The Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Edition
Canada Import Ban, Jack Smith Testimony, and 300 Mingling Robots
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Science & Technology
300+
The number of autonomous humanoid robots that AgiBot released to mingle freely with visitors at a Chinese theme park. It is the largest public deployment of its kind ever -- moving humanoids from staged one-off demos into unscripted crowds.
Source: Fast Company
Today: All four best-of-three MLB Wild Card Series continue with Game 2s, where Monday's winners are one victory from advancing.
Tomorrow: Any MLB Wild Card Series that splits its first two games concludes with a winner-take-all Game 3.
- 1789Congress establishes the first permanent United States military force under the Constitution
- 1907The foundation stone of Washington National Cathedral is laid in the nation's capital
- 1954CERN, Europe's pioneering particle physics laboratory, is officially established near Geneva
- 1988Space Shuttle Discovery launches, NASA's first crewed flight since the Challenger disaster
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Why no one can agree on who is legally responsible when autonomous AI agents go rogue and cause real-world harm.
MIT Technology Review · Michelle Kim$ Subscription
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