07 May 2026
Project Helix Will “Lean Heavily” Into Zstandard to Directly Stream Assets From the SSD
Xbox has some pretty big ambitions for Project Helix, its next-generation console. While ray tracing, machine learning Multi Frame Generation, and neural rendering all sound impressive, memory and storage constraints could prove a bottleneck.
Ravi Sinha
2026
07 May 2026
Europe defense autonomy is in reach at €50 billion a year: German experts
PARIS — European sovereignty in defense and security is within reach and would require investing around €50 billion (US$59 billion) a year for the next decade, according to a paper by five prominent German defense investors, experts and industry executives.
Rudy Ruitenberg
2026
07 May 2026
ChatGPT Has 'Goblin' Mania in the US. In China It Will 'Catch You Steadily'
Are you even online in 2026 if you haven’t experienced the verbal tics of ChatGPT? It loves goblins, em dashes, and “it’s not A; it’s B” sentence constructions. But what you might not know is that the chatbot also has plenty of strange phrases it loves to say in Chinese, and they are driving Chinese users crazy.
@wired, Zeyi Yang
2026
07 May 2026
Humanoid and Dog-Like Robots Work As A Team At LG Warehouse
LG CNS demonstrates three robot types collaborating to move boxes in 90 seconds per item at Magok facility.
@amnorth42, Annemarije de Boer
2026
07 May 2026
OpenAI trial: Mother of Musk's children says he offered Altman a Tesla board seat
Shivon Zilis, former board member of OpenAI Inc., arrives at the federal court in Oakland, California, US, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The high-stakes trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will conclude its second week of proceedings on Thursday.
Ashley Capoot
2026
07 May 2026
Japan Airlines Will Test Robot Ground Crew At Tokyo Haneda Airport
Japan Airlines is preparing to test humanoid robots in airport ground operations as the carrier explores new ways to support workers at busy Japanese airports.
Faith Katunga
2026
07 May 2026
Milken crowd warns of populism’s poison
Good Thursday morning. In today’s Daily Kickoff, we cover the White House’s new counterterrorism strategy targeting the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and Islamic State elements in Africa, and report on Rep. Nancy...
@J_Insider
2026
07 May 2026
AI is Already on Broadway — Just Not Where You're Looking
For an industry often described as slow to change, Broadway may be further along in its relationship with artificial intelligence than many people realize. Not on stage, and not in the rehearsal room, but behind the scenes in marketing strategy, forecasting, ticketing recommendations, and how audiences discover shows.
Rachel Schmaier
2026
07 May 2026
Robots That Learn Through Interaction and Understand Objects Intuitively
The robots I grew up with on the silver screen were big clunky affairs like Robby the Robot, who first appeared in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. Similarly, on the small screen, we had hulking contraptions like the B-9, Class YM-3 Environmental Control Robot, simply known as Robot, on Lost in Space. Later, I was...
@EEJournalTFM, Clive Maxfield
2026
