Skip exited stealth this week to announce a partnership with outdoor clothing specialist Arc’teryx. The deal is the first to bring Skip’s MO/GO technology to market: “powered pants” that utilize a soft exoskeleton technology, developed in-house at Alphabet’s X Labs moonshot factory. MO/GO, short for “mountain goat,” is a hybrid soft/rigid exoskeleton system designed to […]
Ahead of Tuesday’s earnings, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the car maker will begin selling its Optimus humanoid robot in 2026. In fact, Optimus has already started performing tasks autonomously, like handling batteries, in one of Tesla’s facilities, according to its earnings report. “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for
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If your top concern for a pair of headphones is how well they filter the air, Dyson’s OnTrac aren’t for you. In fact, the new over-ear headphones don’t filter air at all. That much, at least, marks a key change their spiritual predecessors, the Zone, which both fascinated and baffled the tech world with their
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India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market after China with around 750 million users, is struggling to get new smartphone buyers, as the average person in the country finds it hard to afford a brand-new smartphone. Instead of switching to a new smartphone, millions of Indian consumers prefer to continue with their existing feature phones or
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It’s a big day in the Samsung universe. At Samsung’s Unpacked 2024 event, the company debuted new phones, headphones and even a wearable ring. As expected, Samsung is emphasizing its Google-enabled AI features in these new phone models: the Galaxy Z Fold 6, and the Galaxy Z Flip 6. Not only are these phones thinner
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There’s no right way to design a pair of wireless earbuds. There are, however, plenty of wrong ones. Samsung went through a spate of these before settling on in-ear Galaxy Buds we all know and mostly love. In all of its various iterations, however, the company saw fit to steer clear from Apple’s instantly recognizable
Amazon has released an all-new version of its Echo Spot ahead of Prime Day, the company announced on Monday. The 2024 version of the Alexa-enabled smart alarm clock costs $79.99, but is currently on sale for $44.99 for Prime members. The company says the latest iteration of the product comes with better visuals and improved
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Nano Dimension announced plans Wednesday to acquire Desktop Metal. The finer financial details are still being worked out, with the sale price ultimately ranging anywhere from $135 million to $183 million. At the high end, the deal marks more than a 27% premium over Desktop Metal’s closing price. The news brings closure to more than
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LG has acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a Dutch smart home company and maker of the Homey smart home hub. According to LG’s announcement, it will purchase the remaining 20% of Athom within the next three years. However, the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. LG plans to integrate Athom’s Homey platform,
Have you ever wanted a personalized makeup dispenser? Well, Boldhue‘s co-founder and CTO Karin Layton has built just that: A device that aims to be the “Keurig for makeup.” Boldhue’s device essentially scans your face and dispenses a customized foundation formula that matches your skin tone. The beauty tech startup on Tuesday said it had
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