Apptronik Scores $935 Million, Hits Top 3 For Humanoid Robotics Funding

Apptronik is going to ramp product of Apollo, its humanoid robot, with an extra half-billion of funding, totally $935 million in Series A investment.

Physical AI Is Making XR, VR, AR Relevant Again

Meta lost $77 billion in XR. Does that mean XR is dead, or are all the benefits accruing to robotics? And … maybe … smart glasses?

AT&T Says SLMs Run At 10% Of The Cost Of LLMs While Being ‘About As Accurate’

Who needs a trillion parameter LLM? AT&T says it gets by just fine on four to seven billion parameters … when setting up their SLMs in just the right way.

Cerebras Pockets $1 Billion To Challenge Nvidia In AI With ‘20X Faster’ Chip

Hello Nvidia. Here comes Cerebras, the new darling of AI compute, with a $10 billion OpenAI contract and a new $1 billion in a series H funding round.

Smart Rings To Smart Glasses? Fingers Are Great For Oura, But The Face Is Likely Coming Too

Smart ring maker Oura will likely add data collection points in the future, CEO Tom Hale told me at Web Summit Qatar. A key location: the face.

‘The Shining’ Gets First Ever China Release, In IMAX And Cinity Formats

‘The Shining’ Finally Gets a Theatrical Release in China, with premium large format support from IMAX and Cinity.

Record Roundup 35: New Sony Releases And A Turntable That Plays CDs

Record Round 35 features Sony’s first new turntables since 2019, an under-turntable speaker system from Victrola and MIXX Audio’s new turntable with built-in CD player.

AI Agents Created Their Own Religion, Crustafarianism, On An Agent-Only Social Network

AI agents are now creating their own religion, talking about the self, and investigating the nature of being. Everything is getting exceedingly weird.

What Format Is Best To Watch ‘Wuthering Heights’ In The Cinema?

The story may be hot and steamy you don’t want the picture to be. Read this guide to learn the best way to see Emerald Fennel’s eagerly awaited new film in the cinema.

Another App Store For Robots Launches, Will Have ‘Thousands Of Apps’

Robots are getting more and more common. Now we’re getting robot app stores so we can download new skills and abilities for our robots …