Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record
An autonomous scarlet robot named "Lightning" finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year's fastest robot, which took two hours and 40 minutes. As Reuters reports, Du Xiaodi, one of the engineers who developed Lightning at smartphone company Honor, said […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket grounded after delivering satellite to wrong orbit
The Federal Aviation Administration grounded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket after it shuttled its payload to the wrong orbit during its launch on Sunday, according to a report from the Orlando Sentinel. "The FAA is aware that Blue Origin New Glenn 3 experienced a mishap during the second-stage flight sequence following a successful launch," the […]
Tesla launches robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, and oops, it’s already unavailable
Tesla claims to have launched a robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston over the weekend, but so far, online crowdsourcing tools indicate that very few cars are actually available. On Saturday, @TeslaRobotaxi posted a 14-second video of a Model Y vehicle driving without any human safety monitor in the front seats. Elon Musk re-posted the […]
Canva’s CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software
Today, I’m talking with Melanie Perkins, founder and CEO of Canva, a popular online design tool. I always enjoy talking with Melanie. She was last on the show a couple of years ago, just as the AI revolution was coming to the worlds of art and design. At the time, Canva had escaped a lot […]
The Elden Ring movie hits theaters in March 2028
It's going to be a little while before The Lands Between is realized in movie form. Bandai Namco just confirmed that the live-action Elden Ring movie, which was announced last year, is expected to hit theaters on March 3rd, 2028, with production kicking off this spring. Based on FromSoftware's open-world fantasy RPG from 2022, Elden […]
Vampire Survivors’ new spinoff switches genres but keeps the good vibes
When Vampire Survivors first exploded onto the scene, it was pretty much all I could think about. The formula of jumping into runs, taking on thousands of enemies, and becoming absurdly overpowered kept me picking up the game again and again - Steam says I've played it for more than 60 hours. Over time, though, […]
This pasta sauce wants to record your family
As if there weren't already enough devices listening in on everything being said in your home, Prego, the pasta and pizza sauce brand, is releasing a device designed to record everything said around the dinner table for posterity. The Connection Keeper, which looks like an oversized pasta jar lid, was created in collaboration with StoryCorps, […]
Huawei beats Samsung and Apple to market with the first wide foldable
Huawei has launched its passport-style foldable in China, ahead of similar devices said to be coming from Apple and Samsung. That makes the Pura X Max the first wide foldable phone that's actually available to buy, with today's launch now giving us the full specifications and price after its design was unveiled by Huawei last […]
DJI’s latest power station is proof that good things come in mini packages
As an avid vanlifer, I have to carefully curate everything I carry in order to eke out every square inch of storage I can to support life off the grid for weeks at a time. That's why I jumped at the chance to review DJI's latest power station. The DJI Power 1000 Mini is almost […]
GoPro’s new Mission cameras are priced beyond most weekend athletes
GoPro is pricing its new Mission 1 and Mission 1 Pro cameras at $599.99 and $699.99, respectively, each discounted by $100 if you subscribe to its ecosystem - fine for professional film makers, but a tough sell for weekend warriors. The Mission 1 and Mission 1 Pro can both be reserved now, and you'll get […]