Researchers at Nanyang Technological University Singapore have developed a seed-sized surgical robot that can switch between five different functions in less than a second. The device offers a potential new tool for minimally invasive medical procedures. Credit: NTU The robot measures just 4.4 millimetres long and is controlled wirelessly using weak magnetic fields. Despite its small size, it can move across soft surfaces, cut biological tissue, release drugs, grip and store

Tencent Cloud announced its self-developed Canghai series of video encoding chips took first place across all speed tiers from 30 to 240fps on every SSIM, PSNR, and VMAF metric at the Moscow State University Hardware Video Encoding competition. The Canghai chips surpassed more than 40 products from companies including AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel.