Anduril is considering building a 5-million-square-foot manufacturing plant, known as Arsenal-1, in Arizona, Ohio, or Texas, which will employ thousands of people and produce tens of thousands of autonomous military systems annually.

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Researchers at UC Berkeley and ETH Zurich used generative AI to train a $120 robot arm to clean a spill in four days, utilizing a visual language model for human-robot interaction.

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Indonesia has banned sales of Google Pixel smartphones due to failing to meet local content requirements, following a similar ban on Apple's iPhone 16.

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US drone maker Skydio is facing a battery shortage due to Chinese sanctions, which bar Chinese companies from doing business with Skydio, affecting its global supply chain.

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Oura acquires Sparta Science, a health tracking startup, marking its third acquisition in two years. The technology will be integrated into Oura's B2B offering, Oura Business, to expand its metabolic health/diabetes monitoring capabilities.

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Meta is partnering with GelSight and Wonik Robotics to commercialize tactile sensors for AI, developing a robot hand called Digit 360 with human-level multimodal sensing capabilities.

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Nothing's CEO Carl Pei believes building its own operating system is challenging, and most phone makers prefer to use Android, which is widely available. Huawei's attempt to create its own OS, Harmony OS, was also difficult due to geopolitical restrictions.

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The European Union will review Nvidia's $700 million acquisition of Run-ai after Italy's competition regulators requested a review under EU Merger Regulation.

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Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot is showcased in a video wearing a Halloween costume, highlighting the benefits of humanoid robots in navigating human-designed environments.

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Carl Pei, founder of successful mobile company OnePlus, has started a new hardware firm called Nothing in London. The goal of Nothing is to make the traditional smartphone industry more fun and less top-heavy. Pei discusses how he founded Nothing and built it from the ground up.

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