Mirumi is adorable. But living with it reminded me of the limits to the companionship a social robot can provide. is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 ...

Global leaders are gathering in Davos, Switzerland, from Monday to Friday for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, with dialogue and coordination taking center stage amid growing calls for ...

CES always brings robots – some useful, some confusing, some that feel like movie props that wandered into the wrong conference. In 2026, there’s a real shift: Robots aren’t trying to be sci-fi ...

CLOiD, LG's robot butler, was unveiled on the CES show floor. We saw it do some light baking, laundry folding and milk fetching. David Watsky Managing Editor / Home and Kitchen David lives in Brooklyn ...

The annual CES trade show is here, shining a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026. The multi-day event, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, kicks off this week ...

In 2025, the Jetsons fantasy of a robot butler stopped feeling like retro-sci fi kitsch and started looking—if you squint through a teleoperator’s VR headset—almost plausible. Meanwhile, investors ...

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 ...

A new year is almost here, and you know what that means: The world's largest annual tech event is starting in just a few days. Yep, CES 2026 is scheduled to kick off on January 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada, ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a company called Sunday Robotics, made coffee in an open-plan kitchen ...

Mojang Studios announced Tuesday it will eliminate code obfuscation in Minecraft: Java Edition, marking a significant shift in how the company distributes the game to its modding community. The change ...