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Wildfires scorch historic forest near Paris as suspected arsonists arrested

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 13, 2026

France on Monday battled two fires that scorched over 1,300 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people su…

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Research

What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show

MIT Technology Review·Jul 13, 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. A…

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The Download: a donor conception cap and world models for AI

MIT Technology Review·Jul 13, 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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The Robot Report parent company, WTWH Media, rebrands as Arrowfly

The Robot Report·Jul 13, 2026

The Arrowfly name unifies more than 40 brands under a new identity built for the future of B2B content and events. The post The Robot Repor…

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Research

EU eyes social media curbs for children

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 13, 2026

The European ⁠Union will move to limit young ⁠children’s access to social media across the 27-member bloc, European Commission President Ur…

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Manipulation

Building a Foundation Stack for General-Purpose Robots

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 13, 2026

This article is brought to you by X Square Robot.Large language models gave artificial intelligence a working recipe. Pretrain a large mode…

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Manipulation

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements

Robohub·Jul 13, 2026

By moving their hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play piano or shoot a basketball, or they can manipulate objects in a virtua…

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Filipino helpers as surrogates, Chinese scientist’s death in US: 5 weekend reads you missed

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 13, 2026

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like…

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Typhoon Bavi weakens as heavy rain spreads across China

Japan Times Technology·Jul 13, 2026

The storm is expected to turn northeast before moving into the northern Yellow Sea and gradually transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclo…

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US and Iran trade more attacks as battle over Hormuz intensifies

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 12, 2026

The United States and Iran each asserted on Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wi…

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STEM education in the classroom, introducing BotBall

The Robot Report·Jul 12, 2026

Botball addresses STEM education with autonomous robotics, real coding, and a level playing field driven entirely by students. The post STE…

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Modi courts Indo-Pacific partners as China, U.S. reshape region

Japan Times Technology·Jul 12, 2026

Modi has stepped up engagement across the Indo-Pacific, signing a flurry of agreements and underscoring New Delhi's ambition to play a bigg…

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Startup

US strikes Iran as Tehran closes Hormuz again, attacks Gulf states

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 12, 2026

US and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone strikes, with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf on Sunday af…

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Policy

Are suppliers ready for new robot safety standards?

The Robot Report·Jul 11, 2026

Suppliers that are well prepared for standard changes will benefit, while underprepared companies may face market access disruption. The po…

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AI Training

Why robotics teams need virtual gyms before deployment

The Robot Report·Jul 11, 2026

To address environmental and task variability, robots can benefit from 'virtual gyms' to bridge the sim-to-real gap, says SoftServe. The po…

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Consumer

Typhoon Bavi lashes Japan’s southern islands as Taiwan evacuates thousands

Japan Times Technology·Jul 11, 2026

Flights and ferry services across Ishigaki Island, remained suspended ​for all of Saturday. Airlines canceled 345 flights, and more than 24…

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Trump says missiles ‘locked, loaded and aimed at Iran’ amid calls for his killing

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 11, 2026

US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his kil…

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How Path Robotics uses AI to optimize robotic welding

The Robot Report·Jul 10, 2026

CEO Andy Lonsberry explains how Path Robotics applies AI to welding, and UC San Diego professor Michael Yip discusses robot learning. The p…

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XTEND secures U.S. patent for autonomous navigation technology

The Robot Report·Jul 10, 2026

XTEND said the newly granted patent expands its portfolio supporting autonomous navigation, operator assistance, and mission execution. The…

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Humanoid

AI² Robotics raises $735M at $3B valuation for wheeled humanoid robots

The Robot Report·Jul 10, 2026

Shenzhen’s Ai2 Robotics raised $735 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, backed by state, corporate, and financial giants. The post AI² Rob…

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Humanoid

Video Friday: A World Cup for Robots

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 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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The Download: Claude’s inner workings and OpenAI’s “super app”

MIT Technology Review·Jul 10, 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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Research

Ground Robots Inherit the Kill Zone

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 10, 2026

Borys Drozhak has a vision: a frontline almost free of humans, patrolled by flying drones and ground robots, and continuously monitored by…

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Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group

MIT Technology Review·Jul 10, 2026

Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has. The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic in the Netherlands usi…

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