Authentication and digital agreements company OneSpan Inc. today unveiled new and planned features for its electronic signature service OneSpan Sign that go beyond the signing step. The update targets the parts of the agreement process that slow down banks and other financial institutions. Electronic signing itself has become an expected part of digital business, OneSpan … Read more
Future-oriented: Stopping to charge is obviously a nuisance for electric trucks that make their money by staying on the road. Honda wants to reduce this downtime by placing chargers under the road so appropriately equipped vehicles can collect power while driving. Honda’s research subsidiary is working with construction company Taisei and road builder Taisei Rotec … Read more
Chinese robotics startup AGILINK has demonstrated its robotic hand that performs basic embroidery techniques using silk thread. During the demonstration, a silk thread was divided into 16 finer threads, a needle was threaded, the fabric was stretched over a frame and the first stitches were made. The company’s OmniHand 3 Ultra robotic hand used coordinated … Read more
Atlassian Corp. today announced the Agentic Multiplayer Protocol, a platform update designed to transform the way people and artificial intelligence agents collaborate and get their work done using shared contexts and tasks in the same digital space. At the unveiling at Team ’26 Europe, Atlassian said it wants AI agents to function like employees, bringing … Read more
For a long time, fusion energy was characterized by a persistent cliché – always 30 years in the future, but never quite within reach. The British-run company STEP Fusion has just pushed back against this cynicism with a stack of blueprints. The UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) has advanced its design for the STEP fusion … Read more
The worst spectacle: Smart glasses are becoming increasingly popular as a wearable device for public use, and privacy is paying the price. Authorities are looking for new regulatory frameworks to curb abuses, and Norway may already be ahead. Norwegian authorities are preparing a temporary ban on AI-powered smart glasses, giving experts time to draft a … Read more
Demand for new data centers, power plants and highways is fueling a construction boom, even as the industry struggles with declining productivity and a shortage of skilled machine operators. Physical AI is emerging as one answer, enabling machines to perceive and respond to their environment. Caterpillar Inc. has years of experience with autonomous mining equipment. … Read more
Boeing has demonstrated software that allows pilots in manned aircraft to coordinate with unmanned aircraft over a military communications network and is moving forward with plans to integrate that capability into the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling drone. The Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) software was tested during the Emerald Flag military exercise at Eglin … Read more
In context: While general memory price increases are widely documented and affect many tech products, SSDs are no exception: NAND prices have risen dramatically over the past year, driving retail prices up nearly 200% in some cases. Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale offers temporary relief on select products, including big discounts on Samsung’s flagship … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $6.6 billion U.S. submarine production offensive focused on a new 2 million-square-foot shipyard in Maryland that will produce components and large assemblies for Virginia-class nuclear submarines. Defense technology company Anduril Industries will invest $3.7 billion in private capital in the Arsenal 2 shipyard at Sparrows Point, near Baltimore. … Read more