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I'm Kim.

Today is Friday, April 24th, 2026.

And we begin with another sport making room for robots.

Just days after marathon running droids made big news

in Beijing, comes Ace, a new AI-powered robotic arm device built by Sony that's been taking

on elite table tennis players and on more than one occasion, leaving them in the dust.

Ace follows the small white ball using nine small cameras.

The robot's eyes can even track the ball's spin

by following its printed logo, reacting in split seconds

to move forwards and back and change its arm position.

The designers say this is a major milestone,

because instead of programming the robot step by step,

it learned to play and improved through experience, just like humans.

Ongoing ripple effects from the Iran-war oil supply disruption aren't limited to rising gas and

airfare prices. Your toy box could be next.

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