As the global manufacturing and robotics industry shifts towards humanoid robots, China's world-leading Big 5 humanoid robot companies will gather in Korea for the first time this March. Asia's leading manufacturing AX expo, Smart Factory & Automation World (AW) 2026, announced on February 12 that key companies spearheading the global humanoid robot industry have confirmed their participation.
Nvidia is extending its enterprise infrastructure strategy into operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, applying accelerated computing and AI to protect energy grids, manufacturing plants, transportation networks, and utilities.
Anthropic has released a report accusing DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax of systematically extracting capabilities from its Claude large language model through large-scale distillation. The goal: to accelerate training of their own systems.
On the evening of February 24, 2026, at the State of the Union address, President Trump urged major tech firms to build their own power plants for AI data centers and said American technology is driving a historic economic renewal.
Following the US Supreme Court ruling that US President Donald Trump had acted unlawfully in invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping global tariffs, Trump swiftly announced a new across-the-board 15% tariff hike. Taiwanese steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has stated that the tariff dispute is far from over and may intensify further, requiring close monitoring of future developments.
Walsin Technology Corporation announced plans to invest JPY508 million (US$3.27 million) to increase its shareholding in Japan's Matsuo Electric, a move the passive components maker says will support product expansion and strengthen the two companies' partnership.
HP reported first-quarter results for fiscal year 2026 (ending January) that exceeded expectations, driven by the Windows 11 upgrade cycle and surging demand for AI-powered PCs. Yet the company cautioned that escalating memory prices and the US trade policy uncertainties could push full-year profits to the lower end of guidance, while overall PC shipments for FY26 are expected to decline in the double digits.
Chinese robotics firm Unitree Robotics unveiled its latest quadruped robot, the Unitree As2, on February 24, 2026, positioning the new model as a more capable platform for industrial and outdoor applications. The As2 builds on earlier consumer-oriented products and delivers a combination of performance upgrades and enhanced utility designed for real-world deployment.
A recent OpenAI disclosure has reignited debate about the company's AI infrastructure ambitions — but the alarm is largely misplaced. According to CNBC, OpenAI told investors its total compute spending target through 2030 would be approximately US$600 billion. That figure was quickly set against CEO Sam Altman's earlier pledge of US$1.4 trillion in infrastructure investment, leading some to conclude the company is pulling back sharply. It is not.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Meta have entered into a multi-year agreement to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs to power Meta's next-generation AI data centers, marking one of the largest AI infrastructure partnerships to date and potentially exceeding US$100 billion in value.
Nvidia's high-performance GPUs sit at the heart of the US-China AI chip standoff — and Washington's export controls mean every policy shift lands directly on its order book. Two months after the Trump administration signaled it would allow limited H200 sales to China, not a single chip has been approved, a senior US export enforcement official has confirmed.
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