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OpenAI’s head of robotics, Caitlin Kalinowski, has resigned and publicly explained why. In a LinkedIn post, she said AI can support national security, but she drew a hard line at surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization, arguing those issues needed more deliberation. Her exit lands in the middle of broader criticism over OpenAI’s Pentagon work. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged the company’s rushed Defense Department agreement “looked opportunistic and sloppy,” which added fuel to internal and public backlash. Why this resignation matters for AI and robotics Robotics is where AI stops being “software”…

Apple’s new bargain vibe may not last. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reportedly calls the MacBook Neo an outlier, not the beginning of a sustained push into low-end pricing. He says Apple is preparing a wave of “superpremium” products that will sit above today’s Pro tiers, even if Apple doesn’t stamp every one with the “Ultra” name. That means Apple could end up doing both at once: offer one attention-grabbing budget laptop while building a higher ceiling for buyers who want (and can afford) the most expensive version of everything. What “Ultra-Tier” Might Mean for Mac, iPhone, and AirPods Gurman’s reporting suggests…

I love chess, and I also lose to my phone more often than I want to admit. That’s why “Taser Chess” sounds like the kind of unhinged invention that might force better habits—by punishing mistakes with a jolt. A maker who goes by Everything is Hacked built exactly that: a chessboard that delivers an electric shock when you blunder, hesitate, or break basic rules. The idea came from a simple motivation: stop getting embarrassed by street chess hustlers. The execution, though, turns chess practice into a behavior experiment—where every bad decision gets immediate negative feedback. How Taser Chess Works: Stockfish…

Global debt surged by about $29 trillion in 2025, marking the biggest annual rise since the pandemic era, and pushing total world debt to a new record of $348 trillion, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF). The IIF links the surge to governments and companies spending heavily on national security and the accelerating AI infrastructure buildout, with AI-related investment emerging as a fresh driver of borrowing and capital markets activity. AI and defense spending are reshaping the debt cycle The IIF notes that public borrowing did most of the heavy lifting in 2025, as governments expanded deficits and…

Touchscreen MacBook Pro rumors refuse to die—and now the reporting has sharpened. Multiple outlets citing Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman say Apple is preparing OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro models targeted for late 2026. Apple reportedly won’t sell the MacBook Pro as an iPad replacement. Instead, the company may let you use touch as much or as little as you want, mixing taps and gestures with the usual trackpad-and-cursor workflow. OLED + Dynamic Island: an iPhone-like screen on a Mac The rumored display shift sounds very “iPhone-coded.” Reports claim the MacBook Pro could adopt an OLED panel and a Dynamic Island-style cutout at…

MWC 2026 starts March 2–5 in Barcelona, and the show is again shaping up as the launchpad for bold hardware from brands like Honor, Xiaomi, and Huawei.This year, one teaser has grabbed attention: Honor’s “Robot Phone,” a device that looks like a normal phone until its motorized, gimbal-style camera module starts moving like a tiny companion. Leaks and promos suggest the camera “head” can tilt and track, giving it a Pixar-style personality vibe. But details remain thin, and Honor may treat it as a concept demo rather than a mass-market product. Honor Robot Phone: What the Moving Camera Might Actually…

When I started making music on a computer, I lived inside FL Studio. I leaned hard on Edison, the sampler that let me carve old songs into usable loops with filters and patience. Back then, isolating vocals or instruments felt like a slow, manual craft—and I accepted it because I had limited tools. Today, a $250 gadget like the JBL Bandbox Solo shows how much the workflow has changed. It doesn’t try to “replace” creativity. It removes friction, so you can spend more time practicing and less time wrestling with audio. JBL Bandbox Solo: Bluetooth Speaker + Practice Amp in…

AMD and Meta have signed a multi-year, multi-generation partnership to expand Meta’s AI infrastructure and speed up development of its next wave of models. Under the agreement, Meta plans to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD AI compute, anchored by AMD’s Instinct GPU roadmap and supported by AMD’s EPYC server CPUs. AMD says it will begin initial shipments for a first 1-gigawatt deployment in the second half of 2026 and will supply customized parts optimized for Meta’s workloads. Deal structure: chips now, equity later (if AMD hits milestones) This partnership doesn’t just move hardware—it ties delivery to ownership upside.…

AI agents moved from demos to daily tools in the past year. OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic now ship agents that run multi-step tasks, and open-source projects like OpenClaw show how fast autonomy can spread—along with new security risks. MIT CSAIL’s 2025 AI Agent Index tries to measure what’s actually happening in the wild. The index reviews 30 agentic systems using 45 public fields across safety, autonomy, ecosystem behavior, and evaluation, based on a snapshot as of Dec. 31, 2025. What the Index Finds: Capability Outruns Transparency The index says releases accelerate quickly: 24 of 30 agents shipped or received major…