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Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced

Robotic arms on the vehicle assembly line at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic s.r.o. plant in Kolin, Czech Republic, on Feb. 2, 2026. Credit: Milan Jaros/Bloomberg via Getty Images Toyota workers are already…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and California Governor Gavin Newsom just introduced new data center rules — and it's a big win for local communities

Newsom introduces new laws regulating data center land, energy, and water usage Federal regulations could also be coming soon, but the midterms are still to go AI data centers in the US have been dealt another blow due…

I replaced Gemini with a local AI model on my phone; battery drain was surprisingly low

Every answer an LLM hands you from the cloud is quietly burning through power in a data center somewhere. So running a full model on your phone , where all of that work lands on one small chip and one small battery…

IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records

A view of Queen's Medical Centre University Hospital, part of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust taken on January 14, 2026. Credit: Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images A “human error” in the IT department…

Bambu Lab R1 laser cutter and engraver review

However, it’s the versatility and ease of use with the software that enable the hardware to adapt accurately to materials being placed within. While Basswood Ply results are notably good, it was the flat sheet acrylic…

Dutch government publishes call from 21 countries and the EU for international oversight of frontier AI

The list is headed by Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre, with the president and prime minister of Finland coming next, and among the signatories are German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, European…

Blizzard confirms Diablo 5 won't gloss over Diablo's takeover of Sanctuary — 'It's not going to take place entirely off-screen'

If you missed the major announcement at BlizzCon 2026, the next era of the long-running series is now in development and kicks off a new story that takes place after Sanctuary has already been conquered by Diablo .…

This is the best price we've seen on microSD storage in quite some time

While storage prices won't be the same anytime soon, we think it's worth highlighting a deal when we see one. This Samsung P9 512GB microSD card has dropped to a record low for modern times, with an Amazon discount that…

NightmareEclipse's latest zero-day leaves Microsoft Defender stuck in the past

The security researcher, also known as Abdelhamid Naceri, released a proof-of-concept dubbed “ BigDiskBuster ” that is designed to prevent Microsoft Defender Antivirus from installing platform and security intelligence…

I've gone hands on with Adobe Premiere's new free Android app — here’s what it’s like to use, and why 'free' comes with a catch

The mobile editing app is promising to deliver 4K video for content creators, alongside a slew of other tools including templates and AI generation (did you ever doubt it?). Like most of Adobe's mobile apps, Premiere is…