Tech News Digest: May 18, 2026 - Xpeng Robotaxis, Googlebook Laptops & Quantum Funding

Tech Newsfeed: May 18, 2026 Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics: Xpeng Robotaxis, NSK Actuators & Shipyard AI In the latest autonomous vehicles and robotics news, China’s Xpeng has officially launched mass production of its highly anticipated robotaxi. Built on the advanced GX platform, this marks the country’s first production-ready robotaxi model developed entirely using in-house technology. In the industrial robotics sector, NSK and Delta Electronics have forged a strategic partnership to engineer next-generation rotary and linear actuators. Designed specifically for humanoid and collaborative robots, their combined expertise in precision bearings and servo drives aims to significantly boost power density and dynamic response for automotive assembly tasks. ...

May 18, 2026 · 3 min · 551 words · Omer

Tech and AI News Digest: Google Gemini Agents, Nvidia Quantum AI, and Linux Copy Fail

Tech and AI Newsfeed: Daily Digest for May 4, 2026 Enterprise AI: Google Launches Gemini Agent Platform, Retires Vertex AI Google has officially retired its Vertex AI brand to launch the new Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, signaling a major strategic shift toward agent-centric enterprise AI technology. In a related push for agentic AI security, Experian, Visa, and Cloudflare have partnered to introduce Agent Trust, a framework designed to secure autonomous AI operations. ...

May 4, 2026 · 3 min · 432 words · Omer