Nvidia unveiled a full-stack robotics ecosystem at CES 2026, including foundation models, simulation tools, and hardware. It wants to be the default platform for robotics.
Nvidia launches powerful new Rubin chip architecture
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the state of the art in AI computing.
Boston Dynamics’s next-gen humanoid robot will have Google DeepMind DNA
Google’s AI research lab is working with Boston Dynamics to make Atlas act more like a human.
Nvidia launches Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to ‘think like a human’
Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo at CES 2026, which includes a reasoning vision language action model that allows an autonomous vehicle to think more like a human and provide chain-of-thought reasoning.
Lego Smart Bricks introduce a new way to build — and they don’t require screens
Lego developed a custom ASIC chip that allows its new Ssmart Bricks to pick up on signals from surrounding Smart Tags that dictate how it should make sounds or light up.
How Germany Changed Me For Good
[[{“value”:” The moment I’ve simultaneously been both thrilled and devastated about has finally arrived; or rather, it did. On December 13, I finally set foot on the patriotic soils of the USA once again. To say the moment was climactic… well, that’s a lie. It was chill, and I’ve become well-adjusted to long travel days. Aside from the normal aches…
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Offshore wind developers sue Trump administration for halting $25B in projects
The lawsuits seek to reverse the Department of the Interior’s stop-work order, which affected five offshore wind projects off the Eastern Seaboard.
Day Trip to Venice, Italy
[[{“value”:” The weekend before exams, my friend from Hope College, Jaiden Lunga, and I decided to take a day trip to Venice. Neither of us had been before! I wasn’t sure what to expect – I’d heard that the roadways were all water, but I didn’t realize how beautiful it would actually be. As soon as we arrived, we found a…
China’s Hesai will double production as lidar sensor industry shakes out
Hesai said it now plans to build as many as 4 million lidar sensors in 2026, up from 2 million, as it tries to corner a market with one fewer player after Luminar’s bankruptcy.