AI & RoboticsNews

With Sift, two ex-SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor

March 26, 2026
The cry of “atoms, not bits!” – a phrase capturing Silicon Valley’s growing obsession with physical manufacturing over digital products – reached a fever pitch last week with word that Jeff Bezos is putting together a $100 billion fund to roll up and automate factories. But automating factories isn’t purely a hardware problem. It increasingly depends on…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

BYD plans 20 Canadian dealerships within a year as 6.1% tariff deal opens the floodgates

March 26, 2026
BYD is moving fast to establish a physical retail presence in Canada, with plans to open 20 branded dealerships within its first year in the market. The world’s largest EV maker is already scouting locations in the Greater Toronto Area. The push comes just two months after Canada slashed its 100% tariff on Chinese-built EVs to 6.1%, a dramatic policy reversal that has unlocked the Canadian…
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DefenseNews

US legislative failures are giving China a strategic edge, Anduril exec says

March 26, 2026
Trae Stephens, co-founder of defense technology firm Anduril Industries, sharply criticized American lawmakers on Tuesday, warning that congressional dysfunction and Silicon Valley arrogance were handing China a strategic opening in the race for military and technological supremacy. Speaking at the Hill and Valley Forum in Washington, Stephens told hundreds of executives and policymakers that the…
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ComputersNews

I pushed my MacBook Neo to the limit. It didn’t break

March 26, 2026
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld tested the $599 MacBook Neo with A18 Pro processor and 8GB RAM through demanding stress tests including 59 browser tabs and Adobe Premiere Pro video editing. Despite heavy usage that consumed up to 8GB of swap memory…
ComputersNews

Firefox users now have a free VPN, with some big limits

March 26, 2026
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are getting a lot of attention at the moment, for… well, lots of reasons, some of which are beyond the scope of PCWorld’s usual coverage. Before we talk about ways to secure and anonymize your web traffic, pardon me for a second, I need to go put out a burning dumpster fire… and I’m back. Anyway, free VPNs are often a bit dubious, but now there’s one built…
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