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Figure AI may become the first robotic “unicorn” Microsoft and OpenAI are exploring options for investing up to $500 million in a humanoid robotics startup, Bloomberg reports. This is Figure AI, a company that wants to “deploy autonomous humanoid robots” around the world, according to its website. A Bloomberg source reported that Figure AI could […]
The Air Force wants a new and modern platform to replace its outdated UH-1N Huey helicopters. The Boeing Defense Corporation plans to start delivering the first MH-139A Gray Wolf helicopters to the U.S. Air Force. This was reported by Defense News. Boeing completed the construction of the first production Gray Wolf helicopter at the end […]
The United States has completed field tests of the powerful CHIMERA microwave antenna system for neutralizing airborne targets. The test was conducted by Raytheon in cooperation with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The CHIMERA high-power microwave system is designed to protect military installations from medium- and long-range airborne threats. During the tests, CHIMERA hit […]
Red Sea Global (RSG), a Saudi Arabian company, has created a robot to clean beaches, the Saudi Press Agency reports. The electric robot was designed specifically to improve the appearance of the sand and solve the problem of plastic waste and litter on beaches. In addition, due to its flexibility, it can easily maneuver around […]
Over the past six months, Chinese regulators have approved more than 40 AI models for public use. This happened after Beijing began requiring tech companies to obtain permits to launch their models in August 2023. According to the Chinese state-owned newspaper Securities Times, last week Chinese regulators issued licenses for the use of 14 major […]
Germany scrambles its fighter jets to intercept a Russian reconnaissance plane spotted over the Baltic Sea off its coast. According to the German Air Force, the patrol was lifted from the Laage air base in northeastern Germany after a Russian military aircraft was spotted in international airspace near Rügen, the air force said in a […]
An American F-16 fighter jet crashes off the coast of South Korea. The US Air Force said that the fighter belonged to the 8th Fighter Wing. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of January 31, around 8:40 a.m. local time (2:40 a.m. Kyiv time), about 180 kilometers south of Seoul. An American pilot […]
In the Netherlands, Mona Keizer, a member of the BBB party, suggested that refugees should be returned to parts of Ukraine where there is no active fighting. This was reported by DutchNews. “We cannot accommodate everyone,” the MP said, noting that the full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for almost 2 years, and […]
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation has registered a patent for an electric vehicle, which is a hybrid of Tesla’s Cybertruck and the iconic VAZ-2104. This became known from the text of the patent. The document was made public on January 26. The patent does not contain any technical specifications or […]
Tesla will install its Dojo supercomputer worth more than $500 million in Buffalo, New York, USA. Governor Katie Hochul said that a $500 million Dojo supercomputer to process millions of terabytes of data from Tesla electric vehicles will be built in Buffalo and used to improve the safety of the company’s self-driving cars. According to […]