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What Nolan’s Odysseus tells us about Western elite’s existential angst

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 14, 2026

In every civilisation, certain stories capture the psyche so profoundly that they are retold across centuries. In the West, Homer’s Odyssey…

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General

ARM Institute calls for defense manufacturing technology projects

The Robot Report·Aug 13, 2026

The ARM Institute and the U.S. Department of War are seeking technology project submissions to help rapid U.S. production. The post ARM Ins…

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Humanoid

Experts to discuss the state of humanoid robots at RoboBusiness

The Robot Report·Aug 13, 2026

The RoboBusiness panel will include insights on humanoid robots from Agility, Apptronik, Persona AI, and PSYONIC experts. The post Experts…

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General

Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data

MIT Technology Review·Aug 12, 2026

Business and technology leaders need no convincing that the time of agentic AI is here. Organizations are rapidly adopting agents, and few…

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General

Strengthening U.S. Army sustainment: TALUS to deliver autonomous distribution

The Robot Report·Aug 12, 2026

A Stratom-led team won a U.S. Army contract to develop TALUS, an autonomous logistics system for contested environments. The post Strengthe…

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Policy

How the “censorship-industrial complex” is changing the Internet and US policy

MIT Technology Review·Aug 11, 2026

I first heard the term “censorship-industrial complex” on April 15, 2025.  That’s when I got the tip that a small office in the U.S. S…

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General

PlusAI reaches key milestones ahead of launching its autonomous trucks

The Robot Report·Aug 11, 2026

Since the start of the year, PlusAI said it has improved the safety validation, operational maturity, and efficiency of SuperDrive. The pos…

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General

Rights groups sue the Trump administration over ICC sanctions

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 11, 2026

Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to challenge its campaign against the Internati…

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Research

The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting

MIT Technology Review·Aug 11, 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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Humanoid

RoboStore launches Robo Inc. to help U.S. organizations deploy robots

The Robot Report·Aug 10, 2026

RoboStore, a distributor of Unitree's legged robots, has launched Robo Inc. to serve as a U.S.-based manufacturer and integrator. The post…

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Startup

Hadrian raises $1.37B to accelerate U.S. defense, aerospace manufacturing

The Robot Report·Aug 10, 2026

The raise values Hadrian at $7.87 billion. It is Hadrian's second funding round this year, following a round in January 2026. The post Hadr…

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Research

AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research

MIT Technology Review·Aug 10, 2026

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. L…

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Research

Important Regulatory Update: New US FCC Import Restrictions on “Foreign-Produced Advanced Robotic Devices”

EU Robotics·Aug 10, 2026

euRobotics is closely monitoring a significant regulatory shift in the United States that impacts European robotics exporters, component ma…

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Consumer

China hits US, Mexican pecans with preliminary anti-dumping curbs

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 10, 2026

Beijing has issued a preliminary ruling that the United States and Mexico are dumping pecans into the Chinese market and harming domestic p…

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Manipulation

Alleged Irish crime boss charged in Dublin after extradition from Dubai

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 9, 2026

Alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan was charged with directing a criminal organisation by prosecutors in Dublin on Sunday amid tig…

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General

Privacy fears drive ‘patriotic Americans’ to destroy licence plate cameras

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 9, 2026

In only a few years, the surveillance start-up Flock has installed more than 100,000 licence plate reader cameras across the United States.…

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Humanoid

Video Friday: Drones Go Heavy in DARPA Lift Challenge

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Aug 7, 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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General

China retaliates on US sanctions; North Korea’s dog meat advisory: SCMP’s 7 highlights

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 7, 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

Historian’s wife continues his research on U.S. captives in Hiroshima

Japan Times Technology·Aug 7, 2026

Shigeaki Mori became famous when he hugged then U.S. President Barack Obama in Hiroshima in 2016. Since his death, Kayoko Mori has continue…

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General

UK clears Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 6, 2026

Britain on Thursday gave the green light to Paramount Skydance’s US$110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, as the entertainment an…

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Research

Robots in society, business and culture: July 2026

Robohub·Aug 6, 2026

By Emmet Cole This new monthly series from IEEE RAS showcases a selection of robotics stories from society, business, research, and culture…

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General

U.S. ambassador to skip peace ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japan Times Technology·Aug 5, 2026

This year's ceremonies will be the first missed by a U.S. ambassador since Rahm Emanuel skipped the event in Nagasaki in 2024.

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General

Zoox unveils production-ready robotaxi for U.S. expansion

The Robot Report·Aug 4, 2026

Amazon subsidiary Zoox unveiled its final production-ready robotaxi design and expanded testing following a subtle redesign to improve ride…

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General

U.S. Navy picks Blue Water Autonomy to use autonomous vessels for deep ocean surveys

The Robot Report·Aug 4, 2026

Blue Water Autonomy creates unmanned ships that can operate autonomously on the open ocean for months a time. The post U.S. Navy picks Blue…

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