06 Jul 2026
Weave Robotics’ Isaac 1 intends to invade homes later this year
Home robots were a feature of this year’s CES . Now, a company called Weave Robotics hopes to send Isaac 1, its assistant robot, into homes before anyone else can do it. At something approaching scale, anyway.
06 Jul 2026
Churchill Capital Shares Rise as $2.5 Billion Agility Robotics Merger Keeps Investors Engaged
The Deal Churchill and Agility announced a definitive business combination agreement valuing Agility at a pre-money equity value of $2.5 billion.
06 Jul 2026
Starlink satellites pose a threat to Earth’s ozone layer
Another batch of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites has been guided out of orbit and burned up in the dense layers of the atmosphere. The company regularly updates this orbital network, so older satellites are retired and new ones take their place. At the same time, scientists’ concerns about the planet’s ozone layer are growing.
06 Jul 2026
A dozen families are now suing OpenAI in SF court over ChatGPT harms
A facade of the offices of artificial intelligence company OpenAI in San Francisco, March 25, 2026. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you are in distress, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 24 hours a day at 988, or visit 988lifeline.org for more resources. As OpenAI barrels toward a massive public listing potentially worth a trillion…
06 Jul 2026
#RoboCup2026 – humanoid league knockout stages
This weekend saw the finale of the league competitions at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea, with the winners in the small, middle, and large humanoid divisions decided.
06 Jul 2026
Why APAC SMEs cannot afford to ignore artificial intelligence
Across Asia-Pacific, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly embracing AI as embedded capabilities within everyday business applications lower the barriers to entry and deliver measurable operational benefits.
06 Jul 2026
Teen accused of using ChatGPT to delete 46,000 anime accounts
Tokyo police on July 6 arrested a 15-year-old boy who has admitted to using AI-powered ChatGPT to build a program that forcibly deleted 46,000 accounts on anime streaming service “Bandai Channel,” sources said.
06 Jul 2026
Starlink 10-50 Launches With Semiconductor Payload Aboard
A Falcon 9 lifted off from SLC-40 at 6:50 a.m. EDT carrying Starlink satellites and Besxar Space Industries semiconductor test pods.
06 Jul 2026
Besxar Semiconductor Pods Launch on Starlink 10-50
Top Stories Falcon 9 Flies Besxar Semiconductor Pods Alongside Starlink 10-50 Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 on July 4 at 6:50 a.m. EDT (1050 UTC) on the Starlink 10-50 mission. Alongside the standard Starlink batch, the rocket carried two semiconductor manufacturing test pods for Besxar Space Industries — an in-space manufacturing payload riding along with a routine Starlink…
