Robot vacuum Narwhal announced a new set of smart vacuum cleaners at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with AI-powered features such as animal monitoring, finding valuable objects, and notifying users of errant toys. The company says its new flagship Flow…
AMD Chairman and CEO Lisa Su kicked off her keynote at CES 2026 with a message about what computing can deliver: AI for everyone. As part of that promise, AMD announced a new line of AI processors as the company…
Nvidia released a stack of robotic base models, simulation tools, and new edge hardware in the CES 2026a move that signals the company’s ambition to become a standard platform for generalists roboticslike Android is the operating system for smartphones. Nvidia’s…
Uber, Lucid Motors, and Nuro have announced a production-intended version of their collaborative robotaxi at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, and TechCrunch got a sneak peek ahead of its unveiling. It’s a vehicle that’s been in the works for more…
Kate Lowry, a former vice president at Insight Partners, is suing the company, alleging disability discrimination, gender discrimination, and wrongful termination, according to a lawsuit filed on December 30 in San Mateo County, California, and seen by TechCrunch. Insight Partners…
A couple of weeks after Merriam-Webster was named “slop” is the word of the yearMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella considers what to expect from AI in 2026. In a classic, intellectual style, Nadella wrote in personal blog he wants us to…
At CES 2026Nvidia launched Alpamayo, a new family of open source AI models, simulation tools, and datasets for training physical robots and vehicles designed to help autonomous vehicles reason through complex driving situations. “ChatGPT’s moment for physical AI is here…
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially unveiled the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the cutting edge in AI hardware. The new architecture is currently in production and is expected to be…
Robotics company Boston Dynamics announced Monday a strategic partnership with Google’s AI research lab to accelerate development of the next-generation humanoid robot Atlas — and make people act more human around them. The partnership, announced during Hyundai’s press conference at…
LEGO announced a new SMART Play system at CES there, adding interactive, responsive LEGO to the famous analog franchise. The SMART Play system includes 2×4 bricks, SMART Tag boxes, and SMART Minifigures. SMART Bricks and Minifigures can recognize nearby SMART…