AI & RoboticsNews

While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat

October 22, 2026
Walmart is embracing agentic commerce with the launch of its own Agent Gateway to manage transactions and other new features aimed at customers using AI agents, the retailer announced on Wednesday. The move comes shortly after Walmart’s top competitor, Amazon, began blocking AI agents from making purchases on behalf of online shoppers. The company’s embrace of AI technology…
Read more
NewsPhotography

“Radiant green airglow” adds a magical finishing touch to this award-winning astrophotographer’s image of New Zealand at night

October 22, 2026
Arriving at Mautohe Cathedral Cove, on New Zealand’s North Island, at sunrise, astrophotographer Evan McKay was “stunned by the beauty of the light.” Noticing the composition with Te Hoho Rock as the centerpiece, framed by the natural curvature of the beach, he planned his return for a night shoot, as explained on his website. “I knew the Moon would be rising early in the night, leaving no…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Polestar and Oxford wired up drivers to measure how performance feels

October 22, 2026
Polestar and the University of Oxford put 12 drivers in eye trackers and heart-rate monitors and sent them around a Swedish racetrack in two versions of the Polestar 4. The goal was to put numbers on something no spec sheet captures: how performance feels to the person driving. The 544 hp Polestar 4 Dual motor with Performance pack delivered 32% higher peak acceleration than the 268 hp Rear motor…
Read more
DefenseNews

Europe weighs giving utilities, infrastructure companies more powers to bring down drones

October 22, 2026
At a former flight-test base south of Paris, drones swoop over fields and woodland as teams on the ground test systems designed to stop them — a response to a growing wave of drone incursions and “hybrid attacks” since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. The potential clients for technology such as electronic jammers and interceptor drones tested at the Brétigny-sur-Orge site are no longer just…
Read more