Google fixes fourth Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks in 2026

The Vicarious Surgical board of directors wants to close the struggling surgical robotics developer as soon as next week. The board is asking shareholders to approve their plan to dissolve and liquidate the business at a special meeting scheduled for July 21, but said it can not predict how much (if anything) investors would recover…

Humanoid robot surgeons perform first-ever remote surgery, raising AI privacy concerns A medical breakthrough was achieved as UC San Diego doctors successfully utilized $20,000 humanoid robots to perform remote gallbladder surgery on a pig. This development highlights the potential for artificial intelligence to address surgeon shortages and improve access to care globally. The discussion also…

Tech startup Walden Robotics on Wednesday launched from stealth mode, saying it will deploy humanoid robots into real production environments in manufacturing and logistics, “doing useful work side-by-side with people.” Massachusetts-based Walden Robotics said its general-purpose robots can continuously learn and improve while performing real work. The firm says that approach enables skilled team members…

PepsiCo is operating 35 autonomous trucks commercially, while Volvo plans to achieve full automation by the first quarter of 2027. Amazon is introducing a new warehouse robot, marking a significant trend in supply chain automation with increased use of autonomous trucks, warehouse robots, and drones. A cluster of long-anticipated milestones landed within days of each…

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