Top stories in tech today: – Meta snaps up AI startup Manus for $2B
– OpenAI hunts ‘head of preparedness’ – Nest co-founder’s Mill snags Whole Foods deal
– Nvidia and Samsung test AI hardware at CES
– Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
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Meta acquires Manus, OpenAI seeks preparedness lead, AI hardware advances
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SafeHaven: Edge AI Home Security Without Cloud
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30% of home break-ins happen through unlocked doors. Shashi Bhat’s #SmarterSpaces project, SafeHaven, will use edge AI to watch over garages, doors & backyards — with zero cloud. Alerts you. Even acts for you.
All local. All private. https://
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BasePower Company Explainer Overview
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very cool @basepowerco explainer https://t.co/RG7N9ahCZf
— Packy McCormick (@packyM) 30 décembre 2025very cool @basepowerco explainer
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Mixture of Experts Architecture Powering Frontier AI Models
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Why are the world’s leading models built on mixture of experts?
— NVIDIA AI (@NVIDIAAI) 29 décembre 2025
Ian Buck, Vice President of Hyperscale and HPC at NVIDIA, unpacks the architecture powering today’s frontier AI and how extreme co-design is driving smarter models at lower cost.
🎧 Listen to the NVIDIA AI Podcast… pic.twitter.com/DBMFNDAIQ0Why are the world’s leading models built on mixture of experts? Ian Buck, Vice President of Hyperscale and HPC at NVIDIA, unpacks the architecture powering today’s frontier AI and how extreme co-design is driving smarter models at lower cost. Listen to the NVIDIA AI Podcast
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Robotics Revolution: AI, 3D Printing, and Technological Evolution
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The #Robotics revolution continues, powered by advancing #AI, improved #3D printing, an unstable #Megatrend of technological advancement; Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and Moore’s Law need more contemplation. pic.twitter.com/tilPlcN9cZ
— Mike Quindazzi (@MikeQuindazzi) 29 décembre 2025The #Robotics revolution continues, powered by advancing #AI, improved #3D printing, an unstable #Megatrend of technological advancement; Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and Moore’s Law need more contemplation.
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MIT System Transforms Natural Language Into Physical Robot-Built Objects
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Speak an idea. Watch a robot build it.
We’re getting closer to a world where intent becomes physical reality. MIT researchers just demonstrated a system where natural language turns directly into assembled objects — no CAD tools, no programming, no manufacturing background -
MiniMax M2.1 Powers Robot Dog with 230B Parameter Sparse MoE
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MiniMax M2.1 × Vbot is super-powered in action! This AI agent model (230B params, sparse MoE) controls a physical robot dog seamlessly—virtual training to real-world navigation, coding, & multimodal mastery.
— Futurepedia – Learn to Leverage AI (@futurepedia_io) 29 décembre 2025
Speedy, efficient, rivals Claude Sonnet.#MiniMaxM21 #AIRobotics pic.twitter.com/Hji1KAuIgzMiniMax M2.1 × Vbot is super-powered in action! This AI agent model (230B params, sparse MoE) controls a physical robot dog seamlessly—virtual training to real-world navigation, coding, & multimodal mastery. Speedy, efficient, rivals Claude Sonnet. #MiniMaxM21 #AIRobotics
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Frontier AI Data Center Capacity Growth Expected in 2026
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Frontier AI data center capacity, based on data collected by @EpochAIResearch. It doesn't include every single one, as they focus on the largest ones.
— Peter Gostev (@petergostev) 29 décembre 2025
Few things stand out:
– 2026 will have a huge amount of cpacity come online
– Anthropic will lead at some early points in… pic.twitter.com/lJfxjMc87JFrontier AI data center capacity, based on data collected by @EpochAIResearch
. It doesn't include every single one, as they focus on the largest ones. Few things stand out: – 2026 will have a huge amount of cpacity come online – Anthropic will lead at some early points in -
Robotic Suit Clarification: Wearable Equipment Not Real Robot
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You can buy the suit and put it on as the person in the video has done. It’s not a real robot. https://t.co/AOGLEwjobO
— AI (@DeepLearn007) 28 décembre 2025You can buy the suit and put it on as the person in the video has done. It’s not a real robot.
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IoT Device Security: Local Network Pairing and Physical Authentication
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Yes I should clarify in case it wasn't clear – You have to 1) be connected on the same wifi local network and then 2) you have to physically hold a button on the control panel to complete the pairing process and get auth. (But I'm also sure many IoT devices out there don't.)