YouTube will let you exclude Shorts from search results, Boston Dynamics unveiled a production-ready Atlas robot, and Longbow showed off its Speedster EV with in-wheel motors episode artwork

EPISODE · Jan 9, 2026 · 8 MIN

YouTube will let you exclude Shorts from search results, Boston Dynamics unveiled a production-ready Atlas robot, and Longbow showed off its Speedster EV with in-wheel motors

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-YouTube introduced some new filters to its advanced search tools today. Possibly the most exciting change is that Shorts are now listed as a content type, so the three-minute-or-less videos can be excluded as results in your searches. -After years of testing its humanoid robot, Boston Dynamics' Atlas is entering production. The first companies that will receive deployments are Hyundai and Google DeepMind, the firm's newly minted AI partner. -UK-based EV startup Longbow Motors showed off one of its high-performance electric machines with advanced in-wheel motors from Donut Labs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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