Soil & Carbon Tech: Saudi deeptech startup Terraxy raised $3M to scale CarboSoil, a material meant to boost sandy-soil water/nutrient retention and lock CO₂ for centuries, backed by Wa’ed Ventures and KAUST. AI Engineering Shift: Anthropic co-founder Boris Cherny says “loop engineering” is replacing manual prompt writing, with AI agents generating and refining their own instructions. Healthcare AI in the Field: Punjab signed an MoU with CHRI to deploy AI-enabled ECG devices and AI stethoscopes for mass screenings in three districts. Biomed Breakthrough: A study links obesity-driven inflammation and hormonal signaling to early puberty in children, mapping how metabolic and immune pathways may push the brain’s puberty control system. Security & Devices: Researchers report an unpatchable hardware vulnerability in older Apple chips (A12/A13, S4/S5), affecting multiple iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch models. Tech for Cities: Uzbekistan’s smart-construction push gets a pitch from Zyx Technology’s AI digital twin tools at a Korea-Uzbekistan forum. STEM Education & Rankings: Applied Science Private University topped Jordan’s private universities and ranked 57th in Asia in AppliedHE 2026; IIT Mandi awarded degrees to 643 students, including its largest-ever BTech batch. Energy Policy: Malaysia plans subsidised diesel at RM2.10/L from July 2026 using MyKad verification to cut leakage and smuggling. Workstations: Lenovo launched the ThinkPad P16s (2026) with Intel Core Ultra chips and RTX Pro options for engineering workloads.