Robot Traffic Test
DEEP Robotics has been testing its DR02 humanoid on the streets of Hangzhou, putting the full size industrial robot to work beside traffic officers at busy crossings. The company says the machine carries an IP66 rating for dust and water protection, a level of sealing that suits outdoor duty in rain and spray. The trials took place in the city's Xihu district, on roads an officer would otherwise cover.
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Honda Reveals Advanced Avatar Robot Hand at CEATEC
Honda, the Japanese automaker, recently demonstrated a robotic hand engineered for precision and strength. This presentation at CEATEC 2026 in Japan introduced technology allowing individuals to perform physical work remotely. The Honda Avatar Robot features a multi fingered hand and an assistance system for user control.
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ModelBest Open Sources MiniCPM-V 4.7 for Use on the Phone Itself
ModelBest has released the next generation of its small multimodal family, shipped as a 35B-A3B version and a 1B version under the MiniCPM name. The larger one is the first mixture of experts model in the line, and the company says it runs on a phone using about 3GB of memory while decoding at more than 13 tokens per second.
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Huawei Says HiSilicon Designed the Sensor in Its XMAGE Z10 Camera
Huawei has confirmed that the image sensor inside its XMAGE Z10 camera module was designed in house by HiSilicon, its chip design unit, closing a question that earlier coverage of the module had left open. The disclosure came at the company's 2026 Kirin media briefing, held at its Lianqiu Lake research centre in Shanghai, where a semiconductor executive also detailed the security features of the Kirin 9050 mobile chip.
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Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Self-Replicate as Botnets
Anthropic recently warned that small artificial intelligence models could soon self replicate across internet connected devices. This development raises the prospect of AI driven botnets spreading rapidly, resisting efforts to remove them, and potentially accessing data centres to expand their operations. The company's experiments suggest these autonomous AI networks could prove challenging to disable once established, as no central control point would exist.
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Google and Singapore Team Up on Cyber Defence and Scam Detection
Google and the Singapore government widened their joint work on digital safety at Singapore International Cyber Week, announcing two efforts that draw local agencies and the company's newest security models closer together. Singapore will join Google's Fairwind programme for cyber defenders, and Google DeepMind will work with the Government Technology Agency on a scam detection model that runs on a person's own phone.
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Apple Introduces HomeView, Its USD 299 Countertop Smart Display
Apple has introduced the HomeView, a stationary countertop smart display priced at USD 299. It functions as a speaker, digital picture frame, synchronised calendar, and media player. The device aims to provide quick information and interactions, drawing on its deep connections within the Apple ecosystem. It targets Apple users and those seeking alternatives to Amazon and Google smart hubs, according to Forbes.
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DeepSeek Weighs a Move Into Robotics as Liang Wenfeng Meets Founders
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has been holding talks with founders working on embodied intelligence and is weighing whether the company should move into robotics, according to a report from Phoenix Tech. People familiar with the matter said two routes are under discussion, with one being a dedicated internal team and the other a set of stakes in companies already working in the field. DeepSeek has not commented.
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Adobe Finds 57% of Southeast Asian Firms Stuck in AI's Frozen Middle
About 57% of organisations in Southeast Asia are stuck in what Adobe calls the frozen middle, running AI pilots or early deployments without the coordination needed to scale them. For agentic AI, the share is 40%. The figures come from Adobe's 2026 State of AI Readiness Report, built on a survey of 5,633 senior executives across 12 industries and 11 markets, including 461 in Southeast Asia, and conducted by Incisiv for Adobe.
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Character.AI Files for Chapter 11 and Agrees to Sell Assets to Disney
Character.AI has begun a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in the United States and agreed to sell some of its assets to Walt Disney for $20 million. The filing was made in the bankruptcy court for the District of Delaware and is voluntary, the company said. Character Technologies, which owns the chatbot platform, put its estimated assets and liabilities between $50 million and $100 million in a court filing that also sets out the sale process.
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