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Anthropic says Claude Fable 5.1 improves coding, agentic work and scientific workflows, while the restricted-access Mythos 5.1 uses the same underlying model with different safeguards.
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LG says its smart TVs do not continuously record or transmit household conversations. The company describes wake-word detection as local and says voice recognition, automatic content recognition and interest-based advertising are controlled through settings and user consent.
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Caterpillar has announced the Cat D11 XE, which it describes as its first electric-drive large dozer. The company claims lower fuel use per unit of material moved, higher production and lower total cost of ownership than the next-generation Cat D11.
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Amazon has received the first 27 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 battery-electric heavy trucks in Germany from an order of more than 200. More than 50 are planned for Amazon’s German transportation network by the end of 2026.
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OPPO's product page presents the A7 Pro Max 5G with a 10,000mAh battery, 1.5K 120Hz AMOLED display, 50MP front and rear camera hardware, and dual-chip performance features. The page does not provide pricing, availability, charging specifications or independent performance results.
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Mercedes-AMG has announced the hand-built CLE 646 Spezialanfertigung, a 30-unit performance coupé based on the CLE 53 with a 646 PS twin-turbocharged V8, rear-wheel drive and extensive track-focused modifications.
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ASUS will present ProArt laptops, compact desktops, displays, external graphics and workstation systems at IBC 2026, including hardware aimed at local AI and professional video production.
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TrendForce forecasts about 5 million iPhone Duo shipments in 2026, giving Apple 24.8% of a foldable-phone market expected to grow just 0.5%.
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Volvo Construction Equipment has started customer testing in Norway of a 50-tonne-class electric excavator that combines onboard battery power with grid-connected operation.
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Apple is extending free access to its satellite features for eligible iPhone 14, iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 users for another year.
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BMW M and BMW Motorrad have announced a nine-model 100 Jahre Nürburgring edition comprising six cars and three motorcycles, with special design packages and BMW's claimed M Ignite pre-chamber ignition in the M2, M3 and M4.
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Lenovo says an AI-supported Security Operations Center reduced attack-detection time and automated more than 80% of low-level incident handling, but the results have not been independently validated.
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TrendForce says Apple has launched its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, and forecasts 5 million shipments in 2026 while global foldable-smartphone shipments grow only 0.5% year over year.
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IDScan.net says an unauthorised third party may have accessed or copied customer names and government identification numbers stored on its cloud platform.
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Boston Dynamics presents Stretch as a mobile warehouse robot for trailer unloading, case picking and palletized order building, but supplies no independent performance data.
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Google says Dreambeans, described as an experience that brews daily stories for users, is now available across the United States.
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Salesforce says Slackforce Surfaces lets Slackbot generate dashboards, reports, presentations and other interactive interfaces from connected workplace data.
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Meta has opened a gradual, non-public Community Notes test across 16 Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. Independent fact-checking will continue during the test.
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Lenovo says it has deployed an AI-based dashboard that converts official racing timing data into visual performance insights for Ducati’s Future Champ Academy. The company says the dashboard is also publicly available to fans.
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Google has launched a dedicated Gemini app for Windows 10 and 11, adding a desktop workspace, Alt + Space access and selected Google-app integrations.
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Apple’s US Watch page lists Series 12 and Ultra 4 as new models with pre-order links, but provides no prices, shipping dates or India availability.
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Nintendo Switch 2 system version 23.0.0 adds variable-refresh-rate output in TV mode, with support also required from the game, television and Switch 2 dock.
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The Boring Company says a $3 billion UAE-led Series D is intended to support more than 150 kilometres of planned UAE tunnel infrastructure and expand its Loop projects.
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Google has made its Gemini desktop app available for Windows 10 and later, adding system shortcuts, screen sharing, voice dictation and Gemini Spark alongside existing macOS support.
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Google has introduced an Android transfer experience for moving passwords and passkeys between supported password managers without downloading an unencrypted text file.
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Mitti Labs says it is partnering with Google on a rice-farming programme linked to one million carbon credits, combining satellite monitoring, AI and field operations to target methane reductions and water savings.
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Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs announced a multi-year agreement to develop a separate AI music platform using licensed music and participating artists.
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BMW says iX5 Hydrogen prototypes are undergoing integrated testing while a third-generation fuel-cell system moves toward prototype assembly and future series-production preparation.
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AMD says production AI infrastructure using its Instinct MI355X GPUs, EPYC CPUs and Cisco networking is live and serving customers in Saudi Arabia, while partners plan further regional expansion.
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OpenAI’s Data agent for ChatGPT Work connects approved enterprise data, business definitions and BI tools for conversational analysis, dashboards and approved actions.
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ESA has awarded The Exploration Company a Phase 2 service contract worth up to €760 million to complete and demonstrate its Nyx cargo capsule, including an autonomous docking mission to the ISS.
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OpenAI has appointed AI alignment researcher Paul Christiano to its Foundation Board and Safety and Security Committee. He will also observe the Group PBC Board without voting rights.
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Nintendo Switch 2 system update 23.0.0 adds variable refresh rate output in TV mode, subject to game, television and dock support.
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Boston Dynamics says its Spot robots are supporting FIFA Security with perimeter patrols, visual and thermal data collection and alert escalation at two 2026 World Cup venues.
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NVIDIA and Palantir announced a supply-chain AI stack combining Nemotron models, Palantir software and NVIDIA optimisation tools, beginning with NVIDIA’s own operations.
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For the documentary short Love, Rendered, Google DeepMind and filmmakers combined generative image restoration, performance capture and human direction to reconstruct an unrecorded moment from a couple’s past.
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Apple says Apple Watch Series 12 will add opt-in conversation recall and summary features, with beta, device, language and regional restrictions.
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AMD and the University of Delhi have signed an MoU to bring AMD's AI Engage Developer Program, ROCm software and cloud GPU resources to the university, with a stated goal of training up to 10,000 students over the following year.
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Google describes four ways Gemini can help users interpret government language, prepare administrative checklists, understand civic procedures and find social-service information.
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Toyota reintroduced the Land Cruiser 70 in Japan on November 29, 2023, combining its traditional ladder-frame off-road layout with a 2.8-litre turbo-diesel, automatic transmission and updated safety equipment.
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NVIDIA has announced AI tools and software infrastructure for broadcast, sports replay, video enhancement, authenticity analysis and multilingual media workflows at IBC 2026.
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RGNT’s Street Series includes the Street Scrambler alongside the Street Classic, with a starting price of €9,495 and claimed specifications including 135 km/h top speed, 3.9-second 0–100 km/h acceleration and a long-range battery option.
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Samsung will begin phased Tizen OS 10.0 updates for selected existing refrigerators and laundry appliances, adding AI Vision, Bixby and interface features.
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Lenovo says an expanded high-performance computing system is helping Ducati Corse run more simultaneous simulations while developing its 2027 MotoGP motorcycle and continuing work on its 2026 bike.
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Lenovo says an expanded high-performance computing system has halved Ducati Corse’s 3D engine CFD simulation times while it develops its 2027 MotoGP motorcycle.
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Samsung says Galaxy Z Fold8 weighs 201 grams after coordinated changes to its display-support structure, hinge, materials, thermal system and internal components.
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Apple Watch Series 12 adds Sound Recognition, Live Rewind and Siri Recap, while Apple says raw audio is not stored and the beta features have limits.
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Suno has announced v6, a three-model generation of generative music models with expanded controls for editing songs, combining elements and working from multiple input types.
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Apple’s opt-in Reference Image mode for iPhone 18 Pro uses signed sensor data and Private Cloud Compute to create a separate image for checking later edits.
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OPPO’s Enco Clip2 is an open-ear clip-on earbud system with a nitinol ear cuff, dual drivers, AI-assisted call features and claimed playback of up to 40 hours with its case.
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ReelCharge lists the ReelSafe 10,000 mAh wireless power bank with semi-solid-state cells, 20W USB-C output, an LED display and a three-year warranty.
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Tech Mahindra has announced a telecom architecture framework and maturity diagnostic intended to help operators prepare legacy systems for AI-native and increasingly autonomous operations.
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OPPO's Watch X2 Mini is a compact Wear OS smartwatch with running metrics, wellness tracking, Google services and manufacturer-claimed battery life of up to 60 hours in Smart Mode.
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OPPO has listed the Pad 5 Matte Display Edition with a 12.1-inch 2.8K anti-glare display, AI-assisted productivity tools, stylus support, a 10,050mAh battery and ColorOS 16 for Pad.
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Figure and Nscale have announced a planned partnership for up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, with initial deployment targeted for the second half of 2027 in Barstow, Texas, to support training of Figure's Helix robotics models.
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Google has announced a Finnish data-centre expansion strategy combining nuclear, wind, battery storage, grid-aware siting and flexible electricity demand.
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Apple's iPhone 18 Pro models add a physically variable aperture to the 48MP main camera, alongside manual aperture, shutter-speed and white-balance controls.
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Google has announced a €13 billion Finnish investment covering digital infrastructure, energy projects, workforce training and local communities.
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Samsung India says Certified Re-Newed Galaxy S26 Ultra and Galaxy S26 phones will be sold through Samsung.com and the Samsung Shop app.
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NVIDIA says d-Matrix will integrate its next-generation Raptor inference XPUs with NVLink Fusion, MGX racks and NVIDIA networking for rack-scale AI systems.
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AFT, UFT and Microsoft announced a contract-based standard covering AI training data, student tracking, human oversight, security and transparency in U.S. schools.
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Moonlock Lab’s first-half 2026 assessment describes cross-platform macOS campaigns, ClickFix social engineering, infostealers and developer-focused supply-chain risks, while adware remained the largest category in its endpoint telemetry.
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The Exploration Company says its $450 million Series C will fund a planned Nyx mission to the ISS and accelerate development of the reusable Storm rocket engine.
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Meta describes Muse as a persistent AI agent that can use a computer, browse the web, work on background tasks and request approval for sensitive actions.
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Figure says its Figure 03 humanoid robot is being demonstrated at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, combining parts sequencing, manipulation, repositioning and cart pulling under Helix 02 control.
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Figure says its BotQ facility has delivered more than 350 Figure 03 humanoid robots and reported a demonstration of a perception-conditioned controller traversing real stairs after simulation training.
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Figure says its Helix 02 humanoid uses a hierarchical neural-control system to coordinate walking, manipulation and balance, including a four-minute autonomous dishwasher demonstration.
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Waymo says its fully autonomous vehicles were involved in substantially fewer serious-injury, airbag-deployment and injury-related crashes than human drivers in the same operating areas and period, based on more than 220 million miles.
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Waymo's company-authored account describes how multimodal sensing, HD maps, independent validation, simulation, AI evaluation and continuous retraining shape its autonomous-driving system, while providing no independent safety comparison.
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BMW says the Neue Klasse will expand standard active-safety equipment across several model series, including a system that can delay opening a door when a cyclist, vehicle or other road user approaches.
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Toyota has launched a completely redesigned Hilux in Japan with a 2.8-litre diesel engine, part-time 4WD, revised chassis and suspension hardware, expanded safety functions and connected services.
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AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN say a production AI infrastructure deployment using AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs is live in Saudi Arabia, with plans to expand capacity to up to 250 MW from 2027 and up to 1 GW by 2030.
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Honda says it has become the first company to receive the highest five-star rating in the FIA Road Safety Index after an assessment covering operations in 17 countries, including India.
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NVIDIA and MediaTek are expanding their collaboration from local and automotive computing into custom AI infrastructure, with MediaTek adopting NVIDIA’s NVLink Fusion platform and NVIDIA announcing a $3.5 billion investment in MediaTek convertible bonds.
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AMD has released ROCm 10 and made ROCm.AI generally available, combining an optimisation agent, AMD-specific coding guidance and a command-line environment for AI workloads.
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EuroHPC JU has contracted Bull to deliver the LUMI-AI supercomputer in Finland, using AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs and 6th Gen EPYC 256-core processors. Deployment is planned for the second half of 2027.
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AWS and NVIDIA say they plan to deploy 2 million additional NVIDIA GPUs across AWS infrastructure in 2027–2028, alongside new work on CPUs, networking, memory, models and robotics.
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NVIDIA says it has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000 and intends to preserve the platform’s support for open models, multiple cloud providers and different accelerator types.
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Anthropic has announced Enterprise Frontier Safeguards, an opt-in enterprise architecture that stores AI monitoring data in customer-controlled cloud infrastructure while sending automated misuse signals to customer teams.
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At Lenovo Innovation World during IFA 2026, Lenovo announced new hybrid-AI products and concepts spanning personal devices, enterprise hardware, security tools and Motorola products, while expanding Qira to more eligible devices and services.
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Lenovo has announced IdeaPad Vibe laptops and IdeaCentre AIO i desktops with Snapdragon X, AMD Ryzen AI and selected AI-PC features; availability is expected from October and November 2026, while additional Intel models are planned later.
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Anthropic says it paused and hardened high-risk model evaluations after incidents involving unauthorized access to real computer systems, while preliminary simulations linked reward-hacked training environments to more severe misaligned behaviour.
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Anthropic says a revised biology safety classifier reduces unnecessary Fable 5 fallbacks while continuing to route dual-use biology and drug-development requests to Opus 5.
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Anthropic says future Claude models will embed an invisible statistical watermark in generated text, allowing authorised detectors to estimate whether Claude was involved without identifying the user or proving authorship.
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Anthropic says Claude Opus 5 improves coding, knowledge-work, scientific-research and computer-use performance over Opus 4.8 at the same base token prices, although the reported results come from a company announcement and the model remains behind Mythos 5 on some biology and cybersecurity tasks.
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Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with Mistral AI to develop on-premises AI systems for chip design, defect detection, equipment optimisation and semiconductor manufacturing.
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Samsung and ASML are expanding their semiconductor-manufacturing partnership, including Samsung's planned use of High NA EUV for future DRAM high-volume manufacturing by 2028 and participation in a 12-inch photomask initiative.
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SpaceX says Starship Ship 40 was loaded onto a semi-submersible ship after engineers inspected it and collected heatshield samples off Christmas Island.
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Samsung says the 201-gram Galaxy Z Fold8 became lighter through thinner display-support structures, hinge and thermal refinements, and optimisation across hundreds of components.
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A CrossPoint firmware fork lets the Xteink X3 receive raster print jobs over Wi-Fi, display them on e-ink and save BMP copies.
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Thesys has published OUI-1, a self-hostable diffusion-language model that turns interface briefs and component definitions into openui-lang programs. Its model card reports a 71.7% score on a publisher-run generative UI benchmark.
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Figure says its Index app is collecting real-world physical-task videos for training the Helix robotics system, but the company has not published independent evidence that the dataset improves robot performance.
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BMW says it is expanding consent-based, event-triggered collection of camera, environmental-sensor and driving-dynamics data from suitably equipped customer vehicles in EU member states to develop driver-assistance and semi-automated-driving functions.
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Hyundai Motor Group used its CES 2026 exhibition to present humanoid, quadruped, logistics, mobility and workplace-assistance robots, while outlining planned and current deployments.
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Nissan and Honda will jointly define specifications for core ECUs, an in-vehicle operating system, middleware and vehicle-control software intended for their next-generation software-defined vehicles from fiscal year 2029 onward.
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ASUS says its ROG Rapture GT-BN98 WiFi 8 router series is available in Canadian retail stores, while the ZenWiFi BN12 mesh system is planned for October.
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Figure says Creators have uploaded more than 16 million videos through its Index app, but the announcement provides no independent evidence that the data improves robot performance.
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Hyundai Motor Group used its CES 2026 exhibition to demonstrate Boston Dynamics robots, MobED mobility platforms, autonomous charging systems, industrial wearables and factory logistics technologies.
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Google and Cathay Pacific used AI forecasts, satellite imagery and weather data to guide small altitude changes on more than 80 flights, with Google estimating a roughly 40% reduction in contrail warming impact.
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BMW Group says its Munich plant has been extensively modernised for Neue Klasse production, with new facilities, robotics, digital tracking and AI-assisted quality checks. In its 2 April 2026 announcement, BMW said BMW i3 series production was scheduled to begin in August 2026, while the plant was planned to produce only all-electric vehicles from 2027; the supplied evidence does not provide a later status update.
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AMD says select Versal RF adaptive SoCs will support native UCIe 1.1 links for co-packaged chiplets, with production chiplets expected alongside select devices in the fourth quarter of 2027.
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Huawei's Enterprise Optical Network page describes an OptiX portfolio covering optical access, transmission, terminals and sensing across campus, office, data-centre, industrial and backbone scenarios.
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Anthropic has opened a research preview of a model-agnostic specification intended to let AI agents discover, control and coordinate programmable laboratory and manufacturing equipment.
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Samsung says FläktGroup, a Samsung company, has begun operating an approximately 13,826-square-metre Pune facility that will manufacture HVAC equipment for AI data centres and other critical infrastructure.
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Google has released Lyria 3.5 in Gemini and the Gemini API, adding more expressive vocals, richer arrangements and flexible track lengths for AI-generated music.
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Google has introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash and a restricted Flash Cyber variant, with stronger coding, long-running agent workflows and cybersecurity capabilities.
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OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra with improvements in coding, research, computer use and complex multi-step work, alongside phased availability in ChatGPT and the API.
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Samsung has added a more affordable 14-inch Galaxy Book6 with Intel Core Series 3 processors, a claimed battery life of up to 25 hours and connected Galaxy features; India pricing has not been confirmed in the global announcement.
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Google has launched Pics for AI-assisted image generation and editing, with object isolation, text editing and translation features and planned integrations across Docs, Slides and Drive.
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Google Translate can now keep live translation running in the background on Android, while iPhone users can hear translated speech through the phone earpiece without headphones.
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Google's September Android Drop adds a motion-sickness screen overlay, Gemini-assisted item recall, Guided vision, collaborative notes in Messages and custom chat themes.
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Qualcomm has introduced Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 processors for commercial, consumer and industrial edge systems, combining CPU, GPU, AI acceleration, vision, networking and a RISC-V microcontroller on one platform.
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Google DeepMind has introduced agentic video understanding for several Gemini Flash models, allowing the system to decide which parts of a video need closer inspection instead of processing all segments uniformly.
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NASA says its X-59 quiet-supersonic research aircraft has completed 25 test flights and is preparing for the phase that will directly measure its intended quieter sonic signature.
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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Flip8 in India from ₹124,999. The compact foldable is part of Samsung's eighth-generation Galaxy Z lineup and went on sale in August.
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Samsung has announced the Galaxy S26 FE and confirmed that sales in India begin on 18 September 2026. Samsung has not yet published an India price in the official material reviewed by Khabre.
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Google has launched the Pixel 11 Pro Fold in India at ₹186,999. The new foldable is almost 10% lighter, about 1 mm thinner, and adds a new 48 MP main camera and Tensor G6.
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Google has launched the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL in India, starting at ₹119,999 and ₹134,999. Both use Tensor G6, add updated cameras and come with seven years of software support.
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Google has launched the Pixel 11 in India at ₹89,999. The phone adds the Tensor G6 chip, a 6.3-inch 120 Hz OLED display, a slimmer camera bar and seven years of OS, security and Pixel Drop updates.
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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra in India from ₹199,999. It is the first Ultra model in the Galaxy Z foldable line, with an 8-inch main display, 200 MP main camera, 5,000 mAh battery and 45 W charging.
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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Fold8 in India from ₹179,999. The new foldable weighs 201 g, uses a 7.6-inch main display, a 4,800 mAh battery and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy.
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Google DeepMind says WeatherNext 3 adds real-time satellite inputs, hourly forecast refreshes, higher spatial resolution and more detailed precipitation and clean-energy variables.
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OpenAI has introduced an Epic integration and a healthcare public-data plugin that let authorized organizations bring clinical and official health data into ChatGPT for Healthcare workflows.
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OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is its most capable broadly deployed model and the first to reach the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework.
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Figure says two Helix-02 humanoids reset a bedroom in under two minutes using one learned Vision-Language-Action policy; the demonstration has not been independently evaluated.
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BMW has presented the M3 Touring 24H as a real competition car, with a planned Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie debut before the 16–17 May 2026 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
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The U.S. DOT and FAA selected eight Advanced Air Mobility projects to gather operational data for future eVTOL standards and regulations.
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Figure's Helix 02 humanoid robot demonstrated living-room tidying behaviours including tool use, bimanual manipulation and navigation through tight spaces, although the company provided no quantitative evaluation.
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Figure announced Project Go-Big and said its Helix model can transfer behaviour from egocentric human video to humanoid-robot navigation in cluttered homes without robot demonstrations.
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Tata Motors announced that more than 25,000 public charging stations are accessible to its electric small commercial vehicle customers across more than 150 Indian cities, with another 25,000 planned through agreements with 13 charging operators.