Since Boston Dynamic first teased its BigDog robot in 2004, four-legged hound automatons have exploded in popularity. There are now dozens of robot dogs in development, ranging from military and surveillance applications to companionship models that can carry groceries and talk back to their human owners. One of the most distinctive uses for a quadrupedal… Continue reading Chinese Firefighters Using Robot Dogs With Huge Hoses Attached
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Kim Kardashian Says She Screamed at ChatGPT After It “Made” Her Fail Law School Tests
Vanity Fair via YouTube During a new video with Vanity Fair that challenges celebrities to answer probing questions while taking a lie detector test, reality TV star Kim Kardashian admitted that she used ChatGPT for “legal advice” — causing her to fail tests in her ongoing quest to become a Bar-certified attorney. “So, when I… Continue reading Kim Kardashian Says She Screamed at ChatGPT After It “Made” Her Fail Law School Tests
Physicists Say They’ve Proven Whether We’re Living in a Simulation
Getty / Futurism The idea that we’re living inside a simulation, as popularized by “The Matrix” franchise, has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed in a highly influential paper that if a civilization were to become capable of creating simulated universes, it would create so many of them… Continue reading Physicists Say They’ve Proven Whether We’re Living in a Simulation
The Matic robot vacuum is smarter, quieter, and gets the job done
This WALL-E-like bot fixes the stuff every other robot vacuum gets wrong. by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Nov 8, 2025, 2:00 PM UTC Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a senior reviewer with over twenty years of experience. She covers smart home, IoT, and connected tech, and has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News.… Continue reading The Matic robot vacuum is smarter, quieter, and gets the job done
Soaring electricity rates fueled Democratic victories — now comes the hard part
Rising electricity rates were a major concern for voters. Now Democrats have to try to come through on their promises. Rising electricity rates were a major concern for voters. Now Democrats have to try to come through on their promises. by Justine Calma Nov 8, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC Justine Calma is a senior science… Continue reading Soaring electricity rates fueled Democratic victories — now comes the hard part
Toyota is yet again delaying EV battery plans
The breakthrough EV batteries Toyota says will double driving range and cut charging times are facing another setback. The company is once again delaying plans for a new battery plant in Japan. Why is Toyota delaying its EV battery plant this time? Earlier this year, Toyota bought a 280,000-square-meter plot of land in Fukuoka, Japan,… Continue reading Toyota is yet again delaying EV battery plans
Clean Technica: What Are The Odds That Elon Musk’s Financial Incentives Will Truly Motivate Him?004244
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It makes sense that adequate compensation is a primary driver of human workforce behavior. At least that’s the case in the western world, where we’re grounded in capitalism. More precisely, though, does increasing the compensation of CEOs improve firms’ profitability? This question is relevant in… Continue reading Clean Technica: What Are The Odds That Elon Musk’s Financial Incentives Will Truly Motivate Him?004244
Clean Technica: Rivian & Tesla Long-Term US Sales Charts — Not Uplifting …004243
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The US electric car market is at an interesting point. We’ve looked at the market as a whole, the top selling brands and auto groups, and the long-term trends of 7 top electric models. However, in that latter piece, we left out the electric giant… Continue reading Clean Technica: Rivian & Tesla Long-Term US Sales Charts — Not Uplifting …004243
Researchers “Embodied” an LLM Into a Robot Vacuum and It Suffered an Existential Crisis Thinking About Its Role in the World
Andon Labs A team of researchers at the AI evaluation company Andon Labs put a large language model in charge of controlling a robot vacuum. It didn’t take long for the LLM to experience a full meltdown straight out of a Douglas Adams novel, in what the researchers described as a “doom spiral” including a… Continue reading Researchers “Embodied” an LLM Into a Robot Vacuum and It Suffered an Existential Crisis Thinking About Its Role in the World
The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb
Amid a government shutdown that has dragged on for more than five weeks, the United States Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday that it recently suffered a hack and moved to contain the breach. CBO provides nonpartisan financial and economic data to lawmakers, and The Washington Post reported that the agency was infiltrated by a… Continue reading The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb