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Wednesday 18 March 2026
Jensen Huang's survival playbook: Nvidia navigates the next AI frontier
At GTC 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a blunt message to an industry fixated on raw compute: the next bottleneck in AI is not the chip — it is everything around it....
Wednesday 18 March 2026
Tencent joins OpenClaw as sponsor after copy dispute, aligns with OpenAI and Baidu

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger accused Tencent of copying a GitHub open-source project without providing support, prompting Tencent...

Wednesday 18 March 2026
Chinese automakers navigate North America but face 2027 compliance barriers
Despite multiple tariffs and policy barriers imposed by the US on China's auto industry, Chinese automakers have avoided directly confronting the restrictions. Instead, they are adopting...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
How Meta's Manus acquisition ignited a new tech war
When Meta announced its US$2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, it was meant to be a victory lap for CEO Mark Zuckerberg. By bringing what it billed as the world's most advanced...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
GTC 2026: Memory, power, and deployment challenges reshape AI infrastructure
Amid tightening memory supply and surging demand for AI-ready infrastructure, hardware vendors are racing to redesign systems for the next phase of enterprise AI adoption — a...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
IBM completes Confluent acquisition to power real-time AI data
On March 17, IBM completed its acquisition of Confluent, Inc., the data streaming platform used by more than 6,500 enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 500 — to power...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
OpenAI teams with AWS to target US govt AI contracts
OpenAI has signed an agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide its artificial intelligence tools to US government agencies for both classified and unclassified work, according...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
Foxconn and SAP forge strategic alliance to drive enterprise AI in APAC
On March 18, Foxconn (Hon Hai) announced a strategic partnership with SAP to accelerate the adoption of next-generation enterprise artificial intelligence across the Asia-Pacific region...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
US Army inks US$20 billion deal with Anduril, consolidating procurement to accelerate AI-driven military modernization
The US Army has signed a sweeping corporate contract with defense tech startup Anduril Industries, valued at up to US$20 billion over 10 years. Covering software, hardware, infrastructure,...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
Mitsubishi Electric weighs stake sale in auto unit amid Foxconn talks
Mitsubishi Electric is evaluating a partial stake sale in its automotive components subsidiary, Mitsubishi Electric Mobility, as reports emerge of potential investment discussions...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
OpenAI shifts from building data centers to leasing cloud capacity
OpenAI has appointed new leadership to oversee its Stargate computing initiative as the company pivots its infrastructure strategy away from building its own data centers and toward...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
In-depth: China's AI 'five-layer cake'— impressive on the outside, underbaked in the middle
Jensen Huang's "five-layer cake" model for AI is a tidy recipe: energy, chips, infrastructure, models, applications — stacked in order. Applied to China, the cake looks polished...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
HD Renewable Energy deepens presence in Japan's power market with 50MW Hokkaido energy storage project
Japan's 25th Smart Energy Week is taking place in Tokyo, where HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) showcased three major solutions: energy storage integration, electricity trading, and charging...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
The EV detour: Why carmakers are turning to range extenders to stay on track
Mainstream carmakers in Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea are reassessing battery electric vehicle (BEV) strategies amid range anxiety, weak charging infrastructure, high vehicle...
Wednesday 18 March 2026
Analysis: How Nvidia is leveraging DeepSeek R1 surge to cement hardware–model domination
On March 11 (US time), Nvidia announced a US$26 billion five-year investment in open-source large language models and introduced Nemotron 3 Super, its most powerful hybrid mixture-of-experts...