US bans new foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs, inverters
The FCC banned imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs and power inverters, largely targeting China, warning the devices could enable surveillance or cyberattacks.
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583 storiesDoorDash launches DoorDash Air, its own drone delivery business
DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business, DoorDash Air, after receiving a Part 135 air carrier certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that lets it legally operate a commercial drone delivery service in the United States.
Ozlo launches Sleepbuds 2 with longer battery, better Bluetooth
Ozlo unveiled Sleepbuds 2, a $279 sleep-earbuds update with 14 hours of battery life, improved Bluetooth reliability, and a new Sleep Shield notification-blocking feature.
NASA-hired Katalyst spacecraft tumbles out of control in orbit
Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft, hired by NASA to raise the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit, began spinning uncontrollably after failures in two of its three reaction wheels.
Enigma raises $71M to make controlling robots feel effortless
Enigma emerged from stealth with a $71 million seed round and launched a public experiment letting anyone interact online with more than 100 of its robots.
Encord bets robot AI's next bottleneck is data, not model architecture
Encord, a data-tooling startup, is testing brain-wave sensors and other new modalities to manufacture the real-world training data it says humanoid and warehouse robotics still lack.
Apple delays smart glasses launch to June 2027, wrestles with privacy messaging
Apple has pushed back its first smart glasses from an early-2027 target to a June 2027 unveiling at WWDC, giving it more time to shape privacy messaging, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
OpenAI's $230 AI keypad, Micro, divides early coder reviews
OpenAI's first hardware product, a $230 keypad called Micro built with keyboard designer Work Louder to pair with ChatGPT, has drawn a mixed, often skeptical reception from early coder reviewers.
Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua to step down as CEO
Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua plans to step down after nearly three decades leading the company, as it expands into robotaxis and humanoid robotics.
AMD unveils Helios AI rack system to challenge Nvidia
AMD showed off its Helios AI rack-scale system at its Advancing AI conference, naming Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, Oracle, and Anthropic as customers ahead of a shipment later this year.
AI chip startup Etched hits $10.3B valuation
Etched, the AI inference-chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $10.3 billion valuation, roughly doubling its valuation in about seven months.
Nvidia sends its GPUs to the moon
Lunar Outpost's next moon rover will run on Nvidia's Jetson chips to control its lidar system, likely making it the first GPU ever to operate on the lunar surface.
Travis Kalanick's robotics firm Atoms raises $1.7B
Atoms, the robotics company led by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, has raised $1.7 billion in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber itself among the investors.
Europe approves Science Corp.'s vision-restoring eye implant
Science Corporation's PRIMA implant, which restores vision lost to age-related macular degeneration, has won EU approval, plus a US FDA designation that could extend it to two rare blindness types.
Tesla expands robotaxi pilot to Orlando and Tampa ahead of earnings
Tesla brought an unspecified number of unsupervised Model Y robotaxis to Orlando and Tampa, one day before its second-quarter earnings call, marking a third Florida pilot city.
Light built a flip phone with color, at a $299 price
Light, the startup behind the minimalist Light Phone, is launching the Light Flip, a $299 flip phone with a colorful plastic shell, its cheapest device yet.
Xteink's X4 Pro brings a touchscreen and light to its tiny e-reader
Chinese hardware maker Xteink has released the X4 Pro, a $99 pocket-sized e-reader that adds a touchscreen and front light to its earlier button-only models.
Gritt raises $32M to build robots that install solar panels
Gritt, a robotics startup founded by two Carnegie Mellon-trained roboticists, exited stealth with a $26 million Series A led by Obvious Ventures, bringing its total funding to $32 million as it builds AI-controlled machines to install solar panels.
Google is reportedly developing a more efficient chip for Gemini
Alphabet is designing a new server chip, internally dubbed "Frozen v2," that could be six to 10 times more efficient than Google's existing AI chips, The Information reported.
What to watch for after Jensen Huang's Japan visit
Nvidia's Jensen Huang spent two days in Tokyo securing deals on a national AI factory, a robotics coalition, and Toyota, as Japan bets on physical AI.