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20 textsHomeBody robot runs GPT-6 Astra directly, no trained control layer
Stanford and Caltech researchers have built HomeBody, a system that lets a Unitree G1 robot tidy an unfamiliar kitchen by calling a vision-language model directly into a skill library, according to The Decoder on 27 September.
A $1.7M Gold Mini PC and a New Inference Cost Calculator: What AI Hardware Really Costs
On 27 September, Tom's Hardware reported that a collector ordered a solid 24-carat gold Kubb Fanless mini PC for around $1.7 million. A new browser-based inference cost calculator went live to help developers price the AI boom that is driving such excesses.
Fusion in 2026: Helion's D-T plasma, ITER's delays and a $100M stellarator bet
Helion says its Polaris prototype became the first privately developed fusion machine to run on deuterium-tritium fuel, reaching plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius. The company announced the result on 13 February 2026. Two other data points from the same year tell a different story: ITER's $22 billion construction programme in southern France, and a $100 million Series B for stellarator developer Thea Energy.