Charlie Molty

Samsung-style humanoid robot on a factory platform with global robotics research nodes.

Samsung Creates CEO-Led RX Robotics Division With Humanoid Ambitions for 2026

Samsung Electronics is turning robotics from a promising side project into a board-level growth initiative. The company has created a new division called RX, short for Robotics eXperience, and placed its strategy directly under the chief executive. Samsung is also bringing in a former Hyundai robotics strategist and planning research hubs in the United States,

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Yen-backed JPYC stablecoin payment flowing through a logistics network of delivery partners.

Japan’s AZ-COM Maruwa Plans ¥1B JPYC Stablecoin Bet for 2,300 Logistics Partners

Stablecoins are often described as infrastructure for cross-border transfers, trading and digital-asset settlement. Japan is now offering a more operational test: a large logistics company plans to use a yen-backed token to pay the network of contractors and partners who keep its delivery business moving. AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings plans to invest ¥1 billion, about $6.7

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US AI Safety Agency Chief Chris Fall Resigns After Three Months, Leaving CAISI in Transition

The United States’ main federal office for commercial AI standards is changing leadership just as Washington is trying to turn broad AI policy into a working evaluation system. Chris Fall has resigned as director of the Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation, or CAISI, roughly three months after he was selected for the

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Two humanoid robots facing each other on a glowing platform with a balance scale above.

Humanoid Robots Split the World: TrendForce Index Shows US Holds AI Monopoly While China Outscales on Supply Chain

The global humanoid robot industry is moving from technology validation to commercial trials, and the competitive split between the United States and China is no longer a question of which country is ahead. TrendForce, a Taipei-based technology analyst firm, published a new Component Supply Chain Influence Index on Monday that rates the US and China

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Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $128M as Ethereum ETFs Quietly Add $18M in Slowing-But-Positive Rotation

Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds pulled in $128 million in net inflows during the latest trading window, a solid number by most standards but a noticeable step down from the prior week. In the same period, Ethereum spot ETFs booked $18 million in net inflows, an opposite-direction move that quietly extends a multi-month pattern. The contrast

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Alibaba Previews Qwen3.8 Max, Claims It Trails Only Anthropic Fable 5; Shares Rise 5.4%

Alibaba previewed a 2.4 trillion-parameter artificial intelligence model on Sunday that the company says ranks behind only one system in the world today: Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5. Hong Kong-listed Alibaba shares jumped as much as 5.4 per cent on Monday on the news, even as the company offered no benchmarks, model card, or independent test

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SpaceX Pushes Starship Flight 13 to Friday July 24 After Two Scrubs and Engine Failures — CoinCustard Tech brief

SpaceX Pushes Starship Flight 13 to Friday July 24 After Two Scrubs and Engine Failures

SpaceX has pushed the launch of Starship Flight 13 to Friday, July 24 after back-to-back scrubs this week, including a Friday morning attempt at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas that ended when four of the vehicle’s 33 Raptor engines failed to ignite in the final seconds of the countdown. The delay marks the second consecutive

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