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Lower House members’ assets average ¥32.78 million

Japan Times Technology·Jul 21, 2026

The figure rose by ¥6.09 million from the previous average disclosed in April 2025.

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Startup

Paramount and Warner Bros ordered to pause mega-merger

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 20, 2026

A federal judge in California on Monday ordered Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery to temporarily pause their merger while a case…

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Construction

Building robots for unpredictable, infrastructure-free environments

The Robot Report·Jul 20, 2026

Real-world robotics success requires building infrastructure-free systems that thrive in unpredictable, harsh outdoor environments. The pos…

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General

Man charged with murder of former British minister Ann Widdecombe

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 20, 2026

British prosecutors said ⁠on Monday a 28-year-old man ⁠had been charged with murdering ⁠former government minister Ann Widdecombe, and poli…

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Manipulation

BrainCo demonstrates brain-controlled robot AI platform

The Robot Report·Jul 20, 2026

During BrainCo's demo, the mind-controlled robotic arm completed tasks that require precision, such as grasping a cup or picking up an appl…

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General

China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself

MIT Technology Review·Jul 20, 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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Cobot

Boston Dynamics to discuss the art behind human-robot interaction

The Robot Report·Jul 20, 2026

Boston Dynamics experts will share insights into design considerations for safe human-robot interaction in a webinar. The post Boston Dynam…

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General

AGIBOT unveils four embodied AI products for real-world operations at WAIC

The Robot Report·Jul 20, 2026

AGIBOT said its demoes and industrial deployments show its progress in turning embodied AI capabilities into repeatable workflows. The post…

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General

The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage

MIT Technology Review·Jul 20, 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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AI Training

Interactive world simulator for robot policy training and evaluation

Robohub·Jul 20, 2026

Imagine you want to teach a robot to push an object on a table. The standard recipe in robot learning is to collect hundreds of expert demo…

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AI Training

AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring

MIT Technology Review·Jul 20, 2026

The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will…

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General

China’s role in Ivory Coast, Maggie Cheung’s career evolution: 5 weekend reads you missed

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 20, 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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General

‘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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General

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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General

Iran says fighting ‘full-scale war’ with US

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 20, 2026

Iran is fighting a “full-scale war” with the United States, its president said on Monday, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Isl…

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General

Trump welcomes reports Andy Burnham could open up North Sea oil drilling

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 19, 2026

US President Donald Trump has said people in the Scottish city of Aberdeen will be “dancing in the streets” following reports Andy Burnham…

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Startup

Kyiv pounded in Russian missile barrage as air defences run low

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 19, 2026

Russia battered Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight with one of its biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war, killing at least one person…

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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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General

Hong Kong’s 5-year plan must focus on what the city does best

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 19, 2026

Hong Kong has embarked on the path of drawing up its first five-year plan – a significant moment in its history. Hong Kong’s first five-yea…

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General

Canada to evacuate Ontario community as wildfire smoke chokes US

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 18, 2026

The Canadian military was preparing on Saturday to evacuate a remote community of 600 people threatened by forest wildfires that have sprea…

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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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General

Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says he’ll add cost to tariffs

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 17, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the “incalcul…

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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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Manipulation

This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 17, 2026

Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics…

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