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Wednesday 5 November 2025

Apple reportedly uses Gemini to upgrade Siri with privacy-focused in-house servers

Apple is reportedly integrating Google's Gemini extensively into its new Siri, while running all computations on Apple's private cloud compute (PCC) servers to ensure data privacy...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Astemo shifts from parts manufacturing to software services, betting on future EV market

The dominance of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the 19th and 20th centuries is now being challenged by environmentally friendly cars in the 21st century. Automotive...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

OpenAI's revenue far exceeds US$13 billion as CEO denies 2026 IPO rumors

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman disclosed that the artificial intelligence (AI) company's annual revenue has significantly surpassed the widely reported US$13 billion mark. During a podcast...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

AMD’s AI growth story: how OpenAI became both catalyst and concern

OpenAI has become a key driver of AMD's data center growth, marking a turning point in the chipmaker's AI strategy. As AMD deepens collaboration with OpenAI through massive GPU deployments,...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

AMD hits record quarter as AI boom lifts all chips—except those bound for China

On November 4, AMD reported record results for the third quarter of 2025, driven by strong demand in the data center and client computing segments, which underscore the company's...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Apple’s MacBooks shine in a dull PC market

Apple's iPhone 16 sales have exceeded expectations for its fourth quarter of 2025 earnings after being initially doubted at its launch. The upcoming lower-priced MacBook will drive...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

SoftBank returns to robotics with US$5.4B ABB acquisition despite Pepper, Boston Dynamics setbacks

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

AR glasses get cheaper as the next platform race begins

Augmented reality (AR) glasses could become the next mainstream computing platform after smartphones. AR glasses are the core hardware of AR technology, but rely heavily on the integration...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Why Malaysia is attracting the world’s biggest AI data centers

"Electricity is computing power," said Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), predicting that global data center power...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Foxconn's Young Liu calls for regional supply chains and 'game-changing' AI strategy

At the Nikkei Forum in Tokyo, Young Liu, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, said that rising geopolitical tensions between the US...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

How Nexperia’s low-cost chip became a high-stakes weapon

A semiconductor crisis that began in the Netherlands and is being fueled by US-China tensions has swept through the global auto industry at astonishing speed.

Tuesday 4 November 2025

European and US IDMs see slow recovery in automotive and industrial control

Key European and US IDMs like Texas Instruments (TI), NXP, and STMicroelectronics (STM) have released their latest earnings reports, some showing solid recovery performance in the...

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Andon Labs' Butter-Bench test finds that embodied AI is still limited

Safety evaluation firm Andon Labs conducted experiments using several LLMs to control robots and found that while LLMs can understand commands, they still make frequent mistakes in...

Tuesday 4 November 2025

China dominates Asia-Pacific startup funding, with focus on AI and defense technology

China continues to see resilience in industry, technology, and trade as the largest economy in Asia, with Chinese firms securing seven of the top 10 spots in the startup fundraising...

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Cisco unveils Unified Edge platform to capture AI inference market

Targeting the shift of AI workloads toward distributed computing, Cisco has unveiled its new Unified Edge solution. The platform integrates computing, networking, storage, and security...

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