Engineers Create Soft Robots That Can Literally Walk on Water

Scientists have developed HydroSpread, a novel technique for building soft robots on water, with wide-ranging possibilities ...
Interesting Engineering

Can Optimus make America win the humanoid robot race? Here’s the verdict

After four years of hype, Optimus shows some progress, yet the humanoid struggles to prove it's worth beyond staged demos.

A robotics startup cofounder shares why most robots likely won't need legs

Diligent Robotics co-founder Vivian Chu said her "minimum viable humanoid" robots are already helping hospital staff save ...
The Verge

Meet R1, a Chinese tech giant’s rival to Tesla’s Optimus robot

The Ant Group’s humanoid robot serves shrimp as it enters the global race to build AI-powered robots. The Ant Group’s humanoid robot serves shrimp as it enters the global race to build AI-powered ...
New Scientist

Why simple tasks like charging your phone rely on quantum measurements

If you are anything like me, you are almost always charging your smartphone. What you might not realise is that the ability to do so safely depends on a delicate quantum measurement at the cutting ...
Bleeping Computer

Cursor AI editor lets repos “autorun” malicious code on devices

A weakness in the Cursor code editor exposes developers to the risk of automatically executing tasks in a malicious repository as soon as it’s opened. Threat actors can exploit the flaw to drop ...
Android Authority

Android 16 QPR1’s source code is nowhere to be found, but Google swears it’s coming

Google has delayed releasing the source code for Android 16 QPR1, worrying custom ROM developers who rely on timely AOSP (Android Open Source Project) updates. While Google typically publishes source ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Razorbacks’ motivation simple after ’24 blowout

FAYETTEVILLE -- Motivation should be stone-cold simple for the Arkansas Razorbacks this week. You don't lose by 32 points at home one season and act like it didn't happen against that same opponent ...
Krebs on Security

18 Popular Code Packages Hacked, Rigged to Steal Crypto

At least 18 popular JavaScript code packages that are collectively downloaded more than two billion times each week were briefly compromised with malicious software today, after a developer involved ...
Yahoo! Sports

Bill Belichick explains 'simple' decision to ban Patriots staff after notching first win as UNC coach

On Saturday, Bill Belichick guided North Carolina to its first win this season, overcoming an inauspicious start to the Belichick era last week. The Tar Heels defeated Charlotte with a 20-3 win. But, ...
PC Gamer

The $500,000 robot servant Elon Musk claims will sell 10 billion units by 2040 can barely walk and struggles with questions like 'where can I get a coke?'

Hardware You can buy a Chinese made programmable humanoid-robot for under $6,000 USD, but it might be the same one that tried to fight civilians Hardware If you were ever worried about a machine ...
Gizmodo

The Robot Vacuum’s Next Humble Trick: Climbing Stairs

Stair-climbing robot vacuums are actually about to be a reality, sort of. That’s courtesy of a little baby trend at IFA 2025 of robot vacuums slipping into something more climbable—a little caddy that ...