing system. We chose this time: make whatever we can provide, said Federighi, even if it has some subtleties on older hardware, because we saw so much demand [for Stage Manager] That slight modification in technique, combined with other behind-the-scenes optimizations, makes the brand-new multitasking model more widely compatible than Stage Manager is. There are still limits on those devicesnot to the variety of windows you can open, however to how many of those windows can be active and current at once. And real multi-monitor assistance would stay the purview of the much faster, more-expensive designs. We have found numerous, lots of optimizations, Federighi stated. We re-architected our windowing system and we re-architected the way that we handle background tasks, background processing, that enabled us to squeeze more out of other devices than we had the ability to do at the time we introduced Stage Manager. Stage Manager still exists in iPadOS 26, but as an optional additional multitasking mode that you need to choose to enable instead of the brand-new windowed multitasking system. You can also pick to turn both multitasking systems off entirely, preserving the iPad's traditional big-iPhone-for-watching-Netflix interface for individuals who prefer it. The $349 base-model iPad is one that stands to gain the most from iPadOS 26. Credit: Andrew Cunningham However, while the brand-new iPadOS 26 UI takes huge actions toward the Mac's user interface, the company still attempts to treat them as different items with various top priorities. To date, that has suggested no touch screens on the Mac (regardless of years of rumors), and it will continue to imply that there are some Mac things that the iPad will remain unable to do.
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All-wheel drive EVs at 210 mph? Formula E&s next car gets massive upgrade.All-wheel drive EVs at 210 mph? Formula E’s next car gets massive upgrade.

Power gets a massive increase, from the current 470 hp (350 kW) to 804 hp (600 kW). ....

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NEXCOM is working with NVIDIA on AI robot safety.

NEXCOM is working with NVIDIA on functional safety for humanoid and AI robots. Source: NEXCOM

At GTC Paris this week, NEXCOM Group announced that its NexCOBOT Co. unit has joined the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab. The goal of the collaboration is to advance the safe development of various types of robots, with a particular focus on...

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, produce outputs consistent with pattern-matching from training data when confronted with novel issues needing systematic thinking. ... In early June, Apple scientists released a study recommending that simulated thinking (SR) designs, such as OpenAI's o1 and o3, DeepSeek-R1, and Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking, produce outputs consistent with pattern-matching from training data when faced with unique problems needing methodical thinking. The researchers found comparable outcomes to a recent study by the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) in April, revealing that these same designs accomplished low scores on novel mathematical proofs.The brand-new study, titled The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models through the Lens of Problem Complexity, originates from a group at Apple led by Parshin Shojaee and Iman Mirzadeh, and it includes contributions from Keivan Alizadeh, Maxwell Horton, Samy Bengio, and Mehrdad Farajtabar.The researchers examined what they call big thinking models (LRMs), which try to replicate a sensible reasoning procedure by producing a deliberative text output in some cases called chain-of-thought reasoning that ostensibly assists with solving issues in a detailed fashion.To do that, they pitted the AI models against 4 traditional puzzlesTower of Hanoi (moving disks in between pegs), checkers leaping (eliminating pieces), river crossing (carrying products with constraints), and blocks world (stacking blocks)scaling them from trivially easy (like one-disk Hanoi) to exceptionally intricate (20-disk Hanoi needing over a million relocations). Figure 1 from Apple's The Illusion of Thinking research paper. Credit: Apple Current evaluations mostly concentrate on established mathematical and coding criteria, stressing last answer accuracy, the researchers write. Simply put, today's tests only care if the design gets the right answer to math or coding problems that may currently remain in its training datathey do not examine whether the design really reasoned its way to that answer or just pattern-matched from examples it had seen before.Ultimately, the researchers found outcomes constant with the abovementioned USAMO research, revealing that these very same designs attained mostly under 5 percent on unique mathematical proofs, with just one design reaching 25 percent, and not a single best proof among almost 200 attempts. Both research teams recorded severe performance destruction on issues needing extended organized reasoning.
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Trade war truce between US and China is back onTrade war truce between US and China is back on

Both countries agreed in Geneva last month to slash their respective tariffs by 115 percentage points and provided a 90-day window to resolve the trade war. ....

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New York-based micromobility startup Infinite Machine has exposed a seated scooter called Olto that will cost $3,495 when it starts shipping later on this year. The Olto will feature 40 miles of range, pulled from an easily swappable 48V lithium-ion battery. Infinite Machine states the Olto will have a leading speed of 20 miles per hour in bike lines and ...
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"We had to think of something which will work independently, whether it's hybrid power or internal combustion engine power. ....

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Selling software to companies is such a time-consuming process. Even after customers are convinced a product is right for their organization, they still need to ensure the software meets all their security requirements.

Chas Ballew realized just how painfully slow and tedious the vendor security and compliance review process was when he was running...

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&Yuck&: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt

popping up faster than we can keep track. ....

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Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skillsScientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills

It also learned fall avoidance and determined how much risk was reasonable to take given its limited speed. ....

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Exciting news for tech enthusiasts and innovators!

A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025 is just around the corner, and we have an incredible opportunity for you to elevate your brand’s visibility. How? By hosting your own Side Event at the most anticipated tech gathering of the year!

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Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuitHollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuit

in February over copyright concerns. ....

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Some sections of the Trump administration's budget proposal would funnel federal funding toward projects that have fairly broad support. ....

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Warp was founded in 2021 to help companies streamline their shipping supply chains and reduce costs through its tech-enabled network of shippers, carriers, and warehouses.

Now, it wants to make supply chains further efficient by using robots to automate its web of warehouses.

Daniel Sokolovsky, the co-founder and CEO of Warp, told A Technology...

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After RFK Jr. fires vaccine advisors, doctors brace for blitz on childhood shotsAfter RFK Jr. fires vaccine advisors, doctors brace for blitz on childhood shots

The medical community is bracing for attacks on, and the possible dismantling of, federal recommendations for safe, lifesaving childhood vaccinations after health secretary and fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. ....

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She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the worldShe was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world

My two daughters were among them. ....

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After getting universal messaging apps Beeper and Texts.com, WordPress.com owner Automattic has actually added another communication-focused startup to its lineup: relationship-management app Clay.Financial regards to the offer were not revealed, but Clay had up until now raised over $9 million in venture capital from investors like General Catalyst and ...
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Musk&s threat to sue firms that don&t buy ads on X seems to have paid offMusk’s threat to sue firms that don’t buy ads on X seems to have paid off

Elon Musk's strategy of suing or threatening to sue companies that don't buy advertising on X has reportedly paid off in at least a few cases. ....

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False claims that ivermectin treats cancer, COVID lead states to pass OTC lawsFalse claims that ivermectin treats cancer, COVID lead states to pass OTC laws

Doctors told the Times that they have already seen some cases where patients with treatable, early-stage cancers have delayed effective treatments to try ivermectin, only to see no effect and return to their doctor's office with cancers that have advanced. ....

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