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Friday 16 October 2026
Meta releases Muse Spark Open weights, reversing its closed course with conditions
Meta on Thursday released the weights of Muse Spark Open, which it calls the most capable US open-weight model to date. The company said the multimodal model has 816 billion total...
Friday 16 October 2026
Hyundai Motor Group plans US$15.5 billion India investment from 2026
Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest approximately US$15.5 billion in India from 2026, expanding production, research, and partnerships as it positions the country as a base for domestic...
Friday 16 October 2026
Tong Yang sees stronger 4Q26 margins, but shipping, costs remain risks
Tong Yang Industry expects capacity utilization to reach 90%–95% in the fourth quarter of 2026, as North American aftermarket orders recover and support margins during the seasonal...
Friday 16 October 2026
AI traffic reshapes e-commerce as Shopline GMV rises 20% in 2026
As GenAI accelerates, e-commerce is shifting from traditional traffic management toward AI-assisted shopping and intelligent operations. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) e-commerce platform...
Friday 16 October 2026
AI investment risks rise as China models gain ground
As interest rates fluctuate, bond yields rise, and Chinese AI models intensify competition, market attention is shifting from technological development and infrastructure expansion...
Friday 16 October 2026
Samsung SDI targets 2027 LFP BBU battery production
Samsung SDI will begin mass-producing cylindrical lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for AI servers as early as June 2027, marking the first adoption of cylindrical LFP backup...
Friday 16 October 2026
AI power crunch drives data center demand for self-generation
The focus of the global AI race has shifted from securing advanced chips to securing access to electricity, with electrical power now becoming the deciding factor for computing capacity...
Friday 16 October 2026
Cloud AI absorbs resources as non-AI semiconductors face prolonged downturn
Investment in AI data centers remains strong, but semiconductor growth is becoming increasingly concentrated in cloud AI, while the long-running decline in consumer technology prices...
Friday 16 October 2026
TSMC excludes CPUs from AI accelerator growth forecast
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is seeing rising demand for CPUs related to agentic artificial intelligence (AI), but has not yet included CPUs in its calculations of AI...
Friday 16 October 2026
Hesai moves beyond lidar as Kosmo targets physical AI's data bottleneck
As artificial intelligence increasingly blurs the boundary between the digital and physical worlds, complications associated with real-world deployment — particularly the extreme...
Friday 16 October 2026
Manus returns to China's AI agent race with US$500 million reset
As Manus, one of China's more distinctive AI startups, became entangled in the high-profile unwinding of its acquisition by Meta, the startup's failed attempt to capture opportunities...
Friday 16 October 2026
Interview: The AI economy needs US$6T in funding — but from where?
AI is clearly making an enormous impact on the global economy, with capabilities extending from language chatbots to agentic teams and the physical realm within just a few years. A...
Friday 16 October 2026
LINE Taiwan pushes AI services as it marks 15 years and deepens anti-fraud role
LINE Taiwan marked its 15th year in the market with a strategy shift that signals broader ambitions beyond messaging. The company is expanding into AI-powered daily services, aiming...
Friday 16 October 2026
Qualcomm advances complete AI infrastructure platform as agentic AI reshapes competition
Qualcomm has historically provided standard chips primarily through its Snapdragon product line, serving a broad range of end customers. After officially launching its Dragonfly data...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Anthropic targets low-conflict sites for Australian data centers
Anthropic plans to place new data centers in Australia away from densely populated areas, using renewable energy and previously developed sites to reduce conflicts with residents....