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Scientists create tiny drones and boats powered entirely by sound

TechSpot News | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:32 a.m. | Original

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Forward-looking: Researchers have built miniature boats and flying devices that turn sound into thrust. Their 3D-printed cavities respond to specific frequencies, producing motion without motors, gears, or magnetic parts. The work points to a lighter, simpler way to power extremely small robots.

The technology was developed by EPFL's MicroBioRobotic Systems Lab in Switzerland, and the study was published in Science Advances. It relies on

《盈警》中建富通(00138.HK)中期虧損收窄至1.2億至1.4億元

Yahoo Finance (HK) | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:30 a.m. | Original

AI-generated text should be detectable, but Apple needs to avoid Anthropic’s huge error

9to5mac | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:30 a.m. | Original

As someone who writes for a living, you would correctly guess that I’m wholeheartedly in favour of allowing AI -generated text to be detectable and marked as such. There’s just a ridiculous amount of AI slop out there, and an “AI content” label means I don’t need to waste my time reading any of it.

However, Anthropic has just announced that it’s complying with an EU initiative to have Claude watermark AI-generated text, but doing so in a particularly perverse manner

《盈警》建發新勝(00731.HK)預計半年虧損3,000萬至3,550萬元

Yahoo Finance (HK) | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:30 a.m. | Original

4 tiny open-source tools that save me hours every week

XDA developers | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:30 a.m. | Original

Open source software might just be what you need

《業績》科倫博泰(06990.HK)中期純利3.88億人民幣虧轉盈

Yahoo Finance (HK) | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:29 a.m. | Original

We got the Sony A7rVI, RX10V and FX5: Is the A7sIV, A6900 or something else coming next?

sonyalpharumors | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:21 a.m. | Original

This first half of the year we got already three camera models:

Sony A7rVI at BHphoto , Amazon , Adorama , Fotokoch , FotoErhardt , Calumet , Clifton , WexUK
Sony RX10V at BHphoto , Amazon , Adorama , Fotokoch , FotoErhardt , Calumet , Clifton , WexUK
Sony FX5 at BHphoto , Amazon , Adorama , Fotokoch , FotoErhardt , Calumet , Clifton , WexUK

BUT Sony’s biggest announcement of the year usually happen in October/November (Sony A7V, Sony A1II, Sony

SK Hynix 原裝 SSD 保固承諾變空無庫存可作替換只能原價退款處置

HKEPC | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:21 a.m. | Original

【僅退款 !! 😡】買 SK Hynix 原廠 SSD，算你衰 !! 近日，多名 SK Hynix SSD 用家在 Reddit 上反映，向原廠申請 SSD 保固維修時，被告知已無可供替換的良品或新品，僅能選擇退還原始購買金額。然而，在目前 SSD 市價翻倍上漲的環境下，退款根本難

2 hygiene officers under investigation for smoking in public while in uniform

SCMP | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:20 a.m. | Original

Viral clip circulating on social media platform Threads shows two men in uniform smoking cigarettes in what appears to be a back alley during daytime

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A screengrab from an online clip showing two hygiene officers smoking. Photo: Threads/janicekklove3

Published: 9:20pm, 17 Aug 2026 Updated: 9:23pm, 17 Aug 2026

Hong Kong’s hygiene authorities are investigating two officers caught smoking in public while in uniform, an act that is strictly prohibited, adding that such behaviour will result in disciplinary action.

A viral clip

【多倫多天氣】本周大致晴朗溫暖　周中雷暴驟雨來襲

Singtao | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:19 a.m. | Original

【星島綜合報道】多倫多本周大部分時間將維持溫暖及陽光充沛的天氣，但部分日子亦可能出現短暫降雨。

CP24氣象學家Bill Coulter表示，本周將有「幾日陽光充沛、美好而符合季節氣候」的天氣，星期一首先會迎來有微風的天氣，

Viral clip circulating on social media platform Threads shows two men in uniform smoking cigarettes in what appears to be a back alley during daytime

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