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Monday 22 June 2026

AI demolishes traditional tech: how NPUs and AI RAN are rewriting European infrastructure

AI is no longer a localized software novelty. It is now aggressively wiping out traditional hardware infrastructure across Europe....

Monday 22 June 2026

China launches 2026 NEV rural promotion campaign to accelerate EV expansion into county-level markets

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Ministry of Commerce, and three other government departments announced on June 18 the launch of a new round of the 2026...

Monday 22 June 2026

MW-level flash charging competition escalates as BYD, Geely, CATL compete for industry influence

In China's new energy vehicle (NEV) market, industry leader BYD introduced megawatt-level (MW) flash charging technology more than a year ago and further enhanced its fast-charging...

Monday 22 June 2026

How physical AI and ADAS-cockpit fusion are rewiring China's smart driving supply chain

Physical AI and ADAS-cockpit integration have become the two main forces driving upgrades in China's autonomous driving and smart cockpit...

Monday 22 June 2026

Anthropic joins US$915 million Frontier push to scale carbon removal

Anthropic joined Frontier, the carbon removal procurement coalition, becoming the first AI startup to participate as surging power demand from AI data centers made corporate climate...

Monday 22 June 2026

Taiwan auto parts makers forecast 2H26 recovery as tariff and geopolitical risks ease

Major Taiwan auto parts makers said they expected market conditions to improve in the second half of 2026 as tariff and geopolitical uncertainties eased, executives announced during...

Monday 22 June 2026

Google loses Gemini co-lead as engineering VP joins OpenAI to research model building

Google Vice President of Engineering and Gemini model co-lead Noam Shazeer has left the company to join OpenAI, where he will focus on research into model-building methods, executives...

Monday 22 June 2026

Groq CEO sees GPU and LPU as complementary as AI compute demand grows

Nvidia's planned US$20 billion strategic deal with Groq is built on a simple logic: as compute gets cheaper, demand keeps expanding. In a recent interview, Groq co-founder and CEO...

Monday 22 June 2026

Tesla files Megapod trademark in modular AI data center push

According to a trademark application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Tesla has submitted an intent-to-use application...

Monday 22 June 2026

Column: Physical AI shifts from feature robots to smart robots

Over the past decade, annual venture capital invested in physical AI and robotics startups has surged from a few hundred million US dollars to nearly US$25 billion, more than a 10x...

Monday 22 June 2026

China opens STAR Market pathway for AI model firms amid funding race

China's artificial intelligence (AI) industry has received another major policy boost. At the 2026 Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Chairman...

Monday 22 June 2026

Memory costs push Samsung Galaxy A37 pricier as S26 holds steady

AI-driven memory price spikes are presenting a challenge for Samsung's smartphone business, with rising component prices eroding the...

Monday 22 June 2026

Microsoft considers DeepSeek as OpenAI costs mount

Microsoft is reportedly considering introducing a fine-tuned version of the Chinese open-source model DeepSeek V4 into its enterprise...

Monday 22 June 2026

Analysis: BYD's robotics ambitions ignite new battleground with startups

As competition intensifies and profitability declines in China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) market, automakers are increasingly turning to humanoid robots in search of a new growth engine...

Monday 22 June 2026

Interview: MetaComp on its KYA framework and the agentic future of finance

Agentic AI is entering the financial sector, and a future where agents make purchases and manage wealth on people's behalf is appearing on the horizon – but is the financial...

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