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Wednesday 7 October 2026
Anduril to invest US$3.7 billion in Maryland shipyard for submarine supply chain
Anduril Industries said it will spend US$3.7 billion to build Arsenal-2, a next-generation software-defined shipyard at Sparrows Point in Baltimore County, Maryland. The US Navy is...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Apple and LG Electronics reportedly team up on branded smart home devices
Apple and LG Electronics are reportedly pairing up to create a line of smart home devices, though the devices will carry the LG brand name. The two companies are expanding their reach...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Samsung SDI builds dual-track battery strategy with LFP supply deal, solid-state push
Samsung SDI is simultaneously expanding its lower-cost LFP supply chain and advancing its next-generation all-solid-state battery roadmap, signing separate agreements with POSCO Future...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
SpaceX's US$40 billion Nvidia financing spotlights rise of AI compute as an asset class
SpaceX is seeking roughly US$40 billion in financing to fund purchases of Nvidia AI chips, in a deal led by Apollo Global Management that could become one of the largest examples yet...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Meta wants to set the rules for AI agents doing business
Meta and enterprise AI startup Sierra are leading Walmart, Stripe, Shopify, Genesys, Instinct and Rocket in developing an open standard for personal AI agents, aiming to define how...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Honda and Taisei to test wireless charging roads on Japanese expressways in 2027
Honda Motor said on October 5, 2026, that it had developed core technology for a magnetic-coupling wireless power supply road system with Taisei and other partners, setting up on-road...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Schneider-PTC deal targets industrial AI across the lifecycle
Schneider Electric's roughly US$22.6 billion acquisition of US industrial software developer PTC is more than a bid to expand its computer-aided design (CAD) and product lifecycle...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Commentary: Qualcomm patent deal puts spotlight on Huawei's broader IP push
Huawei and Qualcomm announced on Oct. 5 that they had signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement covering technologies including 5G, computing, AI and networking.
Wednesday 7 October 2026
AMD expands Korea push after Taiwan supply talks
AMD CEO Lisa Su moved from supply-chain talks in Taiwan to South Korea this week, broadening the chipmaker's Asia push from efforts to secure more CPU, GPU and advanced-wafer capacity...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Samsung arms for memory price surge with AI, services, N-1 phone push
Rising memory prices are already weighing on 2026 smartphone and notebook shipments, and sustained AI infrastructure investments are expected to keep quotes climbing into 2027. To...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
CloudMile flags AI cost pressure, risk governance as key
As AI agents integrate into enterprise operations, companies scaling deployment face rising challenges around runaway costs, permission controls, and cybersecurity governance. CloudMile...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
AI server smuggling cases expose gap between export compliance and due diligence
A string of AI server smuggling prosecutions is showing that following US export-control rules to the letter has not stopped advanced Nvidia hardware from reaching China. The weak...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Robotaxis intensify charging infrastructure pressure, could drive over 35% of North American EV power demand by 2030
As autonomous driving technology continues to advance, robotaxis are expected to significantly reshape global EV charging demand. Charging solutions provider ChargePoint forecasts...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Navigating the global AI regulatory divide: American safety debates, China's rapid deployment, Mistral's European push
The global artificial intelligence landscape is witnessing an accelerating divide. While Silicon Valley grapples with escalating safety debates and regulatory friction, Chinese tech...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Z.ai takes GLM-5.3 global through Amazon Bedrock's enterprise channel
Chinese AI company Z.ai is expanding its overseas commercialisation through Amazon Bedrock, with AWS adding GLM-5.3 on October 6 and sharing revenue with Z.ai based on model usage.