12 Jun 2026
The Beautiful Game: How Hyundai Motor and Boston Dynamics Taught a Robot to Play Football
It takes more than code to bend it like a pro. Inside the groundbreaking AI training that taught Atlas® the beautiful game and unlocked the next generation of humanoid agility. It feels like a scene straight out of a sci-fi blockbuster, but it is entirely real. In a new video from Hyundai Motor Company, Boston Dynamics humanoid robot Atlas flawlessly executes a series of complex football (soccer)…
12 Jun 2026
Starship Technologies shifts focus to groceries and hot food: the retail technology week in numbers
Do you like numbers? Do you like retail tech news? Then this is the article for you. Including Mendo, Amazon, Snapchat, VenHub Global, Veho, Bambuser, Best Buy, Zalando, Shoptalk Europe 2026, ShopAgentic, Wing, Walmart, Popeyes, Veloq, Tesco, and Snappy Shopper.
12 Jun 2026
Theker raised $85 million and scales modular robots for warehouses
A Barcelona startup promises adaptable robots that handle chaotic warehouse tasks. Investors bet on rapid deployment as the team scales hiring and showrooms.
12 Jun 2026
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch final Starlink mission as it begins publicly trade its stock on the Nasdaq for the first time
SpaceX will mark its historic launch on the stock market Friday morning with a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
12 Jun 2026
SpaceX Is Going Public. Here's What a $25,000 Investment Could Be Worth by 2030.
Several high-profile initial public offerings (IPOs) are scheduled for 2026, but none is bigger than SpaceX. On June 12, it plans to raise $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation, which would make it the largest IPO in history. It's easy to get swept up in the hype behind the SpaceX IPO. We're talking about a space company founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, after all. Let's say you decide to make…
12 Jun 2026
SpaceX's first employee remains on mission: "Space is super important"
SpaceX's first employee and Elon Musk shared an enthusiasm for model rockets. "I met Elon through an amateur rocket club, and he convinced me to leave that career and come do something exciting, which was one of the best decisions I ever made," aerospace engineer Tom Mueller told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent.
12 Jun 2026
Dream factory: how Nvidia’s South Korean AI deals stack up
A spate of agreements Nvidia has reached with South Korean companies presents a long-term road map for the country to expand its role in the semiconductor and physical AI industries, observers say.
11 Jun 2026
How high will sales soar for SpaceX shares in its debut on Wall Street?
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will make its debut Friday on Wall Street and both institutional and retail investors are expected to gobble up the 555.6 million shares going up for sale at $135 apiece. Musk, already the world’s richest man, could become its first trillionaire. SpaceX is likely to become the biggest IPO ever , with proceeds of around $75 billion.
11 Jun 2026
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine
This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts discuss SpaceX officially going public and who will benefit the most from it, as well as Apple’s WWDC and the brand new release of Siri AI. They also get into how Meta removed a facial recognition feature after a WIRED report exposed it—and later in the show: an investigation into how New York Knicks’ owner James Dolan created an extensive surveillance…
