technology
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Ethernet has advanced from megabit office networks to 400G and 800G data-center fabrics. At ECOC 2026, the Ethernet Alliance is demonstrating interoperable 1.6T Ethernet technology as the industry prepares for another major bandwidth step.
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The lsblk command in Linux is used to display information about block storage devices connected to a system. The name stands for list block devices, and the command can identify hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, partitions, and other storage devices directly from the terminal. Running the basic command: lsblk displays available block devices in a…
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A June video from creator Carykh has pushed Conway’s Game of Life back into online discussion by exploring a much larger family of cellular automata rather than treating John Conway’s famous rule as an isolated mathematical curiosity. The video, titled The Conway Multiverse, was published in late June 2026 and has drawn a large audience…
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About 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide in 2025 for industrial and professional service applications, according to data compiled by the International Federation of Robotics. The figure provides an early industry benchmark for a robotics category attracting major investment while remaining small compared with established automation markets. Sources: Reuters and International Federation of Robotics. The…
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Boston Dynamics has opened the Robotics Metaplant Application Center at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America near Savannah, Georgia, giving Atlas humanoid robots a dedicated facility for learning automotive manufacturing work in a real factory environment. The center, known as RMAC, is operational. Atlas robots are training on logistics and parts-sequencing tasks using automotive components, fixtures…
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The shutdown command is a Windows Command Prompt utility used to shut down, restart, log off, or schedule a power operation on a Windows computer. It allows administrators and users to control system power operations directly from the command line instead of using the graphical Start menu. A basic immediate shutdown can be performed with:…
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NVIDIA released Isaac ROS 5.0 on September 22 at ROSCon 2026 in Toronto, adding agent-ready development workflows, support for ROS 2 Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04, and expanded GPU-accelerated robotics libraries. The release matters because it brings AI agents closer to the practical work of configuring, testing and deploying physical robots rather than limiting agents to…
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Coherent’s new PhotonLink platform brings lasers, silicon photonics, fiber and detectors together for co-packaged, near-packaged and chip-to-chip optical links in next-generation AI data centers.
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Tesla’s reported supplier audits in China show why moving Optimus from prototype to mass production depends on actuators, sensors, quality control and repeatable manufacturing.
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Apple’s M6 Mac mini arrives September 22 with a 2-nanometer chip, faster AI hardware and a push toward always-on local AI computing.
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ARM architecture is a family of reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor architectures developed around efficient, simplified instruction execution. ARM-based chips are widely used in smartphones, embedded systems, networking equipment, automotive electronics, IoT devices, servers, and increasingly AI and high-performance computing platforms. Unlike traditional x86 processors, ARM designs emphasize power efficiency, scalability, and high performance…
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The UK’s ARIA is funding experimental biotechnology, modeling and AI tools to test whether threatened wild species can be helped to adapt faster to disease, pesticides and environmental change.
