Andrew Ashur, the founder and CEO of window-cleaning robot startup Lucid Bots, likes to joke that his company is the antithesis of the robotics industry right now.
While many companies are trying to build humanoids or tout demos of their robots dancing and doing flips, Lucid Bots’ drones are out in the field making traditionally unsexy and dangerous work, like cleaning windows, safer and…
Zoox expands current service area and is bringing its purpose-built robotaxi to two new cities
March 26, 2026
Robotaxi network and vehicle developer Zoox has shared some more key milestones as we sit nearly four months into its “year of growth.” That includes massive expansions to its existing network, added features for riders, and the deployment of Zoox’s purpose-built…
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…
Spend enough time in the e-bike world, and you’ll start to notice something strange: a huge amount of how we regulate micromobility comes down to one simple question – does it have pedals? That might have made sense a decade ago, but today it’s starting to look increasingly outdated.
And to be clear, this isn’t about whether having pedals is a requisite for being considered an electric…
PARIS – The Netherlands plans to place a rush order for an additional Patriot air-defense system for €940 million, or US$1.1 billion, to avoid losing its production slot and joining the tail end of a waiting list of international customers, which the Dutch government…
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…
Chinese corvette recently trained its weapons on Philippine frigate, officials confirm
March 26, 2026
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy has confirmed that an armed Chinese corvette engaged its fire control radar against a Philippine frigate this month, marking the latest escalation between the two nations in contested areas in the South China Sea.
The guided missile frigate BRP Miguel Malvar was conducting a routine sovereignty patrol near Sabina Shoal, located 75 nautical miles from…
I pushed my MacBook Neo to the limit. It didn’t break
March 26, 2026
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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…
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…
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PCWorld reports that Geekbench will warn users about Intel’s new IBOT technology in Arrow Lake Refresh processors, citing concerns over benchmark accuracy.
IBOT optimizes application code for better performance but lacks clear documentation, making benchmark providers unable to detect when it’s active or verify results.
While PCWorld testing…
