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Geoengineering still faces major practical challenges

MIT Technology Review·Jun 18, 2026

Solar geoengineering is often portrayed as a sort of emergency brake. Something along the lines of Pull in case of climate emergency to sca…

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The search for dark matter has been blown wide open

MIT Technology Review·Jun 18, 2026

Underneath an Apennine massif, below the Jinping Mountains of Sichuan, and at the bottom of a South Dakota mine, there is a cosmic hunt afo…

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The Download: a reality check for geoengineering and the science of interoception

MIT Technology Review·Jun 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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Trump pauses spy chief hearing to secure pick for powerful prosecutor post

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 17, 2026

US President Donald Trump suspended a Senate hearing on Jay Clayton’s nomination for intelligence chief, saying on Wednesday he wanted to b…

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Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check

MIT Technology Review·Jun 17, 2026

Jim Franke pulls away the cover page of a presentation on the wraparound desk in his office, revealing an illustration of an odd-­looking a…

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Entrepreneurs in Nairobi make the case for going solar

MIT Technology Review·Jun 17, 2026

Most of Kenya’s power grid runs on renewables. But with 25% of communities lacking centralized electricity, the nation is looking to off-gr…

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Prices of chicken and eggs in Japan hit record highs

Japan Times Technology·Jun 17, 2026

The national average price of chicken rose has risen to ¥155 per 100 grams while that of a packet of 10 eggs is now at ¥309.

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For traumatised Indian sailors, Hormuz reopening brings little relief

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 17, 2026

Captain Raman Kapoor was loading oil at an Iraqi port when word reached him that the United States and Iran were at war. Within hours, his…

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SpaceX vaults past Amazon’s market value, briefly topping Microsoft

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 16, 2026

SpaceX roared past Amazon’s market valuation on Tuesday ⁠and briefly topped that of Microsoft, rapidly scaling the list of the world’s most…

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Exclusive eBook: How AI is becoming the next military advisor

MIT Technology Review·Jun 16, 2026

A collection of stories about how militaries are using AI models to make decisions. This subscriber-only eBook is a package of six stories…

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Kawasaki Robotics to debut RL030N physical AI platform at Automate

The Robot Report·Jun 16, 2026

Kawasaki Robotics says its 8-DoF robot, Pulseboard inspection tech, and other systems will show its vision for intelligent automation. The…

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Genesis AI launches Eno general-purpose robot

The Robot Report·Jun 16, 2026

Genesis plans to begin Eno’s production and targeted customer deployments by the end of 2026, with home deployments coming later. The post…

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The Download: the first brain implant power user and South Korea’s AI obsession

MIT Technology Review·Jun 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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Swede who ‘ruthlessly’ prostituted wife to over 100 men jailed for 4½ years

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 16, 2026

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 61-year-old man to four years and five months in prison for having “ruthlessly exploited” his wife t…

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Want to get a data center online quickly? Give it some flex.

MIT Technology Review·Jun 16, 2026

At the end of a tense and scoreless first half of a soccer match between the English men’s team and rival Germany, millions of Brits let ou…

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Ebola cases top 800 in Congo as aid groups warn outbreak may be larger than reported

Japan Times Technology·Jun 16, 2026

The outbreak, already the third largest Ebola epidemic on record and the biggest caused by the Bundibugyo strain, has spread across eastern…

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UK charges Indian captain of suspected Russian shadow tanker seized in Channel

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 15, 2026

British prosecutors have charged with sanctions contravention offences the Indian captain of an interdicted alleged Russian shadow fleet ve…

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Why do South Koreans love AI so much?

MIT Technology Review·Jun 15, 2026

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

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Autonomous freight developer Einride goes public via SPAC

The Robot Report·Jun 15, 2026

Stockholm-based Einride operates a fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks servicing Global Fortune 500 companies across the U.S. and Europe. T…

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The Download: cutting AC emissions, and nature’s drug designer

MIT Technology Review·Jun 15, 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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Entangled robotic matter with cohesive motion

Robohub·Jun 15, 2026

By Syl Kacapyr Cornell engineers have developed a robotic collective that behaves less like a machine and more like a material that flows,…

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Burro introduces Grande 44 with proven outdoor autonomy built for heavy industry

The Robot Report·Jun 15, 2026

The 44 hp Burro Grande brings more than 1 million hours of real-world experience to industrial towing, site logistics, and facilities opera…

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These new solid-state ACs promise a cool future. Scientists aren’t so sure.

MIT Technology Review·Jun 15, 2026

After three years of record-­breaking heat, this one is set to be yet another scorcher. Air-conditioning? Not going anywhere. The Internati…

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Former Mazda engineer leads sports car museum project in Hiroshima

Japan Times Technology·Jun 15, 2026

The hope for the museum is that it becomes the centerpiece of a broader initiative aimed at turning the surrounding area into a gathering p…

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