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No one else will do: What a pair of figure skaters can teach us about familiarity in Japanese

Japan Times Technology·Apr 18, 2026

An Olympic duo illustrates how honorifics and in-group dynamics can signal closeness across different contexts.

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Canadian man Kenneth Law to plead guilty in suicide kit case to avoid murder trial

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 18, 2026

A Canadian man accused of helping 14 ⁠people in the province ⁠of Ontario kill themselves by selling a ⁠legal but deadly substance online wi…

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Former death row inmate's sister slams Japan's retrial review plan

Japan Times Technology·Apr 18, 2026

Iwao Hakamata's elder sister called for public prosecutors to be barred from appealing court decisions granting retrials.

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Dairy Queen is putting an AI chatbot in its drive-thrus

The Verge AI·Apr 17, 2026

{"#text":"Dairy Queen is becoming the latest fast food chain to get in on AI, as it's bringing a chatbot to dozens of its drive-thrus acros…

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Scores of Chinese women smuggled into Germany for massive prostitution ring: prosecutors

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 17, 2026

Scores of Chinese women were brought to Germany without valid residency permits for sex work across the country, prosecutors in Frankfurt a…

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Video Friday: Digit Learns to Deadlift

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 17, 2026

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekl…

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Pie Day 2026

MIT Technology Review·Apr 17, 2026

Ellie’s Pi Day post: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/pi-day-2026-food-institute/ How Ellie orchestrated the baking of 30 pies: https:…

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Robot Talk Episode 152 – Dexterous robot hands, with Rich Walker

Robohub·Apr 17, 2026

Claire chatted to Rich Walker from Shadow Robot Company about their advanced robotic hands for research and industry. Rich Walker has been…

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The Download: bad news for inner Neanderthals, and AI warfare’s human illusion

MIT Technology Review·Apr 17, 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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How robots learn: A brief, contemporary history

MIT Technology Review·Apr 17, 2026

Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the extraordinary complexity of the human body, and then they…

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The case for fixing everything

MIT Technology Review·Apr 17, 2026

The handsome new book Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, by the tech industry legend Stewart Brand, promises to be the first in a series…

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China’s 3-satellite surveillance network, Hong Kong’s inflation surge: SCMP’s 7 highlights

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 17, 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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Treating enterprise AI as an operating layer

MIT Technology Review·Apr 16, 2026

There’s a fault line running through enterprise AI, and it’s not the one getting the most attention. The public conversation still tracks f…

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Making AI operational in constrained public sector environments

MIT Technology Review·Apr 16, 2026

The AI boom has hit across industries, and public sector organizations are facing pressure to accelerate adoption. At the same time, govern…

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The Download: cyberscammers’ banking bypasses, and carbon removal troubles

MIT Technology Review·Apr 16, 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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Why having “humans in the loop” in an AI war is an illusion

MIT Technology Review·Apr 16, 2026

The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon. This…

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The quest to measure our relationship with nature

MIT Technology Review·Apr 16, 2026

As a movement, environmentalism has been pretty misanthropic. Understandably so—we humans have done some destructive things to the ecosyste…

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The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?

MIT Technology Review·Apr 16, 2026

When the covid-19 pandemic started, Jennifer Phillips thought about the songs of the sparrows. They were easier to hear, because the world…

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Russian missiles and drones kill at least 17 across Ukraine in worst attack this year

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 16, 2026

Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight, killing 17 people, includi…

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Ukraine robot combat unit says it launched over 100 attacks on Russia’s forces

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 15, 2026

A Ukrainian unit said on Wednesday that it has carried out more than 100 attacks on the front using ground robots, after President Volodymy…

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MD&M South Unveils Industry Partners

Design News Robotics·Apr 14, 2026

MD&M South strengthens innovation across various sectors with key association partnerships.

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​Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Teach Spot to Reason​

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 14, 2026

The amazing and frustrating thing about robots is that they can do almost anything you want them to do, as long as you know how to ask prop…

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What I’ve learned from 25 years of automated science, and what the future holds: an interview with Ross King

Robohub·Apr 14, 2026

We’re excited to launch our new series, where we’ll be speaking with leading researchers to explore the breakthroughs driving AI and the re…

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Video Friday: This Floor Lamp Will Do Your Chores

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 10, 2026

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekl…

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