22 May 2026
Watch Atlas Lift and Spin Like a Pro in This Week's Video Friday
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
22 May 2026
The Year Boomer AI Slop Came to Cannes
From Meta House to Soderbergh’s doc to yacht parties, tech overran the prestigious film festival. By Rachel Handler , a features writer at Vulture and New York Photo: Victor Boyko/Getty Images Photo: Victor Boyko/Getty Images A seemingly malevolent presence lurked over the Cannes Film Festival this year. I’m talking, of course, about Meta , but also something else. Some (me) wondered if there was…
22 May 2026
Jimmy Kimmel mocks Elon Musk’s criticism of Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Odyssey’ casting
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel mocked Elon Musk’s criticism of Christopher Nolan’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o in The Odyssey during his May 20 monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . . Kimmel told viewers Musk had attacked Nolan for casting Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, arguing the role should have gone to a white actress. Kimmel read Musk’s post on X aloud, “Chris Nolan desecrated The Odyssey so that he would be…
22 May 2026
This Wall Street tech bull says he expects SpaceX and Tesla to merge in 2027
SpaceX's historic IPO is dominating headlines, but some on Wall Street say there could be another major change ahead for one of Elon Musk's other companies.
22 May 2026
Meta quietly launches a new Reddit-like app called Forum
Meta has quietly released a new standalone app for Facebook Groups, called “Forum.” The company seems to be positioning Forum as a platform that functions similarly to Reddit, describing the app as a “dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about.”
22 May 2026
Space X IPO: 'Bad news' for tech stocks but what about Bitcoin?
Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company SpaceX is planning a $75 billion IPO in June, which could make it the largest near-term public listing with a major Bitcoin treasury.
22 May 2026
US market outlook: Qatar has dispatched a delegation to negotiate an end to the Iran conflict under coordination with the US; IBM and quantum computing stocks …
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22 May 2026
Omega-3s may affect brain repair: Should you avoid them?
For many years, we have heard about the potential health benefits of fish oil due in part to their high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids. Past studies have linked the consumption of fish oil to possible protection against several health concerns, including brain diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. A new study has found that fish oil supplements may not be beneficial for people who…
22 May 2026
China rolls out 100 humanoid robots into employee homes this month
A hundred humanoid robots are about to move into homes in Wuhan, China. Not as roommates, exactly, but close enough to make it weird. GigaAI, working alongside the Hubei Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre and the Hubei Humanoid Robotics Industry Alliance, launched the SeeLight S1 on May 21.
