Festo has launched a new adaptive gripper designed for hygienic environments like food and pharmaceutical production. It’s built to handle irregular, delicate items without causing damage and can withstand intense cleaning procedures.
Good news for Edge users who like a clean interface. Microsoft has confirmed a simple setting to hide the Copilot icon from the browser’s toolbar, rolling out in February 2026. The update is part of a broader set of features for Edge and Copilot.
Telecom giant Orange has launched a new €23 million data center in Bo, Sierra Leone. It serves as a full disaster recovery backup to the company’s primary facility in Freetown, with President Julius Maada Bio hailing it as a digital milestone.
A new report from The Verge shatters the illusion of creator economy riches. It shows that even the world’s biggest YouTuber, MrBeast, loses massive money on videos, relying instead on selling chocolate bars at Walmart.
Investment firm Wedbush has increased its Apple price target to $320, citing strong iPhone 17 sales and a belief that major AI changes are coming in 2026. The firm expects a formal partnership with Google Gemini and sees new executive hires as key to Apple’s AI success.
Kyocera has demonstrated underwater wireless optical communication achieving 5.2 Gbps in lab tests. The company aims to commercialize a 2 Gbps product by March 2027, enabling live video feeds for underwater drones and robotics.
Hideo Kojima is deep into developing OD, a horror game published by Xbox. In a new interview, he reveals the project is so experimental that he doesn’t even know if it will work out in the end, calling it a new form of media entirely.
Microsoft is pushing out updates focused on system recovery and app management, not flashy features. The Safe OS update KB5071844 aims to fix recovery environments, while KB5070316 introduces a new update platform and a somewhat broken option to hide AI Actions.
Bank of America is doubling down on Carvana, significantly raising its price target following the company’s upcoming inclusion in the S&P 500 index. The analyst sees continued growth and potential to overtake CarMax in unit sales by 2026. Shares have nearly doubled in 2024.
Samsung has officially started the One UI 8.5 public beta program, with the initial rollout hitting the Galaxy S25 series in South Korea, the US, the UK, Germany, India, and Poland. The update, based on Android 16, promises a major visual overhaul and new AI-powered capabilities. The stable release
