Fujitsu's physical AI system, which allows robots to move autonomously and in coordination with one another, is showcased at the CES tech show in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The robots are made by external manufacturers. LAS VEGAS - Fujitsu showed off a foundational technology that uses artificial intelligence to develop programs for software defined vehicles (SDV), at the CES tech show in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The Japanese company's technology helps automakers and other customers design software for SDVs, which can upgrade features by updating programs but require a lot of costs and labor to develop. Fujitsu also showcased its digital twin technology, reproducing the city of Las Vegas in virtual space and showing how traffic congestion there can be eased by analyzing data on the movements of people and vehicles.

Could Ukraine hold a presidential election right now? Will Europe use frozen Russian assets to fund war? How can Ukraine rebuild China ties? 'Ukraine is running out of men, money and time' Overnight into Friday, Russia launched a large attack on Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing at least three and injuring 16 people in the capital Kyiv, according to The Associated Press news agency. Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko reported multiple districts in Kyiv were struck, including Desnyanskyi, where a drone crashed into a building and the first two floors of a residential building were damaged.

Ofcom urged to use'banning' powers over X AI deepfakes The government has urged the regulator Ofcom to use all its powers - up to and including an effective ban - against X over concerns about unlawful AI images created on the site. Ofcom's powers include the ability to obtain a court order to prevent third parties from helping the Elon Musk-owned platform from raising money or from being accessed in the UK. This follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of people. The possibility there could be sexualised images of children raised very specific concerns in government. Addressing concerns over sexualised images of adults and children produced by Grok, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: This is disgraceful.

China's humanoids were everywhere at America's top tech show An attendee shakes hands with a PaXini humanoid robot during the annual CES technology show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday. One of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's worries was on full display at technology show CES in Las Vegas this week. Chinese-made human-like robots were everywhere across the exhibition floor, playing table tennis, sweeping floors and practicing kung fu. China's latest robotics innovations were delivered to the heart of America's technology showcase, serving a constant reminder of the technological race between the world's two biggest economies. While Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices hosted keynotes touting ever faster artificial intelligence chips, a legion of budding Chinese robot creators occupied much humbler booths with machines giving life to the notion of physical AI.

Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including "hundreds" of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer identified by multiple news outlets as the federal agent who shot 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday, is a veteran deportation officer in ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations division, according to sworn testimony from the federal district court in Minnesota obtained by WIRED. A member of a Special Response Team, ICE's version of a SWAT team, he's had duties as a firearms trainer and led teams drawn from multiple federal agencies including the FBI, Ross testified. The testimony stems from a December 2025 trial related to a June incident with parallels to the interaction that led to Good's killing. In June according to Ross's testimony, he led a team seeking to apprehend a man named Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, who was on an administrative warrant for being in the United States without authorization.

The pivot doesn't look out of place at CES, where Chinese electronics companies are increasingly applying their manufacturing prowess to new industries. If you've never been to Shenzhen, China's electronics capital, the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas is the next best thing. I'm reporting this week from the sprawling event, surrounded by fancy, strange, and often unnecessary gadgets, and despite my sore legs, I've barely scratched the surface. There are at least 900 Chinese tech companies attending CES this year, almost a quarter of the total exhibitors, according to an analysis of the conference's exhibitor directory. I even saw two Chinese humanoid robots at different booths dancing to the same viral Chinese rap song five minutes apart.

Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk's chatbot was undressing her. Grok, created by Elon Musk's xAI, is now central to Twitter. So, increasingly, are its deepfakes. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Grok, the AI chatbot launched by Elon Musk after his takeover of X, unhesitatingly fulfilled a user's request on Wednesday to generate an image of Renee Nicole Good in a bikini--the woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent that morning in Minneapolis, as noted by CNN correspondent Hadas Gold and confirmed by the chatbot itself.

Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores? Elon Musk's chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other "nudify" apps--but continue to host X and Grok. Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is being used to flood X with thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors wearing minimal clothing. Some of this content appears to not only violate X's own policies, which prohibit sharing illegal content such as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), but may also violate the guidelines of Apple's App Store and the Google Play store.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Biden FTC Chair Lina Khan are facing backlash after regulatory opposition helped derail Amazon’s bid for iRobot, resulting in the Roomba maker falling into Chinese ownership.

Will Your Favorite Apps Be Along for the Ride? Tech companies are calling AI the next platform. But some developers are reluctant to let AI agents stand between them and their users. Silicon Valley giants like Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI are racing to develop "operating systems" for AI-powered devices--and 2026 is likely the year these efforts will start to take off. The devices are largely built around a future where AI agents can take actions on a user's behalf, without requiring them to visit an app or website.