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[Microsoft Developer @msdev]

Catch up on highlights from the opening keynote of Microsoft Build 2026 in 2 minutes. Hear Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other Microsoft leaders explore new opportunities in the age of AI and set the stage for what’s ahead.

[Engadget @engadget]

Apple CEO Tim Cook will take part in his last WWDC presentation on June 8. https://t.co/AUxBwUDgKJ

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

To mark Apple's 50th anniversary, Tim Cook walked WSJ inside a secret archive of prototypes and early hardware. Watch the new video to see the story of five decades in one room—including tech Cook himself had never seen.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🔥VIRAL: HUMANOID DANCING LIKE A BALLERINA 🩰

Aren't you entertained?

[SciTech Era @SciTechera]

cool

Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing and his robotics army of G1s.

These are designed for mass production at a starting price of roughly US$16,000.

This is just a beginning of an exponential era!

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

Mythos has sparked fear as artificial intelligence advances faster than it can be safely deployed. In a world where cybersecurity is becoming more important, Mythos and what it represents may present the Defense Department with a reason to reconsider https://t.co/PRPiRMHyYz

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🤖 LATEST: Figure livestreamed an 8-hour fully autonomous shift of its Figure 03 humanoid robot sorting and positioning packages for scanning.

[Haider. @haider1]

Jensen Huang says AI is not just another application; it has reinvented the entire computer industry

From chips and infrastructure to cloud services, every layer is being rebuilt

Just as the internet, Nvidia's GPUs will be everywhere, making every computer respond with intelligence

[Digital Tech News @DigitalTechNews]

Apple's first foldable iPhone is expected in September 2026 alongside iPhone 18 series, reportedly featuring a book-style design with 7.6-inch folding display, 5.3-inch cover screen, and iPad-like multitasking interface supporting side-by-side apps. #Apple #iPhone18 #Foldables

[Boston Dynamics @BostonDynamics]

Balancing commercial goals and robotics research can be tricky, but with Atlas we're making it work.

[CNET @CNET]

Ever thought about picking up a portable power station for off-grid power? These devices can bring steady power wherever you go. This video covers what they are, how to charge them, the ways you can use them, and different options such as the Anker 521 and EcoFlow Delta 3.

[Google Cloud @googlecloud]

Introducing Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform—our new platform to build, scale, govern, and optimize agents.

[Crypto Town Hall @Crypto_TownHall]

KAWASAKI UNVEILS HUMANOID ROBOT FOR DISASTER RESPONSE

Kawasaki introduced “Kaleido,” a humanoid robot built to navigate debris, climb obstacles, and assist in high-risk rescue operations.

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

AI is moving out of your computer and into humanoid robots, accompanied by big promises and billions of dollars in investment. CEOs like Jensen Huang and Elon Musk are fueling both the momentum and the hype.

More on this week's Primer https://t.co/Q7tsP7xGzi

[Forbes @Forbes]

How Eric Trump Got Rich From Bitcoin While Losing Investors A Fortune

The president’s second son pitches his bitcoin company as a money-printing machine. It’s actually an arbitrage vehicle that preys on MAGA-minded investors.
Read more: https://t.co/8srkbwc3Up

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🔥 MUSK VS. ALTMAN AI BATTLE HEADS TO COURT TODAY

Elon Musk's $134 BILLION lawsuit against OpenAI officially heads to trial TODAY in Oakland.

Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit, claims the company abandoned that mission when it shifted toward a for-profit structure after he left in 2018.

“Musk and the non-profit’s namesake objective were betrayed by Altman and his accomplices,” Musk’s original complaint said.

Musk is now seeking to:
- Revert OpenAI back to nonprofit control.
- Remove CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman
- Pursue up to $134B in damages (directed to the nonprofit, not himself)

The evidence includes hundreds of pages of emails, texts, and personal journals from the biggest names in tech.

Among the most damaging is Brockman's 2017 journal, where he wrote it would be "morally bankrupt" to convert OpenAI to a for-profit without Musk.

OpenAI counters that Musk pushed for a for-profit model himself, wanted control, left when he didn’t get it, and is now acting out of competition with his own firm, xAI.

Prediction markets give Musk a ~36% chance of winning.

If he does, OpenAI's planned Q4 2026 IPO, potentially the largest in history, could collapse overnight.

A verdict is expected by May 12th.

This is the biggest tech trial of the decade.

[CyberRobo @CyberRobooo]

500 humanoid robots replacing humans in high-voltage operations

What does that look like? Steel against steel,instead of flesh and blood.

This marks a turning point for China’s State Grid, shifting from human-based maintenance to autonomous operations.

This year, State Grid announced plans to procure 8,500 embodied AI robots, with a total budget of RMB 6.8 billion (~$1 billion). These robots will be deployed across four major scenarios: power inspection, live-line operations, emergency response, and warehouse logistics,covering more than 600 specific task scenarios.

Among them, humanoid robots for live-line operations are the most expensive and strategically critical: 500 units with a budget of RMB 2.5 billion (~$370 million). They will be deployed in distribution network live-line work and ultra-high-voltage (UHV) projects, replacing humans in high-risk tasks. Workers will transition into supervisory roles, ready to take over remotely when needed.

As early as last year, State Grid had already validated the feasibility of humanoid robots for substation inspection. Tienkung can autonomously perform inspection tasks at a State Grid substation in Beijing.

Of course, suppliers are not limited to X-Humanoid,players like Unitree, AGIBOT, DeepRobotics, UBTECH, and Fourier are all involved.

These 500 humanoid robots will also collaborate with 5,000 inspection quadruped robots and 3,000 dual-arm wheeled robots for indoor substation maintenance,together forming an intelligent, automated, and collaborative network for autonomous grid operations.

What does this change?

According to State Grid, each embodied AI unit can save RMB 500,000 to 800,000 (~$70,000–$110,000) in annual labor costs, with a payback period of around 2–3 years. Inspection efficiency increases by 5x, fault response time is reduced by 60%, and power supply reliability improves by 0.5 percentage points.

More importantly, over 90% of human exposure to high-risk operations can be eliminated, reducing safety incidents by 80%.

At another level, for humanoid robot companies, the center of R&D and iteration is shifting to the customer site. Real-world physical interaction becomes the fastest feedback loop,accelerating innovation and evolution.

And 8,500 units are just the beginning of scaled deployment. Based on current plans, embodied AI robots will cover 30% of key areas in State Grid by 2026, 80% of high-risk operation scenarios by 2027, and enable fully autonomous operations by 2030.

The demand roadmap is clear: define use cases ->deploy at scale->improve models and robots->expand further. 8,500… 50,000… 100,000…

But remember,power grids are just one part of China’s vast infrastructure system. The experience of autonomous robotic operations here can be replicated across other sectors, such as broader energy systems.

That, in itself, is another story.

P.S.The video shows Tienkung 1.0 autonomously performing substation inspection tasks (2025).

[Forbes @Forbes]

How France’s Mistral Built A $14 Billion AI Empire By Not Being American
Read more: https://t.co/qtMTInT9kz

[Reuters Business @ReutersBiz]

Amazon will invest up to $25 billion in AI startup Anthropic, which plans to spend over $100 billion on Amazon's cloud technologies over the next decade https://t.co/v0t1ZXtwau

[The Associated Press @AP]

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker’s hardware leader John Ternus.