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Wednesday 15 July 2026
EU carves out smart glasses and wearables from battery-removal rules, easing a barrier for Meta

The European Commission has exempted a swathe of connected consumer and industrial products from its rule requiring that portable batteries...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
China's AI labs are exporting innovation back to Silicon Valley, claims Linux Foundation CTO

After an eight-day trip through Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, Linux Foundation Global AI CTO Matt White published a detailed account...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
India-UK trade pact takes effect, setting a template that reaches well beyond tariffs

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between India and the UK came into force on July 15, 2026. While the immediate...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
Taiwan's outbound investment shifts to US and ASEAN as manufacturers diversify supply chains
Taiwanese outbound investment rose more than 50% over the past five years, with manufacturers directing a growing share of capital toward the United States and ASEAN as global supply...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
White House bets on AI clearinghouse to close gap between finding and fixing cyber flaws
On July 14, 2026, the White House launched Gold Eagle, a federal cybersecurity clearinghouse meant to coordinate how software vulnerabilities are detected and patched across open-source...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
Memory-cost squeeze is reshaping China's smartphone market, and only Huawei and Apple are winning from it
China's smartphone market is being reordered by the cost of the parts inside the phone rather than by any loss of appetite for the devices, and the second quarter of 2026 showed that...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
Google pushes India from AI demos to daily deployment, focusing on startups, skilling, and agent safety

Google used its I/O Connect India 2026 developer event in Bengaluru on July 14 to reframe its India strategy around getting artificial...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
India fines HP India US$1.25 million over toner-cartridge cartel, part of a wider INR142 crore penalty
India's antitrust regulator has penalized HP India and 16 of its resellers for rigging bids in the sale of printer consumables, in one of two orders that together impose the country's...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
Mistral AI urges France to reserve cheap power for European AI firms
Arthur Mensch, CEO of French AI startup Mistral AI, said France should prioritize low-cost nuclear electricity for domestic and European AI companies as US technology groups expand...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
AI computing demand lifts fiber prices and volume

AI data-center buildouts are driving global demand for high-speed optical interconnects and triggering a new round of capacity expansion...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
Apple reportedly explores PrismML's AI compression technology to bring larger models onto iPhones

Apple is reportedly evaluating AI model compression technology from Silicon Valley startup PrismML as it seeks to run more capable AI models...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
Taiwan and Japan expand all-photonic network ties for AI and research
Taiwan and Japan are expanding deployment of the IOWN all-photonic network to improve research connectivity and provide backup AI computing capacity. The effort comes as Taiwan promotes...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
CATL redraws AI ambitions with DeepSeek, VNET and an energy-first strategy

CATL is rapidly expanding into AI infrastructure. Through strategic investments in DeepSeek, data centres and power systems, the company...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
Japan ramps up AI and quantum investment to strengthen technology leadership
Japan's new growth strategy could ripple well beyond its borders as it channels public investment into AI, quantum technologies, and advanced networks that align with priorities already...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
Taiwan expo in Japan spotlights AI, robotics and senior care
The 2026 Taiwan Expo Japan opened in Tokyo on July 15, giving Taiwanese companies a platform to pursue business in AI, smart technology, robotics and the silver economy. Taiwan's trade...