Shipments of smartwatches with edge AI features leaped 70% in the first quarter of 2026, with Apple overwhelmingly leading the charge, according to Counterpoint Research. This market is taking off as health-focused users gain access to deeper insights through AI advancements, and as brands lean on wearables to offset weak smartphone sales.
Mistral AI has introduced its first robotics navigation model, extending the French AI startup's push into physical AI and industrial automation.
Ennoconn Technologies said its June 2026 revenue set a new high, with monthly, quarterly, and cumulative results all reaching record levels as demand for AI and smart applications lifted the industrial PC maker's performance. Looking ahead, the company said its order backlog remains high, and that continued demand for physical AI and the digital transformation of industry is supporting its growth momentum.
China's LineShine supercomputer debuted at No. 1 on the June 2026 TOP500 list, announced at the ISC 2026 conference in Hamburg, becoming the first system to sustain more than two exaflops on the standard HPL benchmark using CPUs only. The result marks the first time since 2017 that a China-based system has led the TOP500 ranking, and reflects Beijing's effort to present a frontier computing system built around domestic processors, interconnects, and software.
Getting humanoid robots into factories and warehouses has always depended on two things: making them smart enough to be useful and safe enough to work alongside people.
AI and smart applications are pushing handheld devices beyond barcode scanning and data entry, transforming them into intelligent terminals that combine edge computing, cloud management and vertical applications.
Robotics has progressed rapidly in the past few years, but major obstacles — including data collection and trust infrastructure — remain barriers to widespread deployment. This was the takeaway from a recent panel of robotics experts at SuperAI Singapore, where they discussed the present and future of the industry.
