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Monday, November 17, 2025. And we begin with the face plant seen round the world.

A private company in Russia recently hype the big reveal of its cutting-edge AI-powered humanoid.

But with the music from rocky blaring, disaster struck.

Last week, after a few staggering steps and a wave to a crowd of journalists,

the robot lost its balance and crashed to the floor,

losing a few body parts in the process. Organizers quickly threw up a black sheet to shield attendees

from seeing the robot wreckage, but the damage was done. The company blamed its humanoid hiccup on

calibration and lighting issues, but remains undaunted, saying in a statement

that the malfunction was part of a normal process of developing cutting-edge technology and

adding, what is truly frightening is not to fall, but not to get back up.

South Korea doesn't mess around with test- taking. Last Thursday, more than a half

million high school students simultaneously took the nationwide entrance exam for college. To make

sure there were no distractions, especially during the English listening section, the country

ordered all-air traffic to a halt. No takeoffs or

landings were allowed between 105 and 140 in the afternoon. And any planes that were already

airborne had to maintain an altitude of at least three kilometers, which is about 9,800 feet. But air

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