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Harvard Dean David Parkes Wins IJCAI 2026 Award, Calls for New Rules to Organize AI Agents

Harvard professor David Parkes, awarded the 2026 John McCarthy Award at IJCAI, argued in his lecture that the next step for AI is designing mechanisms to let autonomous agents collaborate, much as markets coordinate human labor.

Robotics

Humanoid robot deployment needs patience, Zhejiang professor says at WRC

At the 2026 World Robot Conference, Professor Xiong Rong said humanoid robots still face reliability, generalization and precision gaps before becoming true productivity. Her team has secured 100-unit orders in 3C and 2,000 in apparel.

Products & Applications · Companies · World

Former ZEBAO Executives Build 2.99-Billion-Yuan Appliance Business in Five Years

Shenzhen-based Hesheng Innovation, founded by former ZEBAO executives, generated 2.99 billion yuan in revenue in 2025, but its playbook of seizing category gaps is fading as cross-border e-commerce shifts to tech-driven competition.

AI Chips & Compute · Companies

Zhonghao Xinying presents low-cost TPU chip at Hong Kong Global Unicorn Summit

Chinese TPU chip maker Zhonghao Xinying showcased its new 'Xuyu' chip at the Global Unicorn Summit in Hong Kong, claiming inference costs as low as 35-50% of overseas GPUs.

Products & Applications

Can't Stop Fixating on Your Looks? These 4 Mental Exercises May Help

Psychologist Diana Hill shares four evidence-based mental exercises to help people cope with body image distress, focusing on 'body image flexibility' rather than self-love.

Products & Applications

Virtual Power Plants: How to Join and Whether It’s Worth It

Virtual power plants let utilities control home devices like thermostats and EV chargers to cut peak demand. Here’s how to sign up and decide if the perks outweigh the flexibility trade-off.

Cybersecurity

Print and scanning remain an unmitigated risk, warns Tungsten Automation consultant

A Tungsten Automation consultant warns that printers and scanners remain an "unmitigated risk" for businesses, citing HP survey data and a 2025 ransomware attack on a Bank of China Singapore branch's printing vendor that exposed 11,200 customer records.

Large Language Models · Research · Robotics

ACE Robotics and HKU Release StreamPI, Adding Temporal Understanding to VLA Models

ACE Robotics and the University of Hong Kong unveiled StreamPI, a method that gives vision-language-action models continuous temporal modeling, boosting real-robot task success by up to 33 points.

Cybersecurity · Large Language Models

Hidden Reasoning Recovery and Cross-Session Messaging: New AI Agent Security and Collaboration Issues

Researchers recover hidden AI reasoning from major APIs via compatible models; Anthropic adds cross-session messaging to Claude Code.

AI Chips & Compute · Large Language Models · Products & Applications

Cursor's MoK and Meta's Muse Glimmer: Two Approaches to Squeeze More From AI Hardware

Cursor open-sourced MoK to cut MoE communication latency on Nvidia GPUs, while Meta released Muse Glimmer, a 30B local agent model with 128K context. Both tackle software-level bottlenecks in AI execution.

Products & Applications

Galaxy S27 leaks show stagnant design, while S26 beta brings AI features from Fold 8

Leaked renders indicate Samsung's base Galaxy S27 will retain a familiar design, while the Galaxy S26 series gains new AI features in the latest One UI 9 beta.

Products & Applications

Huawei Pura X View hands-on video reveals smart one-handed UI feature

A new video shows the Huawei Pura X View automatically shifting screen elements based on which hand holds it, a feature that could benefit other wide phones.

World · Robotics

South Korean Army Launches Tactical Drone and Robot Demonstration Unit

South Korea's Army has launched a new tactical unit to demonstrate drone and robot combat techniques, aiming to integrate unmanned systems and address demographic decline.

Products & Applications · Companies

Hailiang Tech's Smart Education Project Wins Zhejiang First Prize, Advances to National Data Element Competition

Hailiang Tech's e-career project won the first prize in the HR and education track at the 2026 "Data Elements ×" Zhejiang competition, becoming the only smart education project to advance to the national finals.

Products & Applications

Champions League 2026-27: Free Streams and VPN Options as PSG Seek Third Straight Title

The 2026-27 Champions League begins 8 September with PSG chasing a third straight title. Free streams are available in select countries, and VPNs can unlock them from anywhere.

Products & Applications

SSPai’s Back-to-School Guide: Mastering Knowledge Management for Academic Success

Ahead of the new term, SSPai shares practical knowledge-management and research strategies from multiple authors to aid students with thesis writing and beyond.

Products & Applications · Companies

Samsung releases seventh One UI 9 beta for Galaxy S26 with new AI features

Samsung releases seventh One UI 9 beta for Galaxy S26 with new AI features, August security patch.

Products & Applications

Leaker: OPPO Find X10 Pro Max to be first phone with three 200MP cameras

A leaker says the OPPO Find X10 Pro Max will be the first phone with three 200MP cameras: main, telephoto and ultrawide.

World · Research

Canada Recruits 48 Scholars From Top U.S. Universities in $364M Talent Push

Canada announces recruitment of 64 researchers, including 48 from top U.S. universities, with $364 million in funding.

Robotics · Markets

Vision-based tactile sensors face overvaluation, says Quantum Bit analysis

A Quantum Bit analysis argues that vision-based tactile sensors, despite their popularity, face low technical barriers, poor durability, and unresolved algorithmic issues, making their investment value questionable.

Companies · Products & Applications

First mRNA cancer vaccine succeeds in trial, but projected $475,000 price raises affordability concerns

Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine hit Phase 3 endpoints, but a projected $475,000 price tag has sparked debate about access.

Large Language Models

AI makes people more confident challenging professional advice, survey finds

A Use.AI survey of 15,428 adults finds 64% of people feel more confident challenging professional advice after checking with AI, highlighting an 'expertise recession.'

Large Language Models · Companies

Tencent Hunyuan Releases Open-Source Hy4 Preview Model

Tencent Hunyuan launches open-source Hy4 preview, a 770B-parameter LLM with 1M context, ranking among top open models in real-world productivity tasks.

Products & Applications

VITURE and S-GAME Unveil Kungfu Punk-Inspired Phantom Beast XR Glasses at Gamescom, Pre-Orders Open

VITURE and S-GAME unveiled the VITURE × Phantom Blade Zero Phantom Beast XR glasses at Gamescom. Pre-orders open today at ¥4,299, with shipping on Oct 29.