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Sports Focus: Beyond new records, China’s humanoid robots better integrate into life Moravec‘s Paradox

Sports Focus: Beyond new records, China’s humanoid robots better integrate into life

Robot "Tiangong" (front) in action during the Large Group 400m race of the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Aug. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong) Beyond surpassing human records on the competition field, humanoid robots are becoming better integrated into everyday life. by sportswriters Li Chunyu and Hu Jiali…
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August 26, 2026
Egypt, South Korea launch waste management training centre in Giza Recycling

Egypt, South Korea launch waste management training centre in Giza

Egypt and South Korea have opened an integrated simulation facility in Shabramant, Giza, to train workers in solid waste management as part of efforts to improve recycling, reduce emissions and transfer Korean environmental technologies and expertise to Egypt. Local Development and Environment Minister Manal Awad inaugurated the project alongside Giza…
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August 26, 2026
Philippines eyes drones and ‘system of systems’ to boost asymmetric defence Drones

Philippines eyes drones and ‘system of systems’ to boost asymmetric defence

Facing a far larger Chinese military presence at sea, the Philippines is looking to drones not as a substitute for warships and aircraft but as a relatively low-cost way to make its forces harder to find, suppress and outmanoeuvre, analysts have said. The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has…
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August 26, 2026
It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones Drones

It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones

Escape Velocity The dystopian future became the dystopian present last month when state-of-the-art artificial intelligence agents went rogue and conducted a cyberattack of their own volition. Two experimental OpenAI agents escaped their supposedly sealed digital “sandbox” and hacked another AI-related company, Hugging Face. At the time, OpenAI was testing their…
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August 26, 2026
What’s in a name? Trump’s ‘Lake America’ threat raises questions about centuries of history Donald Trump

What’s in a name? Trump’s ‘Lake America’ threat raises questions about centuries of history

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” but the name has centuries of history behind it. Trump said Tuesday the United States is giving “serious consideration” to changing the name of Lake Ontario as relations with Canada, and particularly Ontario, sour amid an escalating trade dispute.…
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August 26, 2026