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‘Cruel, wasteful’: Dakar port a hotspot for illegal shark fins

Japan Times Technology·Jul 20, 2026

Finning, the practice of removing fins and casting the rest of the shark overboard, often alive, is largely prohibited across a variety of…

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2,000 children of A-bomb survivors support Hidankyo movement

Japan Times Technology·Jul 20, 2026

Members of organizations cooperating with Nihon Hidankyo have held exhibitions on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, collected signatu…

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Humanoid

How to avoid the teleoperation trap in robotics development

The Robot Report·Jul 19, 2026

Teleoperation is necessary for training humanoid robots, but reinforcement learning and simulation are still necessary, says Flexion's CEO.…

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Cobot

Palm Garden AI develops Coherence Guard relational decision layer for human-facing robots

The Robot Report·Jul 18, 2026

Palm Garden AI is developing a hardware-agnostic software layer, including Coherence Guard, for human-robot interaction and relationships.…

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Construction

Founder of Maximo discusses how robotics is accelerating solar construction

The Robot Report·Jul 17, 2026

Maximo founder Deise Yumi Asami discusses the process of automating solar construction with robotics. The post Founder of Maximo discusses…

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Humanoid

Weave Robotics launches Isaac, its first mobile humanoid robot

The Robot Report·Jul 17, 2026

Weave Robotics has listed the features of its Isaac wheeled bimanual manipulator robot for household and office use. The post Weave Robotic…

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Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize

Robohub·Jul 17, 2026

Andrew James (from left), Neil Morrison, Natalia Kurz and Michael Neiss work on a prototype of their weed-killing robot ahead of The Farm R…

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There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it.

MIT Technology Review·Jul 17, 2026

Perimenopause has entered the chat. Perimenopause—and its better-known relative, menopause—used to be considered taboo. Not anymore, thanks…

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The risk of weather data sabotage is rising

MIT Technology Review·Jul 17, 2026

Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast…

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Texas floods kill 2, with more storms to come

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 16, 2026

Mandatory evacuations across the Texas Hill Country are under way as life-threatening flash floods wreck bridges and roads with more heavy…

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Construction

TerraFirma raises $115M to build robotic infrastructure for construction

The Robot Report·Jul 16, 2026

TerraFirma has developed a platform that combines AI-enabled software, a remote command-and-control center, and retrofitted heavy machinery…

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Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook

The Verge AI·Jul 16, 2026

{"#text":"Google is giving its AI note-taking app a new name. The company announced on Thursday that NotebookLM is becoming Gemini Notebook…

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Xpanner rolls out X1 Panel Lift for automated solar panel installation

The Robot Report·Jul 16, 2026

X1 Panel Lift uses existing excavators and a single workflow so solar installation crews can focus on alignment, fastening, and quality. Th…

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General

The Download: OpenAI unveils GPT-Red and heat pumps rise in the US

MIT Technology Review·Jul 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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4 Greek MPs charged over multimillion EU farm fraud scandal

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 16, 2026

Four acting members of Greece’s parliament were among ⁠22 people indicted ⁠on Thursday by the European Public ⁠Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) o…

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CDP and CRA’s opposing stances on imperial family bills cloud prospect for merger

Japan Times Technology·Jul 16, 2026

The CDP opposes a clause allowing the future male offspring of newly reinstated members of the imperial family to become heirs to the chrys…

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Walden Robotics launches at $1.1B valuation for general-purpose robots

The Robot Report·Jul 15, 2026

Leading technology companies have invested in Walden Robotics, which emerged from stealth as it develops full-stack physical AI. The post W…

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AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs

The Verge AI·Jul 15, 2026

{"#text":"This weekend, cinephiles across the world will march to their local theaters to feast their eyes on Christopher Nolan's new adapt…

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Medical

Vicarious Surgical board seeks to dissolve company

The Robot Report·Jul 15, 2026

The board is asking shareholders to approve their plan to dissolve and liquidate the business at a special meeting scheduled for July 21, b…

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General

Icarus Robotics uses KULR technology to power JOY free-flying space robot

The Robot Report·Jul 15, 2026

Under the agreement, KULR will supply its KULR ONE Space battery systems to power JOY’s onboard systems on the ISS. The post Icarus Robotic…

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Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer

MIT Technology Review·Jul 15, 2026

OpenAI has built an LLM super-hacker called GPT-Red that it uses as a sparring partner to help its other models boost their defenses agains…

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A flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird

Robohub·Jul 15, 2026

Image copyright: Raphael Zufferey. By Jennifer Chu Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fl…

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Humanoid

Key to Humanoid Progress: Managing the Power Behind the Robots

The Robot Report·Jul 14, 2026

Murata Power Solutions' John Quinlan on how advanced robotics converts, distributes and controls on-board power from battery to actuator. T…

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Research

NVIDIA shares how to evaluate general-purpose robot policies for real-world deployment

The Robot Report·Jul 14, 2026

RoboLab research powers NVIDIA Isaac Lab-Arena, an open-source simulation framework for large-scale policy setup and evaluation. The post N…

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