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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...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Amazon's AI sovereignty push sparks internal clash over Claude ban

Amazon has officially banned its internal engineering teams from using Anthropic's coding assistant, Claude Code, mandating a full shift to Amazon's self-developed AI system. This...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Huawei tops US$128bn in 2025 — but growth cools to 2%

Huawei's 2025 annual revenue exceeded CNY880 billion (US$127.6 billion), driven by artificial intelligence and its HarmonyOS ecosystem...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

IBM opens AI GovTech Innovation Center in Lucknow, signals quantum and cloud investments in India

IBM on February 22 inaugurated an AI GovTech Innovation Center in Lucknow, India, as part of a broader push to position artificial intelligence (AI) as core infrastructure for public-sector...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Spring Festival Gala propels Unitree and three humanoid robot startups toward IPO spotlight

China Central Television's 2026 Spring Festival Gala became a showcase for humanoid robots. Unlike last year's polarizing yangko performance,...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Generative AI forces rethink of SaaS pricing and product design, Appier says

Generative AI has prompted market doubts about the traditional software-as-a-service growth model, contributing to recent weakness in SaaS stocks and eroding investor confidence, Appier...

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