Robotics & Automation (opens original source in a new tab)Robotics & Automation NewsWhy Digital Cleanliness MattersYou likely check the locks on your doors before heading to bed every night. You keep your physical valuables tucked away from prying eyes, yet the most sensitive details of your life now live entirely in the cloud. We often treat our devices like permanent storage lockers, leaving front doors wide open across the internet. […] (opens original source in a new tab)David Edwards·31 July 2026
Robotics & Automation (opens original source in a new tab)Robotics & Automation NewsRetrofitting Old Buildings for Smart Grid Compliance: What Contractors Need to KnowA property manager calls about a 1958 mixed-use building downtown. The utility wants time-of-use metering installed by next quarter, the tenants want their AC to keep running through the switchover, and nobody on the ownership side wants to hear the words “full rewire”. This is, more or less, how most smart grid retrofit jobs start. […] (opens original source in a new tab)David Edwards·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostChina factories cool, CXMT surges, PLA marks anniversaryChina’s factory activity unexpectedly slipped into contraction for the first time in five months, and construction activity fell to its lowest since the pandemic, underscoring a divide in the nation’s economy that complicates efforts to revive growth. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 49.2 in July, missing the 50.1 median estimate in a Bloomberg poll of economists. Construction and services, part of non-manufacturing PMI, tumbled to 49 from 50.2 a month... (opens original source in a new tab)Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)WiredWhat’s Behind the Heat Wave Scorching Huge Parts of the WorldA combination of El Niño, unusually hot ocean waters, and jet stream changes is sending temperatures soaring in the US, Europe, and Asia. (opens original source in a new tab)Molly Taft·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostChina’s export success is a by-product of self-relianceNot a day passes without someone in Europe or the United States complaining about China’s “overproduction” and “China shock 2.0”. The narrative is of a deliberate, subversive Chinese strategy, underpinned by subsidies, to undermine the manufacturing economies of the West and exert economic hegemony worldwide. Inaccurate as the narrative may be, it is widely accepted and used to justify demands for protection. The larger China’s trade surpluses, the louder the likely clamour from Western... (opens original source in a new tab)David Dodwell·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)STAT NewsOpinion: We once praised the American Diabetes Association’s courage. How things have changed“The ADA is no longer what we’d call a profile in courage,” write Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch. (opens original source in a new tab)Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)STAT NewsSyphilis spreads while researchers contend with federal constraints and a drug shortageAt the San Diego-Tijuana border, syphilis spreads while researchers contend with federal constraints and a drug shortage. (opens original source in a new tab)Eric Boodman·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)STAT NewsOpinion: Limb girdle muscular dystrophy patients face a maddening reality“Too often, regulatory tools authorized to speed patient access to breakthrough treatments are being used in ways that even prevent approval,” writes Kat Bryant Knudson. (opens original source in a new tab)Kat Bryant Knudson·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)STAT NewsOpinion: What a recent op-ed got wrong about our Covid study“The appropriate counter to Covid revisionism is careful, rigorous, and honest assessment of the U.S. response.” (opens original source in a new tab)Thomas J. Bollyky and Joseph Dieleman·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostRedNote eyes US$2.2 billion data centre as China ramps up AI infrastructure, source saysRedNote, the Chinese lifestyle social media platform also known as Xiaohongshu domestically, is looking to build out a large data centre facility in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to a source, in a move that comes amid China’s massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure push. Shanghai-based RedNote is planning the 600-megawatt project, either in Ulanqab proper, which is known for its wind and renewable energy projects, or west of the city, with a budget of around 15... (opens original source in a new tab)Ben Jiang·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyByteDance Seedance 2.5 Released: 30-Second Single-Generation Video With Breakthrough Long-Narrative Capability, Multi-Modal Reference, and Precise EditingByteDance Seed team launches Seedance 2.5 with 30s single generation, multi-round extension, 30 images plus 10 videos plus 10 audio references, and timestamp-controlled editing. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·31 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyLimX Dynamics Co-Founder Shen Hua: The Next Stop for Humanoid Robots Is Landing, and Nothing but Landing, as Motion Control Converges and PMF Becomes the BattlegroundLimX Dynamics shifts from motion control showcase to POC deployment with Luna humanoid, COSA brain system, and FluxVLA Engine as industry attention moves from capability boundaries to real scenarios. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·31 July 2026
