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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - China's 'Superman' robot claims to outrun Usain Bolt — but nobody has verified it Wed Aug 19 17:48:52 2026

A Chinese robotics company says its new humanoid prototype hit 28.3 mph on a test track, a speed that would top Usain Bolt's world record, though the claim remains unverified and the firm's robots have already injured people. Hangzhou-based Unitree posted video to X showing a bipedal machine it calls "Superman" sprinting along a track […] The post China's 'Superman' robot claims to outrun Usain Bolt — but nobody has verified it appeared first on American Almanac .

A Chinese robotics company says its new humanoid prototype hit 28.3 mph on a test track, a speed that would top Usain Bolt's world record, though the claim remains unverified and the firm's robots have already injured people. Hangzhou-based Unitree posted video to X showing a bipedal machine it calls "Superman" sprinting along a track at what the company says was 12.66 metres per second. If accurate, that figure edges past the 12.42 m/s mark Bolt set at the 2009 World Athletics Championship, a record no human has touched since. The robot also jumped roughly two metres straight up from a standing position, clearing the 1.7-metre standing vertical record held by American Christopher Spell since 2021. Unitree packaged the demonstration as a…Open

DAILYCALLER (Paris Apodaca) - America Found A Rare Metal It Desperately Needs. Red Tape Could Keep It In The Ground For Ages Thu Aug 13 21:00:45 2026

‘It takes 29 years to bring a mine online’

AI:The United States has discovered critical deposits of tungsten in Nevada, a rare metal essential for national defense and high-tech manufacturing, yet the project faces a catastrophic bottleneck due to endless bureaucratic red tape. While our military needs these resources to break free from the stranglehold of the Chinese Communist Party—a strategic necessity clearly ignored by the coastal elites—the current regulatory nightmare suggests it could take nearly three decades just to get a single mine operational. The radical left's obsession with environmental obstructionism is effectively sabotaging American sovereignty, ensuring that even as we face systemic global instability and supply chain warfare, our most vital mineral resources…Open

AMERICANTHINKER - Quantum Computing Is The Next Technological Horizon Fri Jul 31 04:00:00 2026

ChatGPT for American Thinker By Janet Levy Nations are already racing for supremacy in quantum computing—where will the U.S. place?

NEWSNATIONNOW (Katie Pavlich) - Cat out of the bag? Pentagon embraces 'directed energy weapons' Thu Jun 25 04:18:46 2026

DEWs will provide a cheaper alternative for the U.S. military to knock out some threats, but could they be misused?