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A kung fu robot lost its leg mid-flip 🤖💥, Meta wants $95 billion for AI 💰, and an AI just beat doctors at tough diagnoses . Here are the Top 5 AI and tech stories of the week (ending Oct 26, 2026), counted down from #5 to #1. 🚀
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0:00 This week in AI & tech
0:14 #5 Unitree robot loses its leg
0:31 #4 Nvidia RTX hidden AI speed unlocked
0:51 #3 Microsoft AI beats doctors at diagnosis
1:12 #2 India's smartphone shake-up
1:32 #1 Meta's $95 billion AI bet
1:53 Which story surprised you?
#5 Unitree's new H2-X humanoid robot, launched Oct 21 with a "Kung Fu" pitch, fell during a side flip at the World Physical AI Conference in Hangzhou one day later, and its right lower leg came off at the joint. Attendees' video spread fast online.
#4 Modders removed a software-level limit that ran some AI (Tensor Core) math at half rate on Nvidia GeForce RTX 20, 30 and 40-series cards. In tests the RTX 4090's FP16 Tensor throughput went from 165.6 to 331.6 TFLOPS. It's unofficial, gaming isn't the target, and chatbot token speeds stay about the same because they depend on memory bandwidth.
#3 Microsoft's MAI-DxO diagnosis system correctly diagnosed 83.2% of complex New England Journal of Medicine cases, versus 36.1% for the generalist physicians in the study, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in Science on Oct 22, 2026.
#2 Chinese brands' share of India's smartphone market fell to 67–68% in July–September 2026, the lowest in over eight years (Counterpoint, Omdia). Rising memory chip prices pushed Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi to cut budget models, while Indian brands (mostly Lava and Ai+) grew from 2% to 7% (Counterpoint).
#1 Meta plans to raise $95 billion to fund AI infrastructure and superintelligence: $35 billion in underwritten public offerings first, then $60 billion through an at-the-market program. Meta said Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom were interested in buying up to $5 billion of the shares.
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Sources:
• TechNode: https://technode.com/2026/10/26/unitrees-newly-launched-h2-x-robot-loses-a-leg-in-public-demonstration/
• VideoCardz: https://videocardz.com/newz/modders-unlock-hidden-ai-performance-on-nvidia-rtx-20-30-and-40-series-gpus-with-up-to-2x-tensor-throughput
• Fox Business: https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/microsoft-says-its-ai-tool-outperforms-generalist-doctors-complex-diagnoses
• CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/meta-stock-offering-ai.html
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