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Air-taxi startup Archer Aviation and United Airlines are joining forces to offer rides from various locations around Manhattan to six nearby airports. The Big Picture: NYC is notorious for its logjammed traffic, which makes driving to the airport a nightmare. By offering an air-taxi service that takes you directly to your United flight — for […]
Walmart has introduced a generative AI tool that can help the retailer determine fashion trends and pivot its manufacturing in record time. Why It Hits: Temu and Shein became wildly popular because of their ability to pump out trending clothing faster than anyone else and at a bargain-bin price point (although that’s changing). But with […]
AI-model platform Hugging Face has acquired robotics startup Pollen Robotics and plans on selling the robot and making its code open-source. Why It Hits: Despite the many security risks, open-sourcing AI has become popular, even among giant firms. Meta does it. DeepSeek upped the ante. And, now, OpenAI is set to release an open-source model. By putting open-source […]
Biotechnology startup Colossal Biosciences has brought the dire wolf, which disappeared over 10,000 years ago, back to life — the first-ever successful de-extinction of an animal. The Big Picture: By recreating the dire wolf, Colossal proves that its ambition to revive the woolly mammoth (which it’s taken steps to make possible) may not be so […]
Honda plans to test its hydrogen power in orbit via new partnerships with Sierra Space and Tec-Masters to see if it can launch a fully self-sustainable power and oxygen source. Why It Flies: Honda has stayed the course on hydrogen as the key to decarbonizing its vehicles by 2040… but the approach hasn’t garnered much […]
Apple is reportedly preparing a major update to its Health app to give users an AI agent that would mimic a personal doctor. Why It Hits: CEO Tim Cook has been bullish on the prediction that Apple’s long-lasting legacy will be the tech giant’s innovations in health. While the company is still a long way […]
Norwegian robotics startup 1X announced that it’ll start testing its humanoid robot in private homes by the end of the year. The Big Picture: Robots tidying up around the house — a test at Nvidia GTC showed 1X’s robot vacuuming and watering plants — have been a societal dream since The Jetsons. Whoever can figure out how to make […]
Google has developed an AI model that can control robots, blending language, vision, and physical-data training — allowing them to do physical tasks and, allegedly, make decisions about their behavior to guard against doing something unsafe. Why It Hits: As chatbots take over the mainstream, robotics is seen as the final frontier of AI. Several companies are […]
Microsoft is set to roll out an AI-powered assistant for its gaming division — which includes Xbox and Minecraft — that would act as a helpful companion for players. The Big Picture: Every gaming company is trying to incorporate AI into its offerings, including Google’s experimental “SIMA,” which can play alongside humans, and Sony PlayStation’s […]
Industrial designer Joe Doucet has developed a paint for structures that changes color when the temperature outside changes to either retain or reflect the sun’s heat. Why It Hits: Homebuilders, commercial designers, and municipal governments have been exploring ways to use paints to reduce surface temperatures of buildings and streets and curb the “heat island effect” in dense urban areas. Doucet’s invention […]