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Apple's Inventory Jumps 154% as Memory Chip Costs Climb

TechCrunch reports that Apple's inventory has surged 154% to $14.5 billion as memory chip costs climb.

3 Nov 2026

Anthropic Says It Is Very Close to Recursive Self-Improvement

TechCrunch reports that Anthropic has warned it is very close to RSI capability, meaning AI that builds itself.

3 Nov 2026

Y Combinator's Garry Tan Spends Up to $200K a Year on AI Tokens

TechCrunch reports that Y Combinator's Garry Tan spends up to $200K a year on tokens for his AI agents.

3 Nov 2026

Apple Reportedly Planning a $1,000 Roaming Home Robot for 2027

Ars Technica reports that Apple may launch a roaming home robot that supports FaceTime calls and switches lights on, possibly by 2027.

3 Nov 2026

Tutor Intelligence Raises $75M Series B for Picking Robots

The Robot Report says Tutor Intelligence has raised $75 million in Series B funding as it works toward general-purpose robotics.

3 Nov 2026

New York Times and Other Outlets Sue Brave Over Alleged Content Scraping

TechCrunch reports that the New York Times and other outlets are suing the Brave web browser over alleged content scraping.

3 Nov 2026

Trajectory Raises $45M to Open AI Model Training to Nontechnical Experts

TechCrunch reports that Trajectory has raised $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts.

3 Nov 2026

'Reverse Game Theory' Offers a Way to Keep AI Agents in Check

MIT Technology Review reports on "reverse game theory," an approach that aims to control powerful AI models by designing systems that reward them for following the rules.

3 Nov 2026

Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day From Earth

ScienceDaily reports that NASA's Voyager 1 is approaching a milestone of one light-day from Earth, nearly 50 years after its launch.

3 Nov 2026

Google's Dreambeans AI Story Experiment Now Supports 13 Indian Languages

TechCrunch reports that Google's Dreambeans, its latest AI experiment, now supports 13 Indian languages.

3 Nov 2026

Gentherm Launches ThermAffyx to Position and Warm Patients in Robotic Surgery

The Robot Report says Gentherm Medical has designed ThermAffyx, a system that both secures and warms patients during robot-assisted surgery.

3 Nov 2026

Marvell to Buy Lumentum for $115B in One of Tech's Largest Deals

TechCrunch reports that Marvell plans to buy Lumentum for $115B, one of the biggest acquisitions in tech history.

3 Nov 2026

Germany Says Lawmakers' iPhones May Have Been Hacked With Spyware

TechCrunch reports that Germany says lawmakers' iPhones may have been hacked with spyware.

3 Nov 2026

42AI Leaves Stealth With $62.5M and a World Model for Human Behavior

TechCrunch reports that 42AI has come out of stealth with $62.5M and a world model it says can predict human behavior.

3 Nov 2026

Churchill Capital XI Shareholders Approve Agility Robotics SPAC Deal

The Robot Report says shareholders of Churchill Capital Corp XI approved the $2.5B SPAC combination with humanoid developer Agility Robotics.

3 Nov 2026

Anthropic VS Code Extension on Cursor Was Backdoored for Nearly 12 Hours

Ars Technica reports that a VS Code extension published under Anthropic's name on Cursor was backdoored for nearly 12 hours.

2 Nov 2026

Agility Robotics Launches Digit 5

IEEE Spectrum publishes an essay by a cofounder of Agility Robotics on the launch of Digit 5.

2 Nov 2026

Intel Stock Crashes, Cutting $12B From the Government's Stake

TechCrunch reports that Intel's stock crashed, knocking $12 billion off the value of the U.S. government's stake.

2 Nov 2026

Apple CEO Says the Company Will Not Ship AI for AI's Sake

TechCrunch reports that Apple's new CEO says the company does not want to ship AI for AI's sake.

2 Nov 2026

Privacy-Focused AI Assistant Ollie Is Shutting Down

TechCrunch reports that Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant, is shutting down.

2 Nov 2026

Nvidia Weighs Cosigning Nscale's West Virginia AI Data Center

TechCrunch reports that Nvidia is weighing whether to act as cosigner for Nscale's AI data center in West Virginia.

2 Nov 2026

Spot Shows Whole-Body Manipulation in Video Friday

IEEE Spectrum's Video Friday this week features Spot playing to show its whole-body manipulation.

2 Nov 2026

NASA Again Asks for Ideas to Rescue Hubble

Ars Technica reports that NASA is again asking for ideas to rescue the Hubble Space Telescope from a certain end.

2 Nov 2026

FDA Seeks to Pull Approval of a Drug Over Manipulated Study Data

Ars Technica reports that the FDA wants to withdraw its approval of the drug Tavneos, but doing so is not easy.

2 Nov 2026

Judge Lets NAACP Lawsuit Over xAI Data Center Pollution Proceed

TechCrunch reports that a judge has allowed an NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward.

2 Nov 2026

Quadruped Robot Solves a Giant Rubik's Cube by Itself

IEEE Spectrum's Video Friday features a quadruped robot that solves a giant Rubik's Cube by itself.

2 Nov 2026

Mars Perseverance Rover Sets a Distance Record

IEEE Spectrum reports in a Q&A that the Perseverance rover has set a new distance record for Mars rovers.

2 Nov 2026

Supersonic Airliner Plans in Doubt as Boom Turns to Data Center Power

Ars Technica reports that doubt is growing over whether Boom's supersonic airliner will be ready by 2029.

2 Nov 2026

OpenAI Reportedly Lowers Funding Target for New Round

TechCrunch reports that OpenAI has reportedly lowered the funding target for its new round.

2 Nov 2026

OpenAI Might Rebrand Data Centers as AI Compute Campuses

TechCrunch reports that OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as AI compute campuses.

2 Nov 2026

Google Adds Universal Cart and When to Buy Guide

Google has introduced a Universal Cart and a When to Buy Guide for shopping, according to the source report.

1 Nov 2026

Googlebook Review: First Look at Google's Laptop Platform

A review of the Googlebook looks at Google's laptop platform, according to the source report.

1 Nov 2026

HiPHI Dataset Offers 617.5 Hours of Motion Capture

The HiPHI dataset contains 617.5 hours of motion capture, including 245.7 hours of human-object interaction.

1 Nov 2026

Harmonic Drive to Present Integrated Actuators at RoboBusiness

Harmonic Drive will hold a session on integrated actuators at RoboBusiness on October 20 at 10:30 PT.

1 Nov 2026

Omron Says Software and Fleet Management Now Matter as Much as the Robot

In Episode 264 of The Robot Report Podcast, Miguel Garcés Moreno, EMEA product marketing manager for mobile robots at OMRON Industrial Automation Europe, says software, safety and fleet management are

1 Nov 2026

California's "No Robo Bosses Act" Limits AI Workplace Decisions

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 947, nicknamed the "No Robo Bosses Act", which protects workers from certain AI-powered decision-makers, ZDNet reports.

1 Nov 2026

COSMIC Bans AI-Written Contributions as GNOME Debates Bug Reports

System76 is banning AI-generated content from contributions to the COSMIC desktop, The Register reports.

1 Nov 2026

Dashboard Tracks Wage Losses From AI-Attributed Job Cuts

The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) maintains a Wage Loss Dashboard that estimates the cost of AI-attributed layoffs, ZDNet reports.

1 Nov 2026

DoJ Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Scheme

The US Department of Justice has charged 14 people and seized 187 devices in connection with the North Korean IT worker scheme, according to the source report.

1 Nov 2026

Microsoft Patches Record 1,413 Flaws

Microsoft has patched a record 1,413 security flaws, according to the source report.

1 Nov 2026

MIT Technology Review Discusses AI-Designed Viruses

MIT Technology Review held a roundtable with Samuel King on AI-designed viruses.

1 Nov 2026

Employ Report: 74% of HR Decision-Makers See More Hiring in 2026

A report from Employ says 74 percent of HR decision-makers report increased hiring in 2026.

1 Nov 2026

BAE-Run Bankruptcy Notice Systems Go Offline

Systems run by BAE that publish bankruptcy notices are offline, according to the source report.

1 Nov 2026

Meta's Muse Spark Open Runs on Two Mac Studios

Meta's Muse Spark Open model runs on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios using Apple's MLX framework, according to the source report.

1 Nov 2026

Daifuku Column Discusses the Warehouse "Reality Gap"

A column from Daifuku discusses a "reality gap" in warehouse automation.

1 Nov 2026

BeyondTrust Flaw Exploited by Armory Castle

A BeyondTrust vulnerability, CVE-2026-102764, rated 9.3 on the CVSS scale, has been exploited by a group tracked as Armory Castle, according to the source report.

31 Oct 2026

RoboBusiness 2026 Features Reshoring Panel

RoboBusiness 2026 takes place October 20–21 in Santa Clara, California.

31 Oct 2026

Center-Pivot Lawn Mower Project

A project by rctestflight builds a center-pivot lawn mower.

31 Oct 2026

PEERSTITCH Campaign Uses FortiOS Flaw

A campaign called PEERSTITCH exploits FortiOS vulnerability CVE-2025-61624, according to the source report.

31 Oct 2026