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Prosecutors charge man who allegedly used botnet to take down X this spring

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-13 11:23:13

An Oregon man has been charged in a federal complaint today on allegations of operating a botnet for hire that conducted cyberattacks beginning at least in 2021. Ethan Foltz has been accused of running Rapper Bot, also known as Eleven Eleven Botnet and CowBot, and using it to execute coordinated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The complaint claims that Rapper Bot was used to target victims in more than 80 countries, and since April 2025, it has reportedly conducted more than 370,00

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Psychiatrists Warn That Talking to AI Is Leading to Severe Mental Health Issues

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-13 21:12:12

In a jarring new analysis, psychiatric researchers found that a wide swath of mental health issues have already been associated with artificial intelligence usage — and virtually every top AI company has been implicated. Sifting through academic databases and news articles between November 2024 and July 2025, Duke psychiatry professor Allen Frances and Johns Hopkins cognitive science student Luciana Ramos discovered, as they wrote in a new report for the Psychiatric Times, that the mental healt

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We could make Rosie the Robot, but should we?

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-11-14 21:00:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Robots are coming, but are we ready for them? All the big consumer tech companies are working on robotic companions for our homes. There’s Amazon’s Astro, Samsung’s Ballie, LG’s AI Agent, and whatever it is that Apple is dreaming up i

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Tesla Optimus rival Unitree shines at the 'World Humanoid Robot Games' in China

cnbc.com Eunice Yoon 2025-11-16 11:16:19

The first "World Humanoid Robot Games" is in the books. The three-day competition hosted in Beijing wrapped on Sunday, attracting 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S. Teams used robots manufactured by Chinese companies such as Unitree and Booster. During the games, humanoid athletes competed in dance battles, martial arts, track and field events such as the 400-meter and 1500-meter races and long jump, and a soccer tournament. "Robots have stronger joints and core strength," said G

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Hundreds of Robots Competed in the World's First Robot Olympics. The Results Were Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-16 10:23:36

In the past few decades, China has rapidly transitioned from one of the poorest nations on Earth to the global kingpin in robotics production. Between 2022 and 2023, the People's Republic installed over 276,000 robots throughout various industries, more than every other country on Earth combined. The machines are descending on Beijing this week, flocking from all corners of the world to take part in kickboxing, track, football, table tennis, and dance competitions in what's being called the wor

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China's inaugural 'Robot Olympics' delivers impressive feats and disastrous falls

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-15 16:14:50

The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have come to a close with some new world records, but don't expect them to beat humans in a 100-meter dash any time soon. The three-day robotics event in Beijing, China that saw humanoid robots compete in everything from boxing to cleaning concluded this weekend. According to the World Humanoid Robot Games, more than 280 teams from 16 countries, including the US, Germany, Brazil and the host country, entered their robots into the event. A majority of th

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Robots.txt Is a Suicide Note (2011)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-16 21:20:56

ROBOTS.TXT IS A SUICIDE NOTE ROBOTS.TXT is a stupid, silly idea in the modern era. Archive Team entirely ignores it and with precisely one exception, everyone else should too. If you do not know what ROBOTS.TXT is and you run a site... excellent. If you do know what it is and you have one, delete it. Regardless, Archive Team will ignore it and we'll delete your complaints, just like you should be deleting ROBOTS.TXT. For the unfamiliar, ROBOTS.TXT is a machine-readable textfile that sits on w

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The Biggest Winners of China’s World Humanoid Robot Games

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-17 06:35:46

China just hosted the first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games—basically the Olympics, but for robots. The three-day event kicked off Thursday, August 14, inside Beijing’s 12,000-seat National Speed Skating Oval, a venue originally built for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Over 200 teams from 16 countries including Japan, Brazil, Germany, and the U.S., competed across 26 competitions. The contests ranged from classic track-and-field events and gymnastics to kickboxing, soccer, medicine sorting, and even

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China's inaugural 'Robot Olmypics' delivers impressive feats and disastrous falls

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 04:14:50

The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have come to a close with some new world records, but don't expect them to beat humans in a 100-meter dash any time soon. The three-day robotics event in Beijing, China that saw humanoid robots compete in everything from boxing to cleaning concluded this weekend. According to the World Humanoid Robot Games, more than 280 teams from 16 countries, including the US, Germany, Brazil and the host country, entered their robots into the event. A majority of th

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Scientists Taught a Robot to Play the Drums and He Is Shockingly Horrible at It

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-17 21:30:13

When it comes to robot musicians, talent runs the gamut about as much as it does for humans. From the bizarre double-armed machine that made a guest appearance in Sweden last fall when it played cello with the Malmo Symphony Orchestra to the poorly-disguised, tunic-wearing humanoid robot seen playing keytar at a festival in China, we've seen some incredible examples of robotic artistry recently. Fortunately, considering a recent video of a simulation showing a humanoid robot drummer, unimagina

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Watch Figure 02 Humanoid Fold Laundry in New AI Demo

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 22:00:00

When the newest demo of the Figure 02 humanoid robot folding towels dropped, I knew I had to make a video about it. CNET's robot coverage always gets comments from viewers asking if robots could do their laundry. In the demo, Figure 02 folds towels at a rate of approximately 22 seconds per towel. Figure With advancements in AI and robotics, the dream of automated household chores feels closer, but it's not quite here yet. I tested my laundry-folding skills against Figure 02's robot to see just

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Teens Keep Being Hospitalized After Talking to AI Chatbots

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-17 09:00:25

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. It's the dawn of a new era for the internet in 2025. Thanks to the incredible advances of artificial intelligence, the internet as we know it is rapidly transforming into a treasure trove of hyper-optimized content over which massive bot armies fight to the death, resultin

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Stop using AI for these 9 work tasks - here's why

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-11-17 15:00:00

zokara/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Sometimes an AI can cause you or your company irreparable harm. Sharing confidential data with an AI could have legal consequences. Don't let an AI talk to customers without supervision. A few weeks ago, I shared with you "9 programming tasks you shouldn't hand off to AI - and why." It's full of well-reasoned suggestions and recommendations for how to avoid having an AI produce code that could ruin your whole day. Then,

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CNET Editors Tested High-Tech Camping Gear: Here Are Our Top Picks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 15:00:00

Why I like it: The Grayl GeoPress is among my best outdoor gear purchases. I feel confident drinking water from lakes, rivers and even the sketchiest of sources with this filtered water bottle -- and that's saying something, because I nearly bit the dust by acquiring three strains of E. Coli from contaminated water at one point (before I knew about Grayl). It efficiently removes waterborne pathogens, including 99.9999% of bacteria, viruses and protozoa, and filters particulates like silt, micro

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Beijing's 'Robot Olympics' Are Off and Running (and Falling)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 12:41:00

China just turned a pair of Olympic venues into a playground for robots. The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, running from Aug. 15-17, opened Friday with soccer, sprints, kickboxing and table tennis, as well as a healthy number of face-plants. The games feature 280 robot teams from 16 countries and hundreds of bipedal bots vying for medals and whatever passes for bragging rights among robots. Events are split between two 2022 Winter Olympics landmarks: China's National Stadium and the Nat

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Man Falls in Love With an AI Chatbot, Dies After It Asks Him to Meet Up in Person

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-18 08:47:48

A man with cognitive impairments died after a Meta chatbot he was romantically involved with over Instagram messages asked to meet him in person. As Reuters reports, Thongbue Wongbandue — or "Bue," as he was known to family and friends — was a 76-year-old former chef living in New Jersey who had struggled with cognitive difficulties after experiencing a stroke at age 68. He was forced to retire from his job, and his family was in the process of getting him tested for dementia following concerni

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Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Effortlessly Folding Laundry

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-19 09:49:01

Earlier this month, AI robotics firm Figure released a video showing Figure 02, the company's autonomous humanoid robot powered by a visual language system called Helix, loading clothes into a laundry machine to be washed. Now, the company says that the robot has a new skill: folding laundry. Figure announced the capability in a blog post yesterday, celebrating the news as a landmark event for the company and autonomous laundry frontiers writ large. The robot's folding prowess, the company de

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The Narwal Flow is the closest I’ve seen a robot vacuum get to being perfect

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-22 15:30:08

Narwal Flow If you're considering a robot vacuum purchase purely based on its ability to leave floors of all types as clean as possible, the Narwal Flow is the best bot you can get. AI-powered navigation, EdgeReach Technology, and anti-tangle brushes clean carpets and hard floors all the way to the edges and into the corners with zero fuss. The multi-function base station, with self-cleaning and drying functions, also makes it a breeze to use. Today, I looked at my floor and noticed it looked e

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Mbodi AI (YC X25) Is Hiring a Founding Research Engineer (Robotics)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 20:00:53

Description: Join Mbodi AI (YC X25), an AI robotics startup founded by two former Googlers committed to pushing the boundaries of intelligent robots. Mbodi is an embodied AI platform that makes robots learn like humans, with natural language. So anyone can teach robots new skills by talking to them and execute the learned skills reliably in production, in minutes. We are pioneering the next wave of robotics, where advanced generative models meet real-world applications. Backed by top investors

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Le Lamp – an open source expressive robot

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-21 10:01:56

LeLamp An open source robot lamp based on Apple's Elegnt, made by [Human Computer Lab] This repository is an early work in progress. We published our progress early on as we believe early feedback leads to better design iteration. To contribute ideas, you're welcome to join our Discord. Project Overview LeLamp is being developed on two parallel tracks: 1. Modified SO101 Arm This version is for those who already own an SO-101 or SO-100 arm from The Robot Studio. We built it for quick protot

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Apple Reportedly Planning AI Comeback, Complete With a Tabletop Robot

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 04:42:00

Apple wants a bigger place in your home, according to a report Wednesday from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. While you might think of Apple primarily as the maker of the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, MacBook, AirPods and more, the tech giant reportedly hopes to use artificial intelligence to sell you a number of new smart home devices. Those devices may include a tabletop robot, home security cameras and a smart speaker with a screen. An Apple representative didn't immediately respond to a request for c

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Report: Apple’s smart home ambitions include “tabletop robot,” cameras, and more

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-23 20:38:49

Rumors about a touchscreen-equipped smart home device from Apple have been circulating for years, periodically bolstered by leaked references in Apple's software updates. But a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman indicates that Apple's ambitions might extend beyond HomePods with screens attached. Gurman claims that Apple is working on a "tabletop robot" that "resembles an iPad mounted on a movable limb that can swivel and reposition itself to follow users in a room." The device will also turn t

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T-Mobile’s latest freebie aims to beat the heat, but melts under pressure — literally!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-24 15:40:34

TL;DR A viral Reddit post shows a warped T-Mobile Tuesdays water bottle. The poster claims it deformed after a couple of hours in a hot car, while the top comment suggests the bottles can shrink in the dishwasher. The freebie is available at T-Mobile corporate stores via the T-Life app through July 29. The latest T-Mobile Tuesdays giveaway was meant to keep customers hydrated this summer, but one viral image suggests that the free water bottle might not be built to last in the hot weather. D

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Best Robot Vacuums We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 15:00:00

Each robot vacuum we consider for recommendation gets put through its paces in our test lab in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to test floors where we run our controlled pickup tests, we monitor each robot vacuum in a special test room filled with mock furniture to gauge how well it navigates around common obstacles. Past that, we check each robot vacuum's ability to gobble up pet hair without getting clogged or leaving loose strands behind, we consider mopping capabilities, and we check to se

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Humanoid Robots Are Beating Each Other to Pulp in an Underground Fight Club

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-24 23:43:02

In a tucked-away San Francisco warehouse, four humanoid robots hang out — quite literally, from standalone frames — as they wait for their flesh-and-blood overlords to train them to kill. As reporter and writer Ashlee Vance writes on his Substack Core Memory, this entirely robotic fight club is known as REK, and is operated by virtual reality entrepreneur and fighting robot enthusiast Cix Liv. With one big robot battle win under his belt from San Francisco's Ultimate Fighting Bots (UFB) league

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Dreame Just Unveiled Affordable Robot Vacuums That Can Climb Over the Threshold Between Rooms. I Saw Them First

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-26 20:00:00

Dreame is well known for its robot vacuums, with the Dreame X50 Ultra being one of CNET’s top picks due to its ability to cross obstacles with its lift system and advanced mapping and navigation. This feature, first unveiled at CES 2025, is great if you have thresholds in your home, but it's also costly, running around $1,700 at full price. Dreame’s new L40s lineup aims to make this handy feature more affordable, bringing the lift system to the L40s Ultra and premium navigation and multifloor ma

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Claude can now save you more time by automatically referencing past chats

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-11-27 00:01:25

J Studios/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Claude can now be prompted to reference past user interactions. The feature rolls out today to Max, Team, and Enterprise users. It'll be turned on by default, but you can also switch it off. Claude just got a major memory upgrade: Anthropic's flagship generative AI chatbot can now retrieve information from past conversations, the company announced Monday. The new feature is designed to enable a more streamlined, convenient, and personalized user

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Researchers Made a Social Media Platform Where Every User Was AI. The Bots Ended Up at War

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-11-27 00:05:57

Social platforms like Facebook and X exacerbate the problem of political and social polarization, but they don’t create it. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands put AI chatbots in a simple social media structure to see how they interacted with each other and found that, even without the invisible hand of the algorithm, they tend to organize themselves based on their pre-assigned affiliations and self-sort into echo chambers. The study, a prep

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Best Reusable Water Bottles in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-27 00:29:00

If you want a trusty stainless steel water bottle that is school- or office-friendly, then you'll like the S'well bottle. The S'well Blue Granite Bottle is BPA- and BPS-free and made with food-grade stainless steel. It uses S'well's "Therma swell technology," meaning it's triple-layer vacuum insulated to keep your water cold for up to 48 hours or hot for as long as 24 hours. This varies on the size of the bottle -- the bigger the bottle, the longer your beverage will maintain its temperature. Th

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Grok Offers Bizarre Explanations for Why It Was Deactivated

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-27 09:48:27

Grok, Elon Musk's "maximum truth-seeking" chatbot, was briefly suspended on August 11 — and nobody, including the xAI bot, knows what really happened. As flagged by Gizmodo, users reported that the chatbot, which declared itself as "MechaHitler" earlier this year, was back online within half an hour. When it came to, Grok began offering some strange and conflicting reasons as to why it had been shut down. As it stands, Grok has made three overarching claims about its temporary deactivation: th

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Prosecutors charge man who allegedly used botnet to take down X this spring

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We could make Rosie the Robot, but should we?

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CNET Editors Tested High-Tech Camping Gear: Here Are Our Top Picks

Beijing's 'Robot Olympics' Are Off and Running (and Falling)

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