07 May 2026
Humanoid Touch And Voice Are Improving Rapidly
Humanoid robots are rapidly expanding beyond factories and logistics toward broader, general-purpose roles (including in-home assistance), driven by advances in AI and sensing. Compared with vision and language, touch (haptics) and hearing/voice in real environments remain the hardest — and most commercially important — sensing challenges, requiring fast sensor fusion and edge processing.
@SemiEngineering, Liz Allan
2026
07 May 2026
The next era of defence technology
Digital Content Editor, Eve Goode speaks exclusively with Jennifer Nelson, Executive Vice President, International of IQT about accelerating technologies for national security.
@IntSecJournal
2026
07 May 2026
SpaceX to cut Falcon 9 launches as focus shifts to Starship
SpaceX is reducing the share of launches by its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket and reorganising its launch system around the next-generation heavy-lift Starship.
Jinju Hong
2026
06 May 2026
Is xAI a neocloud now?
On Wednesday, xAI and Anthropic announced a surprise partnership that has the Claude-maker buying out “all of the compute capacity at [xAI’s] Colossus 1 data center,” roughly 300MW that allowed Anthropic to immediately raise its usage limits.
Russell Brandom
2026
06 May 2026
Advanced AI holds promise for high-stakes healthcare, studies show
A pair of recent studies shows big potential for artificial intelligence to detect and diagnose some particularly challenging healthcare conditions.
Andrea Fox
2026
05 May 2026
AMD forecasts quarterly revenue above expectations, betting on resilient demand for AI chips
AMD forecasts quarterly revenue above expectations, betting on resilient demand for AI chips.
@globeandmail
2026
05 May 2026
Experts warn Amazon's Simple Email Service is being abused to launch 'massive volume' of phishing attacks
(Image credit: Shutterstock / janews) Attackers are hijacking exposed AWS credentials to send large‐scale phishing emails via Amazon SESMalicious messages bypass SPF, DKIM, and DMARC checks, landing...
Sead Fadilpašić
2026
05 May 2026
(VIDEO) Elon Musk's Epic 'Beautiful Machines in Space' Video Showcases Starlink's Orbital Beauty
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Elon Musk captivated millions Tuesday with a stunning orbital video captioned "Beautiful machines in space," offering a rare, cinematic glimpse of advanced Starlink satellites gracefully orbiting Earth against a backdrop of swirling clouds, brilliant sunlight flares and the planet's vivid blue curvature.
Jerry Thompson
2026
05 May 2026
Micron Stock Hits 52-Week High: Time to Book Profit or Buy More?
Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) hit a new 52-week high of $592.77 on May 4, rising 102.7% year to date (YTD) and outperforming peers like AMD, Broadcom, and NVIDIA.
Anirudha Bhagat
2026
