07 Jul 2026
Microsoft Charges More For Copilot While Only 1% Use It Weekly
With just 1% of M365’s 477 million users actively engaging weekly, Microsoft raised Copilot prices to $30 per seat anyway
@amnorth42, Annemarije de Boer
2026
02 Jul 2026
China Is Deploying Humanoid Robots To Control Crowds At Vietnam Border
Arrive at the Fangchenggang border terminal and you might get queue directions from a 5-foot-7 robot speaking your language. That’s not a trade show demo — it’s an active deployment.
Al Landes
2026
23 Jun 2026
Google's Secret Crisis: Why Search Volume Is At An All-Time High But The Company Is Panicking
Caught between ChatGPT’s billion users and a growing anti-AI backlash, Google risks losing ground on both fronts Google has never processed more searches. Sundar Pichai says query volume is at an “all-time high,” according to recent earnings remarks. Yet ChatGPT has reportedly surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, and DuckDuckGo is seeing surging installs for a feature that does the exact…
Al Landes
2026
22 Jun 2026
Amazon and JD.com Just Unleashed A 1.3 Million Robot Job Massacre - And Policymakers Are Panicking
JD.com and Amazon plan to eliminate or avoid over 1.3 million jobs by 2033, with $12.6 billion in projected savings driving the shift Between JD.com’s 700,000 delivery couriers and the 600,000-plus hires Amazon plans to simply never make, roughly 1.3 million jobs now have expiration dates written in corporate strategy documents.
News Desk
2026
19 Jun 2026
SoftBank Walks Away From Boston Dynamics for $325 Million, Hands Hyundai The Keys
Hyundai pays $325 million for SoftBank’s remaining stake, targeting 25,000 Atlas deployments across global plants by 2030 The robot that did backflips on YouTube is about to clock in at an EV factory in Georgia. Hyundai Motor Group is paying $325 million to acquire SoftBank’s remaining stake in Boston Dynamics , bringing ownership to 100% . The board is expected to approve the deal on June 22.…
@amnorth42, Annemarije de Boer
2026
18 Jun 2026
Microsoft Shareholders Sue Over $357 Billion Stock Wipeout
Michigan pension fund accuses Nadella and CFO Amy Hood of masking Azure slowdown and a 66% capex surge before January’s crash Record revenue and the biggest single-day value destruction in nearly six years — on the same earnings call. Microsoft posted $51.5 billion in cloud revenue for fiscal Q2 2026, crossing the $50 billion mark for the first time ever. The stock still cratered roughly 10% ,…
News Desk
2026
17 Jun 2026
Ceiling Mounted Robot Picks Up Toys and Clothes for You
Nathaniel Nifong’s $1,000 DIY ceiling gripper uses four cables and a Raspberry Pi to autonomously sort laundry and toys for about an hour
News Desk
2026
05 Jun 2026
Meta’s AI Glasses Companion App Hides A Complete Face Recognition System
Researchers discover three machine learning models and biometric database hidden in Meta AI companion app
@lablogger
2026
01 Jun 2026
China’s Humanoid Robots Sort 1,200 Postal Packages Per Hour
China Post integrates humanoids into live operations at Guangzhou facility processing 10 million daily packages State media footage shows humanoid robots gripping packages from containers and placing them onto sorting lines at China Post’s Guangzhou facility —one of the country’s busiest hubs.
News Desk
2026
