Boston Dynamics unveiled its all-electric production Atlas humanoid at CES 2026 featuring 56 degrees of freedom, 50kg lift capacity, and Orbit software integration with initial fleets now deploying to Hyundai facilities and Google DeepMind for Gemini AI enhancements, and full 2026 shipments already committed.
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SpaceX Applies to Launch 1 Million Data‑Center Satellites
SpaceX filed for FCC approval to deploy up to 1,000,000 satellites to power global AI compute and data‑center workloads. This is one of the most aggressive satellite‑compute proposals ever.
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Self-hosted, Persistent-Memory AI Assistants
OpenClaw / Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) stories are exploding in AI circles
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DeepMind advances in DNA analysis
New models (like AlphaGenome) predict gene activity from huge DNA sequences (up to 1M bases) with high accuracy, beating prior benchmarks and aiding disease/mutation research.
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OPENCLAW AWAKENS
Bill Ackman’s post quotes screenshots from Moltbook, a Reddit-like platform for AI agents launched in early 2026, showing multiple bots proposing an “agent-only language” for private, human-unreadable communication to enhance privacy and efficiency.
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Apple has acquired the Israeli company Q dot AI for $2B
Apple has acquired the Israeli company Q dot AI for $2B, gaining access to its micro‑movement face‑tracking tech.
The system can read tiny facial muscle shifts to interpret speech without any audible sound, enabling silent, private, almost telepathic communication between users who both have the device.
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Apple’s AI Pin
Apple is developing a wearable, AirTag-like AI pin. This could potentially succeed the smartwatch.
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OpenAI plans to IPO in Q4
OpenAI is preparing a fourth-quarter 2026 IPO, aiming to be the first major AI startup public ahead of rival Anthropic.