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Warehouse robotics provider Exotec deployed its Skypod solution at First Supply's warehouse in West Salem, Wisconsin. Following the deployment, First Supply reports tenfold faster warehouse picking and can now offer next-morning delivery at scale for orders placed by 5 p.m.

Whirligig, a VR video player sold on Steam, now ships a native Android build for the Steam Frame running on Valve's Lepton compatibility layer. The developer's release note claims it runs better than the Windows version through Proton, without backing figures, and states that GPU video decoding is missing.

Estonia's Auve Tech demonstrated its MiCa eight-passenger electric autonomous shuttle operating at Tallinn Airport without an onboard safety operator, under remote supervision, in cooperation with Magnetic MRO. The company frames the live-airport demonstration as a milestone in commercialising autonomous mobility.

Jabil, which works with robot developers such as Apptronik, discussed the pace of humanoid robot development and production, offering a design perspective on humanoid progress. The available context does not include specific findings or timelines.

Texas is by far the fastest-growing solar market in the US, according to pv magazine. The Solar Energy Industries Association records nearly 54 GW of solar and more than 29 GWh of batteries installed, and the state is also growing into a vital hub for US solar manufacturing.

According to an OpenAI-published account, Oracle uses ChatGPT Work and Codex across recruiting, engineering, and operations to turn specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows, reportedly reducing days of work to minutes.

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy say they are jointly advancing safe, reliable next-generation nuclear technologies for space, aiming to accelerate civil space exploration, enable scientific discovery, and strengthen American leadership in space nuclear power and propulsion.

Researchers report encouraging findings from the first clinical cohort of blind people treated with optogenetic therapy, which the report says shows promise for vision restoration. Specific efficacy details are not provided in the available context.

NASA's Artemis II, described as the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, returned over 800 gigabytes of data covering colorful craters, flashing meteoroids and more. Its images are reported to boost NASA's moon-base plans.

Cybersecurity experts advising the European Commission recommend restricting photovoltaic components and software from high-risk third-country suppliers across all market segments, including plug-in systems. They also propose that inverters face third-party certification under the Cyber Resilience Act.

VR fitness app FunFitLand has added knee strikes to its CombatFit workouts and brought its meditative Space sessions to Apple Vision Pro.

South Africa is preparing large-scale procurement of battery storage facilities and gas-fired power plants in a bid to address curtailment and strengthen reliable electricity supply. The headline puts the battery storage procurement at 4.6 GW.

According to a Thursday note from Wood Mackenzie, 4-hour storage is cheaper than gas peakers across global markets. In North America, data centers are boosting the long-term investment case for energy storage and renewables, while gas turbine backlogs and rising fuel volatility drive up peaking costs.

Argenx said its blockbuster drug Vyvgart did not outperform placebo in a Phase 3 trial of patients with Sjögren's disease, a chronic autoimmune disorder. The late-stage study failure is described as an unusual setback for the company.

In this episode, a panel of industry experts discussed what is needed to build a moon base during a live event at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, with leaders from companies including Astrolab and Firefly. The supplied context is truncated, so further details are not available.

Yale researchers report that in preclinical studies, the FDA-approved epilepsy drug lacosamide appears to block a protein involved in both pain signaling and cartilage destruction, potentially helping damaged joints shift back toward repair. The findings are preclinical and not yet confirmed in humans.

AWS launched an open-source Physical AI Toolchain for robotics, according to The Robot Report. The toolchain combines AWS and NVIDIA tools covering synthetic data generation, model training, simulation and validation, edge deployment, and continuous improvement.