🇺🇸🇳🇴 Humanoid Maker 1X Opens New US Factory, Plans to Build 10,000 Home Robots in First Year

1X Technologies AS, the Norway-founded robotics startup backed by OpenAI, has opened a new 58,000-square-foot factory in Hayward, California, where it aims to be one of the first players to build humanoids for consumers at scale.

The facility, completed over the course of a few months, will serve as a manufacturing hub with the capacity to build 10,000 robots in its first year, according to 1X executives. The company said it plans to make 100,000 robots by the end of 2027, as it works to complete construction on a larger manufacturing facility in San Carlos, California. Shipments are expected to begin by the end of this year.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 American Flight Heads to Caracas as Commercial Flights to Venezuela Resume

American Airlines Group Inc. resumed flights to Venezuela after a seven-year hiatus, as President Donald Trump pushes to restore commercial and diplomatic ties. With Trump administration officials on hand to mark the moment, American held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Miami International Airport gate for the flight to mark the return of nonstop service to Caracas.

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Hi everyone 👋

🤑 We had an amazing time connecting with everyone at our last Q&A sessions — and we’re excited to invite you to the next Q&A + Meet & Greet Call! 🎉

⚡️ Firstly, you should pass the test and complete the course in → @QSITrainingBot.🔣Then you will get access to the channel. Here you will find a link to Q&A + Meet & Greet Call in Zoom.

We will answer not only beginner questions but also discuss lessons and takeaways you’ve learned from studying Mini Proofs video #2 on BRICS. 💬

❗️This isn’t just a call — it’s your chance to actively participate, share ideas, and gain valuable insights. Make the most of it by showing up prepared and ready to contribute.

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Don’t miss your chance to join our next call — this is a great opportunity to learn, engage, and be part of the conversation completely free of charge. 🚀

🔘Saturday, May 2 @ 9pm CDT / 4am CET / 6am GST / 12pm noon AEST 🌐

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⚡️ Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Expand Classified Military AI Use

The Pentagon has struck agreements with four more technology companies for expanded use of advanced AI tools on classified military networks. Nvidia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Reflection AI Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have all newly struck agreements with the US Defense Department “for lawful operational use.”

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🤑 Ripple Partners with Kbank to Deploy Scalable Digital Asset Wallet Infrastructure through Ripple Custody

Ripple announced a strategic partnership with Kbank, Korea’s first internet-only bank, to deploy institutional digital asset wallet infrastructure through Ripple Custody, enabling secure, scalable management of digital assets within a regulated banking environment.

🟠Kbank, Korea's most crypto-native bank and exclusive banking partner to some of the country’s largest digital asset exchanges, is expanding its institutional digital asset capabilities through multi-party computation-based wallet infrastructure designed to securely manage assets across multiple blockchain networks.

Through Ripple Custody’s wallet-as-a-service, Kbank gains bank-grade wallet infrastructure with security controls and scalability built in, enabling the bank to accelerate deployment without the cost, complexity, and operational burden of building and maintaining that infrastructure in-house. 🤝

The partnership is also expected to support Kbank’s broader strategy to expand its digital asset capabilities across custody, wallet operations, and blockchain-based financial services. By leveraging Ripple Custody, Kbank will be able to explore a more efficient model for institutional digital asset operations while maintaining the security and control required by regulated financial institutions. 🛡🔒

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⚡️ Trump threatens to raise tariffs on EU automobiles to 25 percent

President Donald Trump on Friday said he will raise tariffs on automobiles and auto parts from the European Union because the 27-country bloc is not living up to its end of a trade agreement struck last summer.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Greer Discusses ‘Board of Trade’ in Call With China’s He Lifeng

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said American officials discussed a possible “Board of Trade” in a call with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, casting it as a tool that could help manage economic ties between the two nations.

Greer and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the call “highlighted the role that a new government-to-government Board of Trade could play in optimizing bilateral trade in non-sensitive goods,” Greer said, adding that they also discussed “the importance of agricultural market access in China for US producers.”

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🤖 Roblox to Challenge Unity, Unreal Engines With New AI Software

Roblox Corp. is launching a new product Roblox Reality that will position its popular video-game creation software to better compete with Unity Software Inc. and Epic Games, whose engines are used by most big-budget game-makers.

“We want to make it easy for creators to create experiences that are multiplayer and photorealistic, and do it easily by powering it with AI,” — Chief Executive Officer Dave Baszucki said.

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🤑 Starting today, Rakuten Wallet users in Japan can convert Rakuten Points into XRP, spot trade in-app, and spend across 5M+ merchant locations.

With 44 million Rakuten Pay users and $23B in loyalty points now redeemable for XRP, this is one of the largest retail deployments of XRP as a payment method to date.

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🇺🇸 Trump Says He Will ‘Probably’ Go to G-7 Summit in France

US President Donald Trump indicated he plans to attend the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in France in June.

“Probably,” — Trump told reporters Friday at the White House when asked if he would join the gathering of representatives from the world’s richest nations.

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🆕 New panels produce hydrogen fuel using only water, sunlight and no electricity

A spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Photreon, gained significant attraction at the Hannover Messe event, where it highlighted its hydrogen production technology and presented a new photoreactor panel. The project showcased a one-square-meter prototype designed to generate hydrogen using only water and sunlight.

“We avoid the detour through electrically powered electrolysis, producing chemical energy from sunlight and water,” — said photreon co-founder Paul Kant.

This system operates independently of the electrical grid and does not require the electrolyzers typically used in green hydrogen production. By presenting this technology, the team demonstrated a method that could potentially lower the barriers to entry for decentralized hydrogen infrastructure.

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🏛 Meta Acquires Robotics AI Company to Help Build Humanoid Technology

Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup developing AI models for robots, as part of a major initiative to build humanoid technology.

The social networking giant closed the acquisition Friday. Meta said the startup is “at the frontier of robotic intelligence designed to enable robots to understand, predict and adapt to human behaviors in complex and dynamic environments.”

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⚡️ Reminder: Our next Q&A + Meet & Greet Call is coming up!

Have you already watched the video and prepared your questions? If not, there’s still time — come ready to share, ask, and explore 💬💫

❗️Firstly, you should pass the test and complete the course in → @QSITrainingBot.🔣Then you will get access to the channel. Here you will find a link to Q&A + Meet & Greet Call in Zoom.

🎓 On top of answering any basic questions you may have, there will be our next online study hall session, where we will discuss any lessons or big takeaways you’ve learned from studying the Mini Proofs video #2 on BRICS.

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🇨🇳 Chinese Court Rules Firms Can’t Lay Off Workers on AI Grounds

A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with AI systems, as authorities juggle the need to stabilize the domestic labor market with a global race to develop AI technologies.

The court decided that a tech firm in eastern China had illegally fired one of its workers after he refused to take a demotion when his job was automated by AI, according to a statement published by the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court.

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🇺🇦🇸🇰 Zelenskiy, Slovak PM Fico Keep Dialogue Open Despite Energy Rift

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico agreed to continue high-level contacts despite ongoing differences over Russian energy supplies. Following a phone call on Saturday, Fico said the leaders share an interest in maintaining “good and friendly relations” between their nations. 🤝

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🛢 OPEC+ set for another oil output quota hike despite Hormuz closure

Seven OPEC+ countries have an agreement in principle to raise ​oil output targets by about 188,000 barrels per day in June, the third consecutive monthly increase, pressing ​on with plans despite the war and the departure of the United Arab Emirates from ⁠the group this week.

The seven members meeting on Sunday ​are Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Oman. With the UAE leaving, OPEC+ includes 21 members including Iran, ​but in recent years only the seven nations plus the UAE have been involved in monthly production decisions.

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