The Robot Teleoperativo 2 project is basically a robotic dog, based on HyQReal, that has two arms designed to inspect dangerous objects. It is being developed by researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and Istituto Nazionale per l’Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (INAIL) with the goal of keeping humans out of harm’s way.
Eclipse Glow Studio gives us a first look at Tides of Annihilation, a beautiful new action-adventure game inspired by Arthurian legends. This title thrusts players into a shattered, mystical London as Gwendolyn, who wields the power of a mysterious gray fog that can manifest two spectral knights at her side.
Sleek, stylish, yet functional, the 2.62 pound Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i (2025) is touted as the world’s first available CUD (camera-under-display) laptop enhanced with Visionary.ai image processing technology. This results in a razor-thin bezel that houses a brilliant 14-inch 4K 120Hz PureSight Pro OLED display with a 98% screen-to-body ratio.
The Apple AirPods Pro 2 are still the wireless earbuds to get for those who demand the best Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and sound quality in one package, all for $169 shipped, originally $249. Adaptive Transparency leverages the H2 chip’s on-device processing to reduce loud environmental noise — like a passing vehicle siren – for more comfortable everyday listening. Product page.
This cosmic bouquet is more than meets the eye, as the image as you see it here was created using X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue and green) with optical data from Hubble (yellow) and radio data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (orange).
It’s no Aston Martin Bulldog, but we’d gladly take a $4+ million Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider as a weekend vehicle. Top Gear presenter Chris Harris was fortunate enough to experience the latter recently, and for those wondering, yes, this is the same hypercar that entrepreneur Manny Khoshbin was supposed to take delivery of.
The Adobe Firefly Video model is now available to the public, and it most certainly rivals OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator. Filmmakers can use it to generate custom b-roll that exactly matches their vision, craft dynamic visual effects, or just for designing motion elements.
While we wait for Elon Musk to finish work on the Tesla drive-in theater / supercharger, one fan has 3D-printed a smartphone charger that looks just like a miniature Tesla Supercharger. It consists of several pieces including the front / rear panels that hold the charging cable in place.
