AI & RoboticsNews

AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars

October 16, 2026
Rivian recently rolled out an AI assistant that lets drivers and passengers interact with the company’s electric vehicles just by talking to them. But the carmaker’s founder and CEO, RJ Scaringe, said at TechCrunch Disrupt this week that, in the future, Rivian’s cars will be able to run AI agents made by other companies like Anthropic. “That’s where it becomes…
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A photographer paid hundreds in baggage fees just to pack lights, so he created a water-bottle-sized light that unfurls into a 21-inch light, no softbox required

October 16, 2026
The larger the light source, the softer and more flattering the light is – but the larger it is to pack. When one photographer and YouTuber paid more than US$500 in airline baggage fees just to get his lights to a shoot, he started sketching solutions. Now seven years later, that sketch has turned into a light that fits in a water bottle holder but unfurls to act almost like a 21-inch…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

The world record for the longest electric motorcycle ride has just been obliterated

October 16, 2026
The world record for the longest journey on an electric motorcycle on a single charge has just been absolutely demolished. And it was done so by a Zero Motorcycles rider traveling 436.5 km (271.2 miles) before finally running out of juice. The ride, completed by Belgian rider Jelle Verstaen aboard a Zero DS electric motorcycle, earned a new Guinness World Records title and blew past the previous…
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DefenseNews

Acting US Army secretary creates task force for HVAC repairs

October 16, 2026
HVAC problems, particularly air conditioning breakdowns, are not uncommon for U.S. soldiers residing in barracks. This summer, mechanical problems with a water treatment plant in Hawaii left thousands of soldiers at multiple Army installations on Oahu without central air conditioning. Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, experienced five to six weeks of unbearably hot temperatures in their rooms last…
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