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Wednesday 25 February 2026
US tariff ruling sparks transatlantic tensions, European auto industry on edge
After the US Supreme Court ruled that tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were unconstitutional, President Donald Trump reacted sharply, invoking...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
China's humanoid robot Big 5 confirms participation in Smart Factory & Automation World 2026
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...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Nvidia deploys AI-driven cybersecurity to protect critical infrastructure
Nvidia is extending its enterprise infrastructure strategy into operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, applying accelerated computing and AI to protect energy grids, manufacturing...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Commentary: How China's AI firms are mining Claude—and why it matters to supply chains and export controls
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...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Trump touts tariffs, AI push as pillars of economic revival
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...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Unitree launches As2 quadruped robot with longer range, higher payload and all-weather capability
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...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Analysis: OpenAI's spending cut is not what it seems; AI infrastructure partners remain on track
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...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
AMD and Meta seal US$100 billion AI infrastructure deal for 6GW of Instinct GPUs
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...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
US says no H200s were cleared for China since Trump's go-ahead
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....
Wednesday 25 February 2026
BMW retreats from L3 autonomy, betting instead on a smarter L2
In late January 2026, Mercedes-Benz removed its Level 3 autonomous driving function from the facelifted flagship S-Class. By the end of April, BMW followed with a strategic pivot of...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Next in line to challenge Nvidia: Taalas hardwires Llama into silicon, claims 17,000 tokens per second
Toronto-based AI chip startup Taalas says it can hardwire a large language model directly into silicon to accelerate inference beyond what conventional GPUs can deliver. Founded in...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
AI agents redraw enterprise software landscape with alliances blurring competitive lines
Artificial intelligence firms are rapidly moving beyond copilots toward autonomous "agents" that can execute business workflows, challenging the foundations of enterprise software...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
AI drives automation demand, industrial market set for gradual recovery
Following inventory corrections and demand adjustments in the global ICT industry from 2023 to 2025, the sector's economic landscape has shown clear divergence. AI server demand centered...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Z.ai apology over GLM-5 rollout highlights operational risks for AI firms as valuation soars
Chinese AI startup Z.ai issued a rare public apology on February 21 after its new large model, GLM-5, rollout triggered user backlash over billing, throttling, and flaws in its upgrade...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Elon Musk recruits South Korean chip talent as HBM sparks global war
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has amplified recruitment of South Korean semiconductor talent via social media, deepening competition for engineers as global tech firms increasingly target the...