The company has announced a UK trial with autonomous delivery company Starship, starting in Sheffield and Leeds. It’s Uber’s first delivery bot trial in Europe, after tests in various US cities.
Starship’s robots aren’t new to the region though — one even delivered dinner to my colleague Tom way back in 2017.
Nathan is jumping to Linux, pushed to the brink by AI agents and Copilot, tempted by the promise of better gaming through Bazzite. This is it, guys.
captobie:
...,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024, 2025 will be the year of Linux!
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When Honor first revealed its outlandishly named Robot Phone — really a smartphone with a flip-out DJI Osmo Pocket-esque camera arm built into the back — it was only in a slick CGI video. Now it’s shown off prototype hardware at its Honor User Carnival in China, suggesting this concept is one step closer to reality.
Just about every response to the Echo Aviation Controller, with its jumble of levers and dials, takes a similar tone. It “looks so dumb,” it’s “got extreme doohicky vibes,” it’s “the game controller version of a Bop-It.” But we all want it.
Bazirker:
This looks like an absolute abomination of a device and I can’t wait to buy one
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It’s without a head chef, as Eric Greenspan cuts ties after his 15 minutes of fame (infamy?) to open Jewish deli Mish.
The diner opened in July, drawing protests, and scrapped half its menu within a month. More changes are coming, with plans to convert to a full-service restaurant by January.
[Los Angeles Times]
