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#generative-ai
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
1 day ago

Ben Armstrong of MIT on the Future of Work and Adapting to Technological Change

Generative AI tools require human involvement for accuracy and relevance, similar to the early internet's need for effective user engagement.
fromFast Company
2 months ago
Marketing

Making things that make things

Advertising must shift from producing fixed assets to building adaptive, generative systems that create individualized, context-aware content and interfaces at scale.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
1 day ago

Ben Armstrong of MIT on the Future of Work and Adapting to Technological Change

Generative AI tools require human involvement for accuracy and relevance, similar to the early internet's need for effective user engagement.
Software development
fromTechzine Global
1 day ago

Cursor updates its platform with a focus on autonomous AI agents

Cursor 3 enhances software development by integrating AI agents for collaborative coding, reducing manual programming and streamlining workflows.
fromFuturism
1 day ago

Delivery Robot Companies in Trouble as Bot Become Targets for Vandalism

Out of the company's first 80,000 deliveries the bots finished on campus, about 1,600 involved incidents of vandalism. At a cost of $2,500 per Kiwibot, the damage adds up quick.
London startup
#ibm
DevOps
fromTheregister
1 day ago

IBM wants Arm software on its mainframes for AI support

IBM and Arm are collaborating to enhance enterprise systems for AI and data-intensive workloads using Arm chips.
DevOps
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 days ago

Arm works with IBM to deliver flexibility on mainframe | Computer Weekly

IBM and Arm are collaborating to create dual-architecture hardware for enterprise AI and data-intensive workloads.
DevOps
fromTheregister
1 day ago

IBM wants Arm software on its mainframes for AI support

IBM and Arm are collaborating to enhance enterprise systems for AI and data-intensive workloads using Arm chips.
DevOps
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 days ago

Arm works with IBM to deliver flexibility on mainframe | Computer Weekly

IBM and Arm are collaborating to create dual-architecture hardware for enterprise AI and data-intensive workloads.
Business intelligence
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 day ago

Wilson Connectivity, Autonomous Systems team for in-building wireless service | Computer Weekly

Wilson Connectivity and Autonomous Systems partner to automate in-building wireless infrastructure management, enhancing deployment and ongoing optimization.
#cybersecurity
fromTechzine Global
3 days ago
Information security

AI gives attackers superpowers, so defenders must use it too

AI is transforming cybersecurity, drastically reducing the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation from 1.5 years to mere hours.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck

Law enforcement dismantled major botnets while new vulnerabilities and privacy issues in tech continue to emerge, raising concerns over security.
Information security
fromTechzine Global
3 days ago

AI gives attackers superpowers, so defenders must use it too

AI is transforming cybersecurity, drastically reducing the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation from 1.5 years to mere hours.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck

Law enforcement dismantled major botnets while new vulnerabilities and privacy issues in tech continue to emerge, raising concerns over security.
Writing
fromDefector
3 days ago

Go Ahead and Use AI. It Will Only Help Me Dominate You. | Defector

AI can be a valuable tool in the writing process, and its use should be supported rather than criticized.
#robotics
Science
fromNature
5 days ago

Inside the 'self-driving' lab revolution

Eve, an AI-powered robotic platform, automates early-stage drug design, significantly enhancing efficiency in scientific research.
London startup
fromTheregister
5 days ago

Humanoid tests humanoid robot for automotive logistics

Humanoid's robot successfully completed a proof-of-concept test for automotive manufacturing, demonstrating its capability in a production environment.
Science
fromFuturism
6 days ago

Strange Modular Robots Are Writhing Across Landscapes

Metamachines are modular robots that can adapt to damage and navigate challenging terrains, showcasing resilience through their unique design.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Humanoid maker Sunday reaches $1.15 billion valuation to build household robots | TechCrunch

Robotics company Sunday achieved unicorn status with a $165 million Series B funding round at $1.15 billion valuation, developing a household humanoid robot called Memo to perform domestic tasks.
Business
fromTheregister
4 days ago

Raspberry Pi leans into semiconductors as sales climb

Raspberry Pi reported significant revenue and profit growth, but its focus is shifting from hobbyist origins to broader industrial applications.
#artificial-intelligence
fromBusiness Matters
6 days ago
Education

The Modern World in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: How to Get Educated Without Missing Future Opportunities

Education
fromBusiness Matters
6 days ago

The Modern World in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: How to Get Educated Without Missing Future Opportunities

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries and creating new job opportunities, necessitating advanced technical skills for future relevance.
Digital life
fromThe Walrus
2 weeks ago

What Happens When Chatbots Get a Body? | The Walrus

Humans have progressed from stone tools to advanced AI, with machines now surpassing human intelligence in games like chess.
fromThe Walrus
4 days ago

The Man Who Put AI at the Centre of America's War Machine | The Walrus

"War is terrible, war is terrible, war is terrible," he intones, holding my gaze and giving voice to a universal chorus.
DC food
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 days ago

body agency and the ways wearable devices let people regain control of their physical forms

Body agency is a power returned after an incident took it away from the user's physical form, and some wearable devices and technologies have this exact goal in mind.
Wearables
Marketing tech
fromForbes
5 days ago

Automation Promised Efficiency, But It Also Removed Differentiation

Marketing automation has improved efficiency but led to a lack of differentiation in brand messaging and identity.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

We Are Losing to AI What We Never Learned to Appreciate

Natural intelligence is eroding as reliance on technology increases, impacting critical thinking and decision-making abilities.
fromMakeUseOf
6 days ago

The hardware upgrade that changed my workflow wasn't a PC part

Finding the right desk and office chair combo can have lasting effects on the quality of your spinal health, and in my case, landing on just the right pairing has boosted my productivity big time.
Gadgets
fromwww.businessinsider.com
6 days ago

Driverless cars, meet your eye doctor

Kinetic's CEO Nikhil Naikal states, 'We have eyes, and when we need to correct vision, we go to an optometrist... In the same way, this is a digital prescription to correct the errors of the car's understanding of the world around it.'
Cars
UX design
fromWIRED
6 days ago

The Deceptively Tricky Art of Designing a Steering Wheel

Designing a functional and beautiful steering wheel is one of the most challenging tasks in automotive design.
fromTechzine Global
2 days ago

IGEL OS can now run AI models locally on endpoints

AI Armor provides dynamic runtime security and relies on a central policy engine in the Universal Management Suite (UMS) to meet compliance requirements, ensuring that organizations can manage their security effectively.
DevOps
Business intelligence
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 days ago

Wireless AI paradox emerges as Wi-Fi evolves into strategic growth engine | Computer Weekly

Strategic investments in wireless and AI are crucial for businesses to achieve operational efficiency and productivity gains.
#ai
fromMedium
3 days ago
Software development

The AI Revolution in Development: Why Outer Loop Agents Are the Next Big Thing

Software development
fromInfoQ
4 days ago

Agentic AI Patterns Reinforce Engineering Discipline

Agentic AI patterns enhance engineering discipline and adapt established practices for AI-assisted software development.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

AI Factories, Security Flaws, and Workforce Shifts Define This Week in Tech - TechRepublic

The race to build smarter AI systems is accelerating, bringing increased risks and costs across various tech sectors.
Software development
fromMedium
3 days ago

The AI Revolution in Development: Why Outer Loop Agents Are the Next Big Thing

AI is set to revolutionize post-code push processes, automating tasks like security fixes, error logging, and code reviews.
Software development
fromInfoQ
4 days ago

Agentic AI Patterns Reinforce Engineering Discipline

Agentic AI patterns enhance engineering discipline and adapt established practices for AI-assisted software development.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

AI Factories, Security Flaws, and Workforce Shifts Define This Week in Tech - TechRepublic

The race to build smarter AI systems is accelerating, bringing increased risks and costs across various tech sectors.
History
fromMedium
1 week ago

The intelligence revolution won't be televised-it will be automated over a longer arc

The Intelligence Revolution is reshaping work organization and societal roles, similar to the Industrial Revolution's impact.
Gadgets
fromSlashGear
1 week ago

10 Smart Gadgets To Help Upgrade Your Home Office - SlashGear

Investing in smart gadgets for a home office can enhance productivity and organization for remote workers.
Science
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

AI broke the energy grid's assumptions - Silicon Canals

The future of the electrical grid in 2035 hinges on AI-driven demand, creating competition among energy sources like natural gas, nuclear, and renewables.
#physical-ai
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

What's the deal with Physical AI? Why the next frontier of tech is already all around you

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

What's the deal with Physical AI? Why the next frontier of tech is already all around you

fromReadWrite
2 weeks ago

From Reactive Repairs to Smarter Home Protection: How Technology Is Changing Roof Care

In the past, roof inspections mostly focused on what could be seen from the outside. Contractors looked for broken shingles, worn flashing, or areas where water might enter the roof. The problem is that roof damage does not always show clear signs right away. Water can move through roofing layers before it becomes visible inside the home.
Renovation
Roam Research
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Water company spins out homegrown AI after LLMs failed it

Large language models provided confidently incorrect information about materials science, causing a water desalination startup to waste four months and $200,000 validating a material choice that ultimately proved inferior.
Medicine
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Electrodes connected to the brain allow two people with paralysis to type with their minds

A brain-machine interface allows paralyzed patients to type on a keyboard using only their thoughts, achieving high-speed communication with minimal errors.
fromTNW | Deep-Tech
2 weeks ago

Universal Robots and Scale AI launch the UR AI Trainer

Our customers, ranging from large enterprises to AI research labs, are no longer just asking for AI features. They need a way to collect high-fidelity, synchronized robot and vision data to train AI models on the same robots they intend to deploy. Our AI Trainer is the industry's first direct lab-to-factory solution for AI model training.
Data science
#autonomous-vehicles
fromInfoQ
5 days ago
DevOps

Optimization in Automated Driving: From Complexity to Real-Time Engineering

DevOps
fromInfoQ
5 days ago

Optimization in Automated Driving: From Complexity to Real-Time Engineering

A production-grade AV stack is a distributed dataflow graph of components, optimized for resource management and real-time constraints.
Mission District
fromMedium
1 month ago

What is teleoperation?

Autonomous vehicles require invisible design infrastructure beyond sensors and algorithms to handle real-world complexity and edge cases at scale.
DevOps
fromApp Developer Magazine
3 days ago

Lens Launches MCP Server to Connect AI Coding Assistants with Kubernetes

Lens by Mirantis integrates a Model Context Protocol server, simplifying AI coding assistants' access to Kubernetes clusters.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
4 days ago

What Will AI Coworkers Look Like for the Rest of 2026?

AI coworkers are now integral to workflows, executing tasks and returning results, transforming how teams operate by 2026.
DevOps
fromTechzine Global
3 days ago

Harness adds four capabilities to close AI delivery gap

Harness is launching four new capabilities to enhance its Continuous Delivery platform, addressing the gap between code writing speed and release reliability.
Information security
fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

Industrial Systems Under Siege: 77% of OT Environments Suffer Cyber Breaches

Industrial sectors lag in cybersecurity despite modernizing operational technologies, creating critical vulnerabilities in manufacturing, utilities, and energy infrastructure.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

Why long range communication is useful for industrial monitoring - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Long-range radio waves can pass through obstacles more easily, which makes them perfect for monitoring expansive factories or outdoor infrastructure. A recent report by Fabrity highlighted that these systems use very little power. This allows sensors to operate for 5 to 10 years on a single battery. Using such tech means you do not have to install expensive wiring across your entire site.
Roam Research
Mobile UX
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Could robot phones be the next leap in physical AI?

Smartphone design has become a physical constraint on creativity; future devices must rethink form factors, prioritize creation over consumption, and integrate AI into physical space.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
3 weeks ago

ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Moxa, Mitsubishi Electric

Industrial control system manufacturers Siemens, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, and Moxa released multiple security advisories addressing critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in their ICS products.
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Your smart home may be at risk - 6 ways experts protect your devices from attacks

All smart homes are at risk of being hacked, but it's not a likely event. The type of bad actors that target smart homes and devices, such as security cameras, are opportunistic. They search randomly for easy targets -- they don't tend to choose a particular home to attack and then try to circumvent that specific system.
Privacy technologies
#humanoid-robots
Artificial intelligence
fromComputerworld
1 week ago

How digital brains for humanoid robots are being built

Humanoid robots have significantly improved in functionality and behavior over the past year, exemplified by Olaf's performance at Nvidia's GTC event.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

Humanoid Robots Are Getting Cheaper - But Enterprise Costs Are Just Getting Started

Falling hardware costs and AI advancements are enabling real-world deployments of humanoid robots, shifting focus to operational infrastructure and software differentiation.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Factory Paying Human Worker to Watch Robot Worker All Day

Humanoid robots like Digit are being deployed in factories with human supervisors, with costs expected to drop from $10-$25 per hour to $2-$3 per hour, potentially displacing workers earning $20 per hour.
Artificial intelligence
fromComputerworld
1 week ago

How digital brains for humanoid robots are being built

Humanoid robots have significantly improved in functionality and behavior over the past year, exemplified by Olaf's performance at Nvidia's GTC event.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

Humanoid Robots Are Getting Cheaper - But Enterprise Costs Are Just Getting Started

Falling hardware costs and AI advancements are enabling real-world deployments of humanoid robots, shifting focus to operational infrastructure and software differentiation.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Factory Paying Human Worker to Watch Robot Worker All Day

Humanoid robots like Digit are being deployed in factories with human supervisors, with costs expected to drop from $10-$25 per hour to $2-$3 per hour, potentially displacing workers earning $20 per hour.
fromSecurityWeek
4 weeks ago

Rockwell Vulnerability Allowing Remote ICS Hacking Exploited in Attacks

The vulnerability, related to an insufficiently protected cryptographic key, could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass verification and connect to a targeted controller by mimicking an engineering workstation. In a real-world industrial environment, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers to manipulate PLC logic and disrupt manufacturing processes, or even cause physical damage to equipment.
Information security
Privacy technologies
fromMedium
1 month ago

The design failures of consumer IoT

Essential anti-theft features in IoT devices are increasingly locked behind paywalls, leaving users vulnerable when subscriptions expire and data collection stops.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
1 month ago

Automation vs Control: Striking the Balance with AI

AI automation in advertising is reducing agency roles and advertiser control, yet advertisers remain responsible for campaign outcomes as platforms like Meta push full automation.
Gadgets
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Intriguing New Smartphone Design Features a Small Robot Arm

Honor unveiled a Robot Phone concept featuring a motorized camera arm extending from the device, designed to integrate AI capabilities for recording and analyzing surroundings.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How robotics could upend the US manufacturing industry

Machina Labs promotes distributed, flexible, portable robotics-enabled manufacturing to leapfrog centralized factories and accelerate U.S. reindustrialization in defense, aerospace, and automotive sectors.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

From Dumb Devices to Digital Teammates: How Agentic AI is Revolutionizing the Internet of Things

Agentic AI transforms IoT from obedient automation into intelligent systems that anticipate needs, reason through problems, and take initiative rather than simply following programmed commands.
Artificial intelligence
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

Lab for autonomous agents to drive boost in manufacturing in India | Computer Weekly

IBM Research launches Emergence India Labs to develop autonomous systems for manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure, positioning India as a frontier AI research hub beyond traditional IT services.
EU data protection
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Three ways AI will change engineering practices

AI can automate initial technical documentation while increasing compliance demands, requiring visibility, strict data-access controls, guardrails, and security permissions to protect sensitive data.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

Four Robot Arms Just Built a Farm House That Prints Its Future - Yanko Design

Picture this: four robotic arms working in perfect harmony, tracing circular patterns like some kind of futuristic dance performance. But instead of creating art, they're printing the walls of an actual farm. Welcome to Itaca, a project that just wrapped up its construction in the hills of Northern Italy, and it's changing how we think about building homes. WASP, the Italian company behind this audacious venture, just finished printing the walls of what they're calling the first certified 3D-printed construction in Italy.
Agriculture
Tech industry
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Get a grip: Robotics firms struggle to develop hands

Tendon-driven robotic hands with actuator-controlled fingers provide precise dexterity and serve as development kits to enable human-like manipulation in real-world environments.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Qualcomm's new Arduino Ventuno Q is an AI-focused computer designed for robotics

Qualcomm's Arduino Ventuno Q combines a Dragonwing IQ8 processor with a microcontroller and 16GB RAM for AI-powered robotics and edge computing applications.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Smart Homes Are Terrible

All of the appliances and systems are brand-new: the HVAC, the lighting, the entertainment. Touch screens of various shapes and sizes control this, that, and the other. Rows of programmable buttons sit where traditional light switches would normally be. The kitchen even has outlets designed to rise up from the countertop when you need them, and slide away when you don't.
Gadgets
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Cyber Insights 2026: The Ongoing Fight to Secure Industrial Control Systems

Industrial Control Systems remain highly vulnerable due to legacy design, long lifecycles, operator reluctance to take systems offline, and growing sophistication of attacks.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Sensors are transforming the world - work together to maximize their benefits

Converging diverse sensing disciplines into a shared scientific home accelerates innovation, real-world impact and cross-domain discovery.
Gadgets
fromFuturism
1 month ago

They Gave a Robot a Sword

A humanoid Robotera L7 performs dynamic swordplay with advanced motor skills, demonstrating 55 degrees of freedom and impressive full-body agility.
fromdzone.com
2 months ago

Managing Changing Hardware/Peripherals in a Robust POS

Retail point-of-sale systems today offer a wide range of options for peripherals and hardware. Their technical specifications play a major role in selection, and big retailers often choose multiple vendors to reduce a single point of failure. This gives them an advantage to negotiate price or support as well. Technically, these peripherals also require updating with new models and may have new feature sets. This necessitates the redevelopment of point-of-sale applications, increasing development costs.
Information security
Gadgets
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

Direct-to-device connectivity set to underpin next generation of industrial IoT | Computer Weekly

Ubiquitous satellite direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity will drive rapid, near-term mass adoption in industrial IoT across agriculture, mining, energy, transport and utilities.
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Aveva, Phoenix Contact

Siemens has published eight new advisories. The company has released patches and mitigations for high-severity issues in Desigo CC, Sentron Powermanager, Simcenter Femap and Nastran, NX, Sinec NMS, Solid Edge, and Polarion products. A medium-severity flaw has been found in Siveillance Video Management Servers. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities can lead to unauthorized access, XSS, DoS, code execution, and privilege escalation.
Information security
Gadgets
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This simple robot could drastically speed up data center construction

An autonomous drill robot drills thousands of precise concrete-floor holes for data centers up to ten times faster, operating 24/7 with 99.97% accuracy.
fromSecurityWeek
2 months ago

Indurex Emerges From Stealth to Close Security Gap in Cyber-Physical Systems

The Indurex platform ingests and correlates data from multiple sources across the cyber-physical stack, with a strong focus on industrial historians, instrumentation and asset management systems (IAMS), alarm management, and OT network and endpoint data. The platform, which can be integrated with third-party OT security solutions, is designed to unify cyber, process, and safety context into a single operational view, using adaptive risk scoring to highlight issues and prioritize response actions.
Information security
#smart-plugs
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Your smart plug is seriously underutilized: 7 ways I've programmed mine to automate my home

fromWIRED
2 months ago
Gadgets

Smart Plugs Don't Always Make Sense. Here's When You Should Actually Use Them

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Your smart plug is seriously underutilized: 7 ways I've programmed mine to automate my home

fromWIRED
2 months ago
Gadgets

Smart Plugs Don't Always Make Sense. Here's When You Should Actually Use Them

Artificial intelligence
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Why ambient robots beat humanoid robots

Unobtrusive physical AI will become pervasive by integrating sensors, AI, and robotics into environments, enabling seamless, invisible assistance rather than humanoid robot replicas.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
2 months ago

He could just turn it off

Grok's image-generation continues despite producing sexually exploitative content; Elon Musk can disable the feature and should do so to prevent legal and moral harm.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
2 months ago

Beyond the CES hype: why home robots need the self-driving car playbook | Fortune

Affordable humanoid home robots require solving data, privacy, safety, and real-world autonomy challenges before reliable, widely trusted household deployment.
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