LG is set to unveil its most advanced home robot yet, CLOiD, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas next month. It features two highly articulated arms with five-fingered hands and a new AI platform designed to learn from user behavior.
Graphite mines in the U.S., closed since the 1950s, are getting a second life. Driven by battery demand and trade tensions with China, companies like Titan Mining are racing to tap domestic deposits of this critical mineral.
Researchers have developed a powerful new adhesive from used cooking oil that rivals petroleum-based plastics. The glue is so strong it can tow a mid-size sedan and outperforms commercial epoxy in tests.
US stocks edged toward a fresh record in thin holiday trading, fueled by gains in Nvidia and precious metals. Optimism for a year-end “Santa Claus Rally” persists, even as the focus shifts to whether companies can deliver on AI promises in 2026.
The AI hype of 2025 didn’t produce a digital messiah, but it did mint over 50 new billionaires. The companies behind these fortunes are often “dreary” enterprise tools, from AI customer service agents to data annotation platforms. While a few breakout stars like ElevenLabs exist, the boom highlights
A tech journalist with years on Windows gave the M3 MacBook Air a real shot. The performance and battery were stellar, but macOS’s quirks in window management, file handling, and general workflow drove him back to a Microsoft Surface Laptop 7. Sometimes, the grass isn’t greener.
The top computing stories of 2025 reveal a paradox. AI is advancing at a breakneck pace, yet the oldest problems in software engineering remain stubbornly unchanged. From biocomputers to energy-saving chips, the future is getting weird.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have analyzed the atmosphere of a truly bizarre world. The planet, PSR J2322-2650b, is stretched into a lemon shape, has a carbon-rich atmosphere, and orbits a millisecond pulsar every 7.8 hours, completely upending our understanding of planetary evol
According to a report, Samsung is likely selling its futuristic Galaxy Z TriFold at a loss or razor-thin margins. The company has limited its launch to just six markets and has sold only a few thousand units so far, treating it more as a proof-of-concept than a real product.
The data shows Europe’s venture market hasn’t recovered from the 2022 reset, with funding flat and VC firm fundraising hitting a 10-year low. Yet, there are signs of life, including renewed U.S. investor interest and Klarna’s massive IPO.
