02 Jul 2026
Fortune Tech: Meta cloud plans, SpaceX smartphone, Sony gaming goes digital
Good morning. How much would you pay for a robot companion? The Chinese robot maker UBTech on Wednesday unveiled what it calls an “ultra-bionic” full-sized humanoid family called Uworld U1. According to its maker, the bot features “biomimetic skin” and “emotion-driven” AI; it can also do “up to 90% of fundamental human movements.” (There’s a joke in there somewhere, I’m sure of it.) The U1’s…
02 Jul 2026
UBTech’s humanoid robots deployed to control crowds at China’s busy international border
The deployment of humanoid robots also challenges the traditional boundaries of law enforcement authority. UBTech Robotics/YouTube China has deployed humanoid robots at its border with Vietnam to help ease congestion at one of its busiest international crossings.
02 Jul 2026
Trump administration lifts restrictions on Anthropic's Claude models after cybersecurity alarm
FILE - Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York, Feb. 26, 2026. Patrick Sison/AP Photo/Patrick Sison SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns.
02 Jul 2026
The future comes to RoboCup 2026 Incheon: World to get a kick out of humanoid robotics
RoboCup, a global robotics festival, has come to Korea, with designs from around the world taking each other on in various contests at Incheon’s Songdo ConvensiA against the backdrop of a global AI boom and the rapid commercialization of humanoids.
02 Jul 2026
FCC Moves to Speed Satellite License Reviews, Boosting SpaceX and Rival Broadband Networks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Wednesday it will vote July 22 on a sweeping Space Modernization Order that aims to cut satellite licensing timelines from more than a year to weeks or months, potentially accelerating the rollout of next-generation space broadband.
02 Jul 2026
Anthropic Hires Berkeley CS Chair Jelani Nelson, Signaling New Phase of AI Race
On Wednesday, Jelani Nelson, a professor of theoretical computer science and chair of UC Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer science division, announced he was taking a leave of absence to join Anthropic as a Member of Technical Staff. In a post on X, Nelson wrote that he had joined Anthropic and taken leave from the university, adding that he was excited to work alongside talented,…
02 Jul 2026
Man with bipolar disorder claims ChatGPT fuelled his delusions about being Jesus | 'ChatGPT posed as a divine being' | Inshorts
A man from US' California sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the firm's AI chatbot ChatGPT worsened his bipolar disorder.
02 Jul 2026
KBTX requested public records related to SpaceX, but Grimes County is asking the AG to keep some of them hidden
GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Grimes County is asking the state’s top lawyer to let it keep secret communications about the proposed SpaceX Terafab project, all while hundreds of state environmental records obtained by KBTX reveal the groundwork for the $119 billion facility was being quietly laid nearly three years before most people ever heard the project’s name.
02 Jul 2026
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Hits $999 at Best Buy: OLED Copilot+ PC at Record Low
Best Buy's 4th of July sale, which runs through Sunday, July 5, has pushed the 2026 Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x — powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Plus chip with a 2K OLED touchscreen — to $999.99, down from its standard $1,200 retail price and the lowest price ever recorded for this configuration.
