29 May 2026
Hyundai Motor Launches “School of Football” Campaign Featuring Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026TM
Hyundai Motor Launches “School of Football” Campaign Featuring Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026TM
29 May 2026
Keenon Unveils XMAN-L1 Service Robot
Keenon Robotics unveils humanoid robot XMAN-L1 for service scenarios. Chinese company Keenon Robotics has introduced the humanoid robot XMAN-L1 for service applications.
29 May 2026
Retail technology innovation of the week Catalyst Brands connects with humanoid robotics firm Figure
Retail Technology Innovation of the Week is a series brought to you by RTIH, highlighting stand out deployments, launches, and initiatives by retailers and tech suppliers. Every week, we showcase forward thinking tech plays that have impressed our Editor and the Retail Technology Innovations Report judging panel, building up to the publication of the 2026 report later this year.
29 May 2026
Anthropic to roll out Claude Mythos in coming weeks, launches Opus 4.8
The company said Opus 4.8 will be available for the same price as its predecessor
28 May 2026
Tesla FSD Is Heading Into Austin City — Ashok Signals Next Step
Tesla's Director of Autopilot, Ashok Elluswamy, dropped a pointed hint on Wednesday: Full Self-Driving will soon be navigating Austin city streets on its own, 'reporting for duty.'
28 May 2026
SpaceX's Starship V3 Can't Fly Again Until a 'Mishap' Is Addressed, Says FAA
The launch of the SpaceX Starship V3 appeared to go according to plan. It launched last Friday , conducted a mock satellite deployment and returned to Earth. Based on the launch stream, everything appeared to go according to plan. It turns out that this wasn't the case, as the FAA has launched an investigation, and the Starship V3 is grounded until the investigation concludes.
28 May 2026
Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.8, Teases Upcoming Launch of ‘Mythos-Class Models’
On Thursday, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest and most advanced version of its flagship AI model. It’s available everywhere at the same price as its predecessor, Opus 4.7 ($5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens).
28 May 2026
The ‘completely new’ ‘60 Minutes’
"My job is going to be rethinking how we tell stories in a completely new way," Nick Bilton, who was tapped to be the new executive producer of 60 Minutes on Thursday, told me in a brief phone call this afternoon. "There’s enough people inside 60 Minutes that know which buttons to press to make sure it goes on air on a Sunday night."
28 May 2026
Hugging Face Launches $2,500 DIY Humanoid Robot
As a general rule, technology is becoming more accessible as time goes by. Computers, smartphones, and high-speed internet, for instance, were once considered luxury items. Today, billions of people around the globe have access to these technologies. Now, if only robotics would follow suit.
