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Policy

Drone flights to be banned for Hiroshima peace ceremony

Japan Times Technology·Jul 24, 2026

This is the first time for the National Police Agency to designate such a restriction area under the revised drone regulation law enacted i…

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General

Fresh US tariffs on 60 countries; first China duo win Fields Medal: SCMP’s 7 highlights

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 24, 2026

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with…

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Research

Nobel economist on anti-China, anti-science US, AI’s risks

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 24, 2026

Simon Johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A former chief economist of the Intern…

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Research

As the West finds common cause, China prepares for the worst

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 23, 2026

Mid-July should have been a moment of quiet satisfaction in Beijing. Fresh data showed China’s favourability surpassing that of the United…

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Manipulation

Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions

The Verge AI·Jul 23, 2026

{"#text":"Amazon is launching an update to its Alexa Plus assistant that will allow it to connect to smart home devices in new ways. With t…

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Humanoid

Holiday Robotics raises $105M for its FRIDAY wheeled humanoid

The Robot Report·Jul 23, 2026

Holiday's robot features a wheel-based mobile base, an upper body for dexterous manipulation, and hot-swappable batteries. The post Holiday…

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General

US prosecutors dropping New York Times subpoenas over Trump plane reporting

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 23, 2026

Donald Trump’s Justice Department will withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about the…

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Startup

Uber co-founder raises $1.7B for new robotics startup ATOMS

The Robot Report·Jul 23, 2026

Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, said with ATOMS, he hopes to create physical automation to transform industry. The post Uber co-fo…

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General

AMD unveils Kria module for real-time control, unified memory for robots

The Robot Report·Jul 23, 2026

AMD has launched the Ryzen AI Embedded X100 and Kria AI SoM, bringing unified memory and real-time control to challenge NVIDIA in robotics.…

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General

Trump vows to punish Iran and Houthis for Red Sea attacks as oil surges over US$100

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 23, 2026

US President Donald Trump promised “major military punishment” for Iran and its Houthi allies after the Yemeni ⁠fighters struck two Saudi o…

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General

Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement”

MIT Technology Review·Jul 23, 2026

When it comes to organ donation, time is everything. As soon as an organ has been carefully removed from a donor’s body, it starts to deter…

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General

Ropedia raises $22M to scale data collection for training robots

The Robot Report·Jul 23, 2026

Ropdeia's HOMIE is a head-mounted device, equipped with a 360º camera view, that captures first-person data for training robots. The post R…

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General

The Download: energy transmission and US threats against Chinese AI

MIT Technology Review·Jul 23, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of t…

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General

How AI helps scientists design the next generation of medicines

MIT Technology Review·Jul 23, 2026

Designing and developing a new medicine is an expensive, failure-prone scientific challenge. A new drug can take many years to develop, at…

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General

The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags

MIT Technology Review·Jul 23, 2026

On July 3, as a heat wave swept the region, New York State’s grid imported 52 gigawatt-hours of electricity from Canada—enough to meet abou…

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Research

Pressure-free growing robots for soft medical robotics

Robohub·Jul 23, 2026

Researchers at the University of Leeds and collaborators from the University of California San Diego won the Best Paper Award at RoboSoft,…

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General

Lewis Hamilton hoping to head into F1’s August break on high note

Japan Times Technology·Jul 23, 2026

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur was wary ⁠of talking up the team's prospects, even if others were already doing so.

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Research

Terrorism trial opens in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 22, 2026

The man convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie spent years researching the writer’s whereabouts before stabbing him on a lecture stage,…

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General

Report shares the state of physical AI and robotics

The Robot Report·Jul 22, 2026

A report looks at how physical AI is increasingly enabling autonomous systems to perceive their environments, make decisions, and act in th…

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General

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z

TechCrunch Robotics·Jul 22, 2026

Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.

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Manipulation

Small solids: big challenge

EU Robotics·Jul 22, 2026

euRobotics aisbl Laboratory Robotics Topic Group and smartlab.network recently held the latest in a current series of webinars on “So…

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General

Busy week for MTC

EU Robotics·Jul 22, 2026

UK-based euRobotics member The Manufacturing & Technology Centre (MTC) delivered its latest Robotics and Automation 2026 even…

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General

euRobotics on the road – ICRA 2026

EU Robotics·Jul 22, 2026

Competing Global Visions and Shared Futures: Panel discussion, ICRA 2026 Welcome to Vienna! General Chair Marcus Vincze addresses ICRA dele…

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General

Could you host ERF?

EU Robotics·Jul 22, 2026

Memories of Stuttgart and Stavanger are still fresh, planning is well under way for Birmingham and Athens has already been announced as the…

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