CIRCUITHIVE
ISSUE 024
WEEKLY / 16 JULY 2026 TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE & THE PEOPLE IN BETWEEN

This week’s cover story

The
Humanoid
Moment

Robots are leaving the laboratory. The real question isn’t whether they can live with us—it’s whether we’re ready to live with them.

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Elegant white humanoid robot photographed against a bright yellow backdrop
Artwork commissioned for CircuitHive / Issue 024
38 THE MACHINES
COME HOME Who gets to decide what a helpful robot looks like?
72 YOUR NEXT
CO-WORKER Inside the race to put humanoids on the factory floor.
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Latest stories

What everyone
will talk about next.

News, dispatches and ideas from the edge of our technological lives.

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Microchip standing among polished copper spheres on a bright green surfaceOPINION / 006

The perspective

“We keep calling it a chip war. That metaphor might be the problem.”

Semiconductors now sit at the centre of economics, national security and daily life. Dr. Lena Morris argues that cooperation—not conquest—is the only strategy with a future.

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Dr. Lena MorrisTechnology policy researcher
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New episode

Do we actually want AI in everything?

Maya and Kojo separate the genuinely useful from the deeply unnecessary in this week’s biggest launches.

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The Hive / Community

The story
continues here.

Thoughtful conversation without the algorithmic shouting. Bring a perspective, leave with three more.

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