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In this episode, a panel of industry experts discussed what is needed to build a moon base during a live event at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, with leaders from companies including Astrolab and Firefly. The supplied context is truncated, so further details are not available.

Yale researchers report that in preclinical studies, the FDA-approved epilepsy drug lacosamide appears to block a protein involved in both pain signaling and cartilage destruction, potentially helping damaged joints shift back toward repair. The findings are preclinical and not yet confirmed in humans.

AWS launched an open-source Physical AI Toolchain for robotics, according to The Robot Report. The toolchain combines AWS and NVIDIA tools covering synthetic data generation, model training, simulation and validation, edge deployment, and continuous improvement.

Writing in Utility Dive, Joy Ditto, former CEO of the American Public Power Association, argues the District of Columbia should review its renewable portfolio standard requirements. She says solar credits add about $20 to monthly electric bills, burdening those least able to afford it.

Uber and China's Pony.ai said on Thursday that they plan to launch robotaxis in London, with the two companies set to begin testing Pony.ai's Gen-7 robotaxis in the city in the coming weeks.

MIT Technology Review's weekday newsletter The Download covers why AI breakthroughs in robotics are argued unlikely to change daily life any time soon, even as hype around humanoid robots reaches fever pitch, and also features portable rubber dams.

A German cybersecurity firm discovered an authentication flaw in Sungrow's iSolarCloud platform that exposed connected devices. After security researchers gained access, Sungrow issued an emergency patch to address the vulnerability.

According to STAT, Roche has signed a drug discovery deal with Chinese biotech Defand Therapeutics, focused on molecular glue medicines. Further deal details were not provided in the report.

According to OpenAI, Pollo AI uses GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT-Image-2.5 to help creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads. The item is vendor-published product material.

Nvidia is making a big bet on physical AI aimed at safer robotaxis and humanoid robots. According to Ars Technica, its full-stack safety solution for physical AI is being used by robotics companies.

Xreal's Aura glasses now have a US store listing naming four versions: 12GB RAM with 256GB of storage and 16GB RAM with 512GB, each in two frame sizes. However, the company's own FAQ says the Android XR product has not yet been configured or announced.

Meta says its VR Glasses are a different product for a different market, and Quest is not dead but has been relegated. The company has reportedly pulled back from games, shut down a number of studios, and is building its next chapter around something else; the VR Glasses are mixed reality tethered to a compute puck.

Infrastructure investor Actis has entered the Polish energy storage market by acquiring two large-scale projects totalling 1.14GWh from DTEK's DRI. Separately, R.Power and Solax have announced project updates in the country.

Italian startup Syntropia has developed a 535 W hybrid photovoltaic-thermal module that combines electricity generation with heat recovery, achieving a reported combined energy conversion efficiency of 66.8% in recent tests. The company is also developing an integrated energy system combining PVT modules, geothermal probes, heat pumps, and intelligent energy management software.

Anthropic released Claude Code 2.1.293, reverting a fix that version 2.1.290 had shipped two days earlier, and the changelog states this plainly. According to the changelog, the reverted fix addressed cloud sessions staying asleep after a container restart lost a pending /loop wakeup or scheduled task.

TrinaTracker, a global smart tracking systems provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Trinasolar, launched two self-developed robots: the Buildex PV Module Installation Robot and the Aurora PV Cleaning Robot, expanding its Smart PV Ecosystem as it evolves from a tracking equipment supplier into a smart PV and robotics solution provider.

India's Tata Power has partnered with Norway-based renewable energy technology company Ocean Sun to undertake a 300 kWp floating solar pilot in India, based on Ocean Sun's membrane-based floating solar technology.