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Terafab could become the largest factory on the planet—or Elon Musk’s biggest failure

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO sells the future in units of epic. The reveal of his 100-million-square-foot factory in Texas is his most ambitious vision...

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OpenAI’s vision of the future is reportedly a donut-shaped smart speaker

Leaked details about OpenAI’s first piece of hardware paint a picture of where UX is (or isn’t) heading.

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Adobe’s new plug-in turns ChatGPT into a Canva rival with a magical twist

The new Adobe plug-in for ChatGPT acts as a creative and productivity shop for even the most newbie designers.

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Forget Neuralink. This startup thinks your tongue is the better interface

Augmental’s MouthPad turns a retainer-like device into an unexpectedly expressive interface.

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A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon on Wednesday. It’s a symptom of something much worse

Treating space as a dumping ground will have serious ramifications for the future of humanity.

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This new robot centaur designed to save lives is pure nightmare fuel

In a market drowning in humanoids, this goat-headed monstrosity might just be the most honest robot we’ve seen yet.

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This amazing ‘Akira’ bike is the latest entry in the wonderful shadow industry of banned Lego sets

There are some kits Lego will never sell you. Fortunately, there’s an entirely separate marketplace to solve that.

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This beautiful data visualization shows how Spain obliterated Argentina in the World Cup final

The 1-0 score doesn’t reflect the overwhelming domination that Spain had over Messi and his cohorts.

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Light’s new flip phone is stylish, dumb, and perfect for our screen-addled brains

The Light Flip is the company’s newest dumb phone offering. It’s an anti-AI, anti-ad, and anti-social alternative to what makes our phones so toxic.

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Madrid is electric with World Cup energy

The city is preparing for massive crowds that will watch the game while eating, drinking, and chanting in near ecstasy.

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SpaceX uses ‘chopsticks.’ China uses ‘nets.’ Here’s how these space superpowers design their rocket recovery systems

China is turning into a formidable foe for Elon Musk’s space domination ambitions.

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The first commercial human-like robot is here. Are replicants next?

The U1 brings a human face to embodied AI, betting on the market of ’emotional companionship.’

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The SpaceXAI logo is so bad that even Grok hates it

The ‘Frankenlogo’ is as confounding as the name.

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The weird and fascinating origin stories of your favorite team’s soccer kits

Revolution, flags, and last-minute stitching. Here’s how the world’s best soccer teams got their designs.

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AI, ex-Soviet engineers, and the Holy Grail of rocketry: Inside the bold bet to rival SpaceX

The aerospace startup Aspire is designing a fully reusable rocket that could make launches cheaper. It might just beat Elon Musk at his own game.

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How a team of engineers a built the most spectacular museum exhibit in the solar system

Installing the 185-foot space shuttle Endeavour in the California Science Center was a feat of engineering.

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China is designing a floating, nuclear-powered shipping port of the future

Beijing wants to dominate and decarbonize global logistics by reinventing the shipping port to be self-fueling, modular, and replicable.

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This robotic arm charges your EV so you don’t have to

Xiaomi is making a robotic charger that will plug directly into your car, no hands necessary.

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BYD will pay every last cent for any damage caused by its autopilot

You’re next, Tesla.

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Adobe is rolling out agents for its Creative Cloud apps. It will be a lifesaver for creatives

Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and InDesign are getting extremely practical agents that will save creatives hours of time and hundreds of clicks.

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The anti-humanoid: Why Genesis AI’s new robot design isn’t a fake human

Genesis AI is betting against the tech industry’s obsession with bipedal humanoids with Eno, a foldable robot with a minimalist geometric design.

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Lego’s largest, most complex set ever is a must-have for architecture lovers

Lego’s Sagrada Família captures the complex aesthetic and essence of Gaudí’s massive cathedral in Barcelona.

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Russia is using a World War I camouflage design to try and fool Ukrainian drones

Dazzle camouflage worked on 20th century warships, but 21st century drones are another story.

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Bad Bunny’s little pink house is causing all sorts of trouble

The singer wanted a reproduction of a typical Puerto Rican humble home to honor his people. In Spain, it’s sparking a debate on classism and sexism.

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China just gave humanoids a national ID. What could go wrong?

Framed as a way to ensure safety and reliability, China’s plan to issue robots ID numbers feels eerily reminiscent of sci-fi surveillance.

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End of ‘The Line’: A timeline of Saudi Arabia’s failed rendering city

The horizontal skyscraper sci-fi dream is now just a colossal crater in the desert.

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China is deploying the first home cleaning humanoid robot butlers

The SeeLight S1 may be the first commercial humanoid robot that will be deployed at homes to do all chores in the household.

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Figma’s new agentic design tool is like getting an ultra-fast coworker

Designed to be used in Figma’s multiplayer canvas, the agentic update is proof that the craft of UX design has changed for good.

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This viral vibe-coded game turns Google Maps into a time machine

Using generative AI and virtual reality, WenWare lets players guess where and when in the world they are.

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Unitree’s new robot is like a giant Transformer come to life

Unitree Robotics unveiled the GD01, a nearly 10-foot-tall commercial-grade mecha capable of transitioning between bipedal and quadrupedal modes.

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The wheels are falling off Tesla’s Cybertruck—literally and figuratively

The polygonal vehicle was already a joke on four wheels. Now it can lose those, too.

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Italy’s prime minister outsmarted AI abusers by posting a surprising image

Giorgia Meloni countered the proliferation of AI-generated images of her wearing lingerie by doing something unexpected: She posted them herself.

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This driverless Chinese mining truck is giant, agile, and shows the industrial future of AI

It’s not just about humanoids. AI is coming for all of our machines.

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Chinese humanoids are leaving American robots in the dust

Asia is spending billions on the development and deployment of humanoids that are already taking on humans’ least desired jobs.

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Apple’s HyperCard comes back to life in the form of this cool new animated browser

Flipbook treats knowledge less like a database to be queried and more like a landscape to be explored.

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No, McDonald’s AI bot didn’t go rogue, but ‘prompt injection’ is still a risk for companies

People hacking branded AI bots can result in significant reputational, financial, and legal consequences.

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This drum roller doesn’t need a driver. It might be the future of construction

Construction is facing labor shortages and productivity stagnation. The startup Crewline wants to solve those problems with autonomous machinery.

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SpaceX’s insane IPO valuation is based on a sci-fi tale

Experts say it will take decades to make Elon Musk’s cosmic vision real.

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI Assistant could forever change the way you use its apps

The new agentic AI removes the complexity of the Adobe Cloud apps interface so amateurs can use their power and professionals can do a lot more,...

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That ‘quantum heartbeat detector’ allegedly used to find the lost US pilot? Experts are skeptical

A story claims a revolutionary skunk works built a quantum sensor that was used to locate a missing airman by reading his pulse from 40 miles away....

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NASA to Artemis II: ‘Use a T-shirt to block the sunlight’ in our $24 billion spaceship

Why are the astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft being forced to use spare T-shirts as window shades?

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It’s way too easy to cheat now

People can now trick insurance with AI-generated x-rays. It’s just the latest example of how people can scam everyone from food delivery services to...

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China’s insane video AI model is now available in the U.S. Here’s how to use it

Seedance 2.0 is finally accessible through Higgsfield.ai. It only takes a few clicks to start creating stunningly realistic video.

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How NASA designed the Artemis II space suits for a worst-case scenario

For its return to the moon, NASA designed a suit that can keep astronauts alive for six days should the Orion spaceship fail.

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Adobe Illustrator just got the holy grail of illustration tools

Adobe’s new Turntable feature will save hours of tedious work rotating any 2D vector drawing thanks to generative AI. But is it good news for...

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Scientists have designed a way to save our brains from fake AI videos

ETH Zurich engineers have designed a new chip that can shield visual reality from the manipulation of generative AI. Now we only have to implement it.

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Trump’s NASA man has a new plan to take the U.S. to the moon

Jared Isaacman has a plan to turn NASA into an aggressive startup so it can win the space race against China. The only issue is timing.

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The U.S. needs to master Ukraine’s cheap drone strategy

The U.S. can’t defend itself against swarms of Iran’s inexpensive drones. But Ukraine can teach the world a lot of new tricks.

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It doesn’t matter if the Netanyahu coffee video is real. We are screwed no matter what

A visit by the Israeli prime minister to a coffee shop shows how the truth is now up for grabs.

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Nvidia is reskinning games with AI. Gamers are angry about it, and wrong

The company’s new DLSS 5 technology enhances game visuals to make them look more real, but some hardcore gamers are having none of it.

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