CES 2026: Follow live for the best, weirdest, most interesting tech as this robot and AI-heavy event wraps up

CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and ...
Retail Dive

Walmart: This year, AI tinkering ‘becomes transformation’

ORLANDO, Fla. — Walmart hasn’t been shy about its AI ambitions. The retail giant announced an AI framework centered around four super agents over the summer, enabled purchases within ChatGPT this fall ...
New Atlas

LG’s housekeeper robot designed to automate your daily chores

LG has debuted a home robot that's designed to cook, clean, and manage chores using advanced Physical AI. Part of LG's "Zero Labor Home" vision, the wheeled humanoid features dexterous hands and ...
The Verge

AI moves into the real world as companion robots and pets

Sometimes AI doesn’t need to be a know-it-all, it just wants to keep you company. Sometimes AI doesn’t need to be a know-it-all, it just wants to keep you company. is a London-based reporter at The ...
Hosted on MSN

Walmart to harness AI for edge in big box competition

Daniel Danker, Walmart EVP of AI Acceleration, Product and Design sits down with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde at CES in Las Vegas to discuss the AI technology that Walmart is developing to increase ...
Hosted on MSN

Walmart has not only embraced robotics, but broadened out exposure with AI tools, expert reveals

Laffer Tengler Investments CEO and CIO Nancy Tengler addresses Walmart's 2025 performance as the year comes to an end on 'The Claman Countdown.' Supreme Court delivers major blow to Trump-era rule ...
CNET

Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen

Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need it. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home ...
CNET

Dreaming of a Truly Helpful Home Humanoid Robot? CES Will Bring Us All a Reality Check

Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent, covering tech policy and Big Tech in the EU and UK. Unofficially, she serves as CNET's Taylor ...
Futurism

Man Operating Robot Accidentally Makes It Kick Him Directly in the Nutsack

In a now viral video, a man controlling a Unitree robot accidentally made the humanoid kick him right in the groin, forcing him into a groaning heap while painfully and visually embodying the promise ...

From humanoid robots to agentic AI, I learned what retail insiders are buzzing about at a major industry conference

AI and innovation — from humanoid robots to agents — dominated the conversation at the National Retail Federation's Big Show ...
BGR

One Of The Most Terrifying AI Movies Is Streaming On HBO Max

There may never be a better time to watch (or rewatch) Alex Garland's "Ex Machina" than in 2026, now that it's streaming on HBO Max. The 2015 film quickly became a cult classic, a sci-fi thriller that ...