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UEFA hits out as FIFA plans minority stake sale

Japan Times Technology·Jul 29, 2026

The proposal immediately drew fierce ⁠criticism from European governing body UEFA, which said it "crosses a line that football's governing…

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Humanoid

Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots, power inverters

Japan Times Technology·Jul 29, 2026

The move seeks to protect the U.S. AI build-out from national security threats and reshore key industries slated for explosive growth.

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General

Musk’s X launches invite-only ‘X Money’ payment service

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 28, 2026

Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one…

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General

Iranian missile salvoes, US-Saudi strikes in Iraq shatter brief Middle East lull

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 28, 2026

Jordan’s air defences intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early on Wednesday, the country’s military said, hours after the US mili…

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General

Registration is open for RoboBusiness 2026

The Robot Report·Jul 28, 2026

This year, join us in October in Santa Clara to celebrate 20 years of robotics excellence at RoboBusiness 2026. The post Registration is op…

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General

AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI

The Verge AI·Jul 28, 2026

{"#text":"Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, hav…

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Medical

ENvue Medical develops robotic feeding tube placement system

The Robot Report·Jul 28, 2026

ENvue Drive is designed to assist, not replace, the clinician, who retains full control of the procedure at all times. The post ENvue Medic…

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General

France, Spain make headway against wildfires but new heatwave looms

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 28, 2026

Firefighters raced on Tuesday to subdue huge wildfires that have forced unprecedented evacuations of tens of thousands of people across Fra…

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Humanoid

Robot Finger Feels in Color

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 28, 2026

Imagine running your fingertip over the surface of a U.S. penny. You would feel the ridges of the raised letters and numbers, Abe Lincoln’s…

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General

Agency Tool Company wants to make OTA software updates easier

The Robot Report·Jul 28, 2026

Two Scythe co-founders are using their experience building commercial robots to create tools for robotics developers at Agency Tool Co. The…

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General

CALL FOR 2027 GEORGES GIRALT PHD AWARD

EU Robotics·Jul 28, 2026

euRobotics opens its Call for the 2027 Georges Giralt PhD Award. The aim of the “Georges Giralt Ph.D. Award” is to showcase the best PhD th…

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Humanoid

How integrated actuators improve humanoid robot joint performance and system integration

The Robot Report·Jul 28, 2026

Humanoid robots have become an important area of research in robotics, attracting attention from universities, research institutions, and t…

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General

The Download: OpenAI’s predictable hack, and an AI stock sell-off

MIT Technology Review·Jul 28, 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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Construction

Israel expands ‘yellow line’ military zone, pushing Gazans away from home

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 28, 2026

On a road ⁠in Gaza City’s Zeitoun district, Palestinian resident Assem Dawla loaded mattresses and ⁠bags onto a truck as concrete yellow bl…

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General

Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix

MIT Technology Review·Jul 28, 2026

Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to…

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Research

Soft robotic heart offers new way to study disease and test life-saving devices

Robohub·Jul 28, 2026

The soft robotic model of the human heart, developed at UNSW. Credit: UNSW/Richard Freeman. UNSW researchers have developed a soft robotic…

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General

France and Spain race to curb wildfires before new heatwave arrives

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 27, 2026

Firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tour…

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New US-Canada bridge opens as trade tensions test ties

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 27, 2026

A major new bridge linking Canada and the US at Detroit opened on Monday to trucks, cars and other vehicles, the climax of a years-long pro…

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General

OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before.

MIT Technology Review·Jul 27, 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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General

NORD expands compact NORDAC VFD family to 200 hp

The Robot Report·Jul 27, 2026

NORD Drivesystems said its NORDAC PRO VFDs are adaptable to individual application requirements across industries. The post NORD expands co…

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Manipulation

UK funeral director faces jail over bodies left ‘on racks’

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 27, 2026

A British funeral director faced prison on Monday over a scandal that saw bodies left “stored on racks” and uncremated while relatives were…

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General

How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors

MIT Technology Review·Jul 27, 2026

Outside the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, a wealth of uranium is locked away in thousands of storage cylinders filled with waste materia…

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Startup

Kraken Technology raises Series B funding for autonomous vessels

The Robot Report·Jul 27, 2026

Kraken Technology plans to use its funding to continue developing uncrewed surface vessels and localizing manufacturing around the world. T…

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General

The Download: lasers for nuclear fuel, and organ preservation advances

MIT Technology Review·Jul 27, 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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