Robots begin delivering groceries for Noon in Dubai

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Author: Not specified | Date: December 12, 2025

Yango Group and e-commerce giant Noon have launched fully electric, autonomous delivery robots for real customer orders in Dubai, starting with the Sobha Hartland community. Approved by Dubai’s RTA, the service lets shoppers select robot delivery, track in real time, and unlock a secure compartment via smartphone.

The rollout aims to scale across Dubai and the wider GCC, boosting peak-time capacity, cutting emissions, and advancing smart, AI-powered urban logistics.

Loaf and Lager: The climate potential of brewing with bread

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Author: Ruscena Wiederholt | Date: December 12, 2025

U.K.-based Toast Brewing replaces about 25% of barley with surplus bread, diverting over 4.1 million slices from landfill while donating all profits to environmental charities. Research suggests each kilogram of bread brewed into beer can avoid nearly half a kilogram of CO₂, reducing both food waste and malt-related emissions.

Despite operational challenges—like processing diverse bread inputs and preventing mash clogs—the approach aligns with circular economy goals and growing consumer demand for sustainable beverages.

Sagar Defence to build world’s first autonomous maritime shipyard in Andhra Pradesh

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Author: BL New Delhi Bureau | Date: December 12, 2025

Sagar Defence Engineering has been allotted 29.58 acres at Juvvaladinne Fishing Harbour to establish a first-of-its-kind autonomous maritime shipyard and systems center. The integrated R&D and testing hub will accelerate unmanned surface and subsurface innovation, cut reliance on foreign test facilities, and bolster defense readiness and commercial maritime efficiency.

Expected spillover benefits include logistics, fisheries, port operations, disaster response, and a more sustainable, data-driven “Digital Ocean” ecosystem.

플랫폼SME연구센터, ‘D-SME 최고위과정 5기’ 성료…디지털 상공인 협업 본격화

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Author: 조광현 | Date: December 12, 2025

Kookmin University’s Platform SME Research Center completed its 11-week D‑SME executive program, equipping 28 digital small-business leaders with training in trends, AI, marketing, global expansion, sustainable branding, and leadership. Robust networking—including a “Homecoming Day” collaboration match—sparked real business partnerships and product co-development.

The program underscores how curated education plus peer collaboration can help digital SMEs scale responsibly and build resilient, sustainability-minded brands.

CHAR Technologies announces closing of book on fully subscribed private placement

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Author: GlobeNewswire | Date: December 12, 2025

CHAR Technologies closed the order book for a fully subscribed C$1 million non-brokered private placement at C$0.20 per unit, with institutional participation. Proceeds will support working capital, project development, and investor relations as the company scales its high-temperature pyrolysis technology that turns wood and organic waste into RNG/green hydrogen and carbon-neutral biocarbon.

The raise signals investor confidence in waste-to-energy solutions that decarbonize heavy industry while diverting biomass from landfills.

Why AI alone can’t help your digital experience platform evolve

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Author: David San Filippo | Date: December 12, 2025

This analysis argues that AI coding tools deliver short-term speed but can create brittle systems without “context engineering”—structured, versioned patterns and standards that AI can reference. By embedding design systems, component patterns, and engineered prompts into the workflow, teams gain sustainable agility and maintainability instead of one-off accelerations.

The takeaway: treat AI as a governed part of the lifecycle so quality, accessibility, and security scale alongside speed.

How color‑changing, bacteria‑infused spacesuits could help keep astronauts safer from radiation

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Author: Jessica Rendall | Date: December 12, 2025

Researchers in Scotland are developing fabric treated with harmless, pigmented bacteria that fade with radiation exposure—turning suits into visual dosimeters for astronauts. A PocketQube satellite will test the material’s color changes in orbit, validating long-duration exposure readings.

Beyond space, the dye could offer a greener alternative to conventional textile dyes and support safety for high-radiation occupations on Earth.