Wearable robotics are emerging from research labs and into everyday life, while the craft beer giant Brewdog faces potential sale, and Chinese tech giant ByteDance is curbing an AI app after legal threats. These are some of the latest developments in technology, business, and entertainment, according to multiple news sources.
Wearable robotics, such as powered shoes and lightweight exoskeletons, are becoming a real consumer category, as reported by Fox News. The technology aims to support human effort, not replace it. This shift is happening around ankles, knees, and hips, moving out of labs and into daily use.
Meanwhile, Brewdog employees are "really concerned" about their futures, as the craft beer giant considers a potential sale, according to the Unite union, reported by BBC Business. Financial experts have been brought in to attract new investors, a move that could see the Aberdeenshire-based firm broken up. Staff received only one email from senior management, with some learning of the potential sale through the press. Brewdog stated the decision was a "normal and prudent step" in an email to staff.
In the tech world, ByteDance, the Chinese technology giant, has pledged to curb its AI video-making tool, Seedance, following legal threats from Disney and complaints from other entertainment giants, as reported by BBC Technology. Videos made using the latest version of the app have proliferated online, lauded for their realism. However, Hollywood studios accused the AI platform's makers of copyright infringement. Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance.
In other news, the next release in the Silent Hill video game franchise was inspired by a small fishing village in Fife, according to BBC Technology. Silent Hill: Townfall is set in the fictional village of St Amelia, based on the real village of St Monans. The game was created by Screen Burn, a Glasgow developer.
Finally, Europe is adjusting to a new world order, according to BBC World. The southern region of Bavaria has become Germany's leading defense technology hub, focusing on AI and drones.
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