06 Jul 2026
Agility Robotics Goes Public via SPAC, Ditches Home Robot Hype
Agility Robotics, the company behind the bipedal robot Digit, has announced it will go public via a SPAC merger. The news comes as the company shifts its focus away from home robotics and towards commercial applications.
The Tech Buzz
2026
06 Jul 2026
Agility Robotics announces SPAC merger to go public and expand production
A bold SPAC deal could open retail access to industrial humanoid robots, while executives promise a production ramp and guarded forecasts as approvals proceed. Investors are flocking to the humanoid robotics market.
News Desk
2026
06 Jul 2026
15-year-old arrested in Japan over alleged cyberattacks on Bandai Namco anime streaming service using ChatGPT-generated malware
Japanese police have arrested a 15-year-old high school student on suspicion of obstruction of business following alleged cyberattacks on Bandai Channel, a subscription-based anime and tokusatsu streaming service owned by Bandai Namco (source: TBS News Dig).
@AUTOMATON_ENG
2026
06 Jul 2026
This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn't promising a robot in your home anytime soon
The humanoid robotics market is awash in money right now. Last week, AI2 Robotics, a Shenzhen-based startup that makes wheeled humanoid robots, raised nearly $735 million at a nearly $3 billion valuation. Earlier this year, Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics, closed a $935 million funding round valuing the company at more than $5.5 billion, backed…
Connie Loizos
2026
06 Jul 2026
Nvidia Stock Delay Opens A Window For Marvell And Other AI Chip Rivals
Nvidia’s delay to its Kyber NVL144 AI rack system has opened an unexpected window where competitors with solid balance sheets and credible AI hardware ambitions could attract fresh attention.
News Desk
2026
06 Jul 2026
Google DeepMind's design leader used Claude Fable 5 to port Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour to iPhone and Mac
Claude Fable 5 helped port Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour to iPhone and iPad. The original 2003 game engine was compiled to run natively on ARM64—no emulator. Code, files, and instructions were published on GitHub so anyone can try it.
Simon Batt
2026
06 Jul 2026
SpaceX Starlink Satellite Deorbit: Risk or Opportunity for SPCX?
SpaceX Starlink satellite deorbit activity is picking up again, and right now it’s giving SPCX stock watchers something new to think about.
@WatcherGuru, Loredana Harsana
2026
06 Jul 2026
How to use artificial intelligence to strengthen scientific processes and scholarly output
The current artificial-intelligence (AI) landscape offers systems that can, at scale, access, process and synthesize information across the vast, unstructured landscape of scientific literature and rapidly growing repository of datasets.
Satrajit S. Ghosh
2026
06 Jul 2026
Saitama boy, 15, used ChatGPT to hack Bandai anime streaming site, force 46,000 unsubscriptions
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 15-year-old high school student accused of using the generative AI tool ChatGPT to launch a cyberattack against the popular anime streaming service Bandai Channel, forcing tens of thousands of users to be unsubscribed, reports TBS News (July 6).
@tokyoreporter
2026
