Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas is now tossing tool bags around a (fake) construction site

Iran Rejects US 'Excessive Demands' - But Next Talks Scheduled For Wednesday After the third round of indirect US-Iran talks held in Geneva on Thursday, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi - who was the chief mediator - cited "significant progress" - which echoed the generally positive assessment of the Iranian side. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi initially declared, "We reached agreement on some issues, and there are differences regarding some other issues. It was decided that the next round of negotiations will take place soon, in less than a week." He acknowledged that it was...

Former Brazilian Intelligence Chief Detained By ICE In Florida Authored by Charis Summers via The Epoch Times, Alexandre Ramagem, a former chief of the Brazilian intelligence agency and a close ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Orlando, Florida. Ramagem was chief of the ABIN intelligence agency from 2019 until 2022, when he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, representing Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party. In September 2025, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in an attempted coup in...

Meta To Lay Off Hundreds Of Workers Today As AI Pivot Accelerates Meta Platforms is laying off a few hundred employees today as its workforce restructuring continues, following years of terrible metaverse bets and overhiring during the Covid era. Reports of another round of layoffs surfaced earlier this month, and just last week, Meta shut down Horizon Worlds, its virtual reality social network for Quest headsets. The Information reports that a few hundred employees will be let go today as part of the company's effort to reposition itself in the AI...