Mike Tomlin left the Steelers sideline in January 2025 after nineteen seasons, a Super Bowl, and a record that never fell below .500. Eight months later he told Craig Melvin on the Today show that he had been working on one city in Minecraft creative mode for about twelve years, and that his oldest son, Dino, kept telling him people ought to see it.
Badminton still needs two people, a net, and a pile of shuttlecocks that never last as long as the rally in your head. Travis Mitchell already played weekly. His kids had just gotten old enough to start learning. His wife once competed in women’s singles for Team USA and now runs a 15-court facility. A decade earlier he had already tried to build a launcher with a CR-10 printer and a cheap CNC router, then life got in the way. This time he wanted the machine itself to be more fun, so he bought a used Denso VS-050 industrial arm on eBay and spent about six months turning it into a court-side feeder.
Spring arrived at Eastnor Castle lake in Herefordshire with a surprise waiting for two of the most skilled bike riders on the planet. Danny MacAskill and Kriss Kyle knew only the broad outline of the day. They arrived ready to ride, yet the full scale of Red Bull’s construction floating on the water remained hidden until they stood on the shore.
Fans spent weeks filling phones and cameras with every goal, every near miss, and every stadium roar from the 2026 tournament. Now that the final whistle has blown, those files need somewhere permanent to live. SanDisk answered with an officially licensed USB-C flash drive, priced at $22.99 (was $35), shaped exactly like a referee’s whistle, available in 128GB for anyone who wants a physical souvenir that actually works.
Boston Dynamics has released a new video from its offices that shows three humanoid robots executing a Viking Row in rhythm. The video shows the robots in a wide open workplace with plenty of natural light coming in through the tall windows and many Boston Dynamics employees scattered about, joining in on the row from the floor and other nearby spots.
Eighty thousand fans filled New York New Jersey Stadium (MetLife Stadium) on July 5 for the Round of 16 match between Brazil and Norway. The score sat tied at zero when halftime reached its ninth minute. Out from the players’ tunnel came Atlas, the humanoid robot built by Boston Dynamics and backed by Hyundai Motor Group, the tournament’s official robotics partner. It moved with steady, natural steps across the grass and into full view of the crowd.
Engineering physics students at the University of British Columbia finished a capstone project that produced something unusual in robotics. Their air hockey robot learned every move inside a computer simulation and then stepped onto real hardware ready to face human opponents with no further adjustments. The approach bypassed the usual slow and risky process of training directly on physical equipment.
Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, recently accompanied the NBC production crew and Spurs staff for an in-depth look at the tools and people who transform an NBA playoff basketball game into the polished feed that millions watch from home. His tour included camera placements across the arena, specialist rigs designed for dramatic views, audio capture stations strewn throughout the court, and trucks that connect everything together as the action develops.
Hyundai’s latest footage depicts Atlas, Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, standing in front of a big screen. It features video from prior World Cup matches. Atlas pays close attention to the players in motion before heading to the practice area once each segment is completed. The robot replicates the gestures it has just watched. Atlas is depicted in a single sequence shifting its weight and swinging a leg forward. When the ball makes contact with the floor, it glides cleanly over it. Basic drills are performed in quick succession, eventually strengthening coordination.
LA Chargers fans who stayed up late on schedule night were in for a treat this year. The team effectively transformed the entire 2026 lineup into a Halo-inspired trip that would fit right in with the games themselves. Microsoft collaborated with the Chargers to make all of the details inside the Halo game engine look right at home, and let me tell you, the end result feels like stepping into a custom Halo campaign, where each opponent becomes its own battlefield map, full of sneaky references that will only be picked up by true NFL and Halo fans from the start.