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Can’t bear to say goodbye to your pet? Biotech’s got you covered.

MIT Technology Review·Oct 16, 2026

I don’t remember much about Peppy, my first and only pet cat. I can conjure the sensation of stroking her while she purred, recall how she…

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Manipulation

Love is infrastructure

MIT Technology Review·Oct 16, 2026

I. Meet cute Barnabas and Mainspring grew up near at hand, about an hour apart with good traffic, but for a long time they weren’t close. T…

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This implant can restore sight for patients with macular degeneration

MIT Technology Review·Oct 16, 2026

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects more than 5 million people around the world. And until now, no treatment could restore their…

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Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve.

MIT Technology Review·Oct 16, 2026

Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined Australia in restricting minors from accessing social media—barring children unde…

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Japan’s Fukoku Mutual Life counts on cash to mitigate volatility

Japan Times Technology·Oct 16, 2026

Fukoku sees scope to move a bit more from foreign bonds into yen bonds as yields rose more than expected.

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Petrostates are trying to hijack climate science again

Japan Times Technology·Oct 16, 2026

Any delay would reduce pressure on countries to meet their Paris climate agreement goals

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Nerves rattled in Japan as alert for magnitude 9.9 quake withdrawn minutes later

Japan Times Technology·Oct 16, 2026

Initial alerts warned of strong shaking across northern, eastern and central Japan.

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China maps Israeli spoofing with flight data; new US press secretary: SCMP’s 7 highlights

South China Morning Post Tech·Oct 16, 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

Chilling details emerge of mass shooting plot targeting US Hindu temple

South China Morning Post Tech·Oct 16, 2026

Illinois authorities believe a 19-year-old man charged with planning a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in suburban Chicago entered the buil…

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The tech backlash is now in theaters

The Verge AI·Oct 15, 2026

{"#text":"Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more…

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China bought half of Brazil’s oil exports as Iran war shut Hormuz, driving sales to record

South China Morning Post Tech·Oct 15, 2026

Trade between Brazil and China reached a record US$143 billion in the first nine months of the year, driven by Brazilian oil sales that sur…

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Medical

Stryker invests $400M into CMR Surgical

The Robot Report·Oct 15, 2026

Stryker plans to serve as the exclusive sales agent in the U.S. for the Versius robotics portfolio from CMR Surgical. The post Stryker inve…

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Startup

How ADI is helping robotics startups scale

The Robot Report·Oct 15, 2026

Robotics businesses need help keeping up with innovations as they scale. Analog Devices Inc. or ADI is offering its Emerging Tech Hub. The…

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Manipulation

How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

The Verge AI·Oct 15, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of…

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Research

Blast simulation, university probes, robotics fine, AI spies: 7 US-China relations reads

South China Morning Post Tech·Oct 15, 2026

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would…

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General

The Download: reviving frozen pig kidneys and boosting nuclear power

MIT Technology Review·Oct 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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Humanoid

Agility chooses Nyobolt for ultra-fast charging for Digit 5 humanoid

The Robot Report·Oct 15, 2026

Nyobolt is providing power technology for Digit 5 that enables Agility's humanoid to work up to 20 hours a day. The post Agility chooses Ny…

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EU leaders clash over trillion-euro budget as fears grow over French election fallout

South China Morning Post Tech·Oct 15, 2026

EU leaders locked horns on Thursday over the bloc’s next long-term budget as they kicked off talks in Brussels under pressure to seal a dea…

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How much more can nuclear power plants give?

MIT Technology Review·Oct 15, 2026

In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant possible. Over the…

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Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind

MIT Technology Review·Oct 15, 2026

Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, wit…

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Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life

MIT Technology Review·Oct 15, 2026

Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the…

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Can China’s coal industry ride to the rescue of a world in oil shock?

South China Morning Post Tech·Oct 14, 2026

Be warned. The global economy is likely to experience a recession next year. War across the Middle East is set to escalate, wrecking energy…

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Sally Rooney books can’t be sold in UK amid Palestine Action ban, publisher says

South China Morning Post Tech·Oct 14, 2026

Irish author Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the UK because of her support for the activist group Palestine Action, her publis…

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Research

Microsoft has a new machine learning tool to improve weather forecasts

The Verge AI·Oct 14, 2026

{"#text":"Old-school physics-based weather forecasting and even new AI models typically become less reliable beyond two weeks, a problem Mi…

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