@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-01-20 04:48:00
Humanoide Roboter: Airbus-Bestellung beflügelt UBTech-Aktie
Der Name Airbus lässt die Aktie der chinesischen Roboter-Firma UBTech gedeihen. Was genau dahintersteckt, ist unklar.
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@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-20 15:37:33
Last month, students at Montclair State University in New Jersey held a mock funeral outside the university’s college of humanities and social sciences building.
Carrying bouquets of flowers,
they stood by a tombstone inscribed with the names of the school’s 15 departments, including English, history and sociology.
“We are gathered here today, in front of the humble home of CHSS, Dickson Hall, to mourn the death of the social sciences and humanities at the hands of the MSU…
@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social2026-02-19 14:06:52
reminder that all the MIDIs I've used on @… are available from my HamieNET profile! http://www.hamienet.com/member/GroupNebula5…
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-01-20 16:39:16
On the "This is not good news" front, let's not ignore this:
‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/universities-huma…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-01-20 16:39:16
On the "This is not good news" front, let's not ignore this:
‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/universities-huma…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-19 06:35:53
Shenzhen-based UBTech signed deals to supply its Walker S2 humanoid robots to Airbus and Texas Instruments, and says it aims to produce 10,000 units in 2026 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-19/air…
@outer@mas.to2025-12-20 19:59:30
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-01-16 13:14:45
"For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair?" @ Katina Magazine https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/for-researchers-in-the-humanities-is-open-really-fair "The open …
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2026-02-19 16:01:56
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-19 11:40:40
Q&A with FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam, only the second CEO in the company's history, on humanoid robots, automation, AI, drones, US-China trade tensions, and more (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/fedex-raj-subramaniam.html…
