Month: August 2026
Quote of the day by roboticist Rodney Brooks: ‘The visual appearance of a robot makes a promise about what it can do and how smart it is’ — a warning about the misleading form of a humanoid robot
Humanoid robots are on the rise, with a slate of companies building several different prototypes. Whether they’re designed to be on the production line or engineered to roam around your house performing various chores, different kinds of machines are on the cusp of mass production. “The visual appearance of a…
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Kia’s EV3 will start under $31,000 in the US
That makes it the cheapest EV in Kia's lineup. Source
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Kioxia, SanDisk show off the tiny chip which could go in world’s first 1 PB SSD
Quad-Level-Cell (QLC) 3D flash memory sets the industry benchmark for performance, bit density, and power efficiency It is the first QLC 3D flash to reach a 4.8 GB/s interface, ensuring super-fast data transfer between storage and processor This is the breakthrough that could deliver 1 PB (petabyte) storage to data…
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‘I hope people say I was a good and decent man,’ Tim Cook on his post-Apple legacy — and why for him I don’t think any other answer was possible
As Tim Cook prepares to vacate his role as Apple CEO on September 1st and John Ternus assumes control, people have asked me what Cook is like and how he compares to Ternus. I can’t say I know either man well, but I do know them and have, over the…
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Samsung has new Galaxy headphones in the works
Strings of code in Samsung’s Galaxy Wearable app hint at an upcoming pair of over-ear headphones that could compete with the AirPods Max, SamMobile reports. Samsung’s reportedly referring to the headphones as the “Galaxy H1,” and SamMobile says they could launch sometime in 2027. That would make these the company’s…
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Upgrade your setup: HP’s Smart Tank 5101 ink tank printer drops to $170 with 2 years of ink
The Smart Tank series is HP‘s answer to the refillable-ink trend we’ve tracked closely, and for the price, it’s worth checking out the HP Smart Tank 5101 all-in-one printer for $170 (was $260) at Amazon. Based on our experience testing HP printers, this one’s an easy recommendation for home offices,…
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