Netflix will soon let customers make their own customized gaming avatars through the acquisition of Ready Player Me, an avatar-creation platform.

After shifting its gaming strategy to focus more on games played on the TV, Netflix announced it’s acquiring Ready Player Me, ...

Roblox, one of the most popular gaming apps in the world, is preparing to roll out a new mandatory safety feature.  ...

Humanoid robots are having a moment. Companies are racing to build the market for robots, with Tesla's Optimus set to enter mass production next year. Morgan Stanley analysts identified 25 companies ...

Humanoid, a London-based robotics developer, has announced the HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal. This is the company’s first humanoid robot, which it built from an initial design to working prototype in just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I explore humans, technologies, and what’s next. Dec 01, 2025, 01:14pm EST As factories finalize 2026 budgets, a costly choice ...

IRON doesn’t try to be strong. It tries to be human. That’s the real leap.XPENG/YT We have all heard about the robot that had to be cut to confirm that there was no human inside. When XPENG unveiled ...

A humanoid robot just walked its way into the record books, completing 106 kilometers (66 miles) from Suzhou to Shanghai, while hotswapping its own batteries. The AgiBot A2 became the first machine to ...

XPeng’s humanoid robot IRON went viral after the company cut it open on stage to prove it wasn’t human. We saw it up close at a private demo — here’s how it looks and moves in person, and what XPeng’s ...

Goldman Sachs analyst says humanoid robot demand will soar in 2026. But there are two distinct reasons why TSLA shares may not benefit. Tesla stock is currently up more than 90% versus its ...

Behind a nondescript metal door in the Mission District, marked only with the symbol “π,” a new robotics startup is pushing toward one of Silicon Valley’s most ambitious goals: giving machines the ...