Xiaomi said its roughly 1.7 meter humanoid robot will make its first public appearance at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on August 19–23, 2026.
Russia reported more than 620 drones aimed at the Moscow area overnight on August 18 and 453 drones intercepted across Russian regions and the Black Sea into August 19.
The dollar’s two-month low mainly reflected a reassessment of U.S. interest-rate prospects: softer employment, inflation and retail-sales data reduced the expected return on dollar assets and prompted invest...
Five games leave Xbox Game Pass on August 31, 2026, led by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition.
Trump ordered the Pentagon on August 16 to substantially reduce Ulchi Freedom Shield; the U.S.
Microsoft removed Windows 11’s Drag Tray—later renamed Drop Tray—from multiple Insider builds on August 17, 2026, after more than a year of testing and negative feedback.
ADNOC’s reported 5% cut in spot market Murban cargoes for August and September has pushed the grade to nearly $7 a barrel above Brent, its highest premium since April.
During a brigade level raid in Qabatiya near Jenin on August 17, 2026, Israeli forces wrote numbers in marker on some Palestinian detainees’ foreheads and arms; footage showed one man marked “44.” The IDF ac...
Nokia retained Omdia’s No. 1 mobile core portfolio competitiveness ranking in 2026 for the second consecutive year, leading across all seven categories; the result measures product strength, not overall comm...
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger is a two hour documentary about the band’s 2025 Live ’25 reunion, presenting the comeback as both a concert spectacle and a reckoning with Liam and Noel Gallagher’s long runni...
In a 2026 theoretical study, University of Basel physicists showed that an input–output framework makes a laser driven cavity engine recover the semiclassical predictions for power, heat current, and entropy...
Bitcoin’s move near $64,250, including roughly a 1% weekly gain, looks more like a temporary rotation away from crowded semiconductor trades than proof that crypto is a durable safe haven.