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Monday 9 February 2026

China tightens regulations on EV battery recycling with digital ID system

As the global electric vehicle market grapples with mounting concerns over collapsing resale values, China—the world's largest and...

Monday 9 February 2026

China pulls the plug on EV door-handle futurism

A single regulatory notice issued recently by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made the country the first in...

Sunday 8 February 2026

AI startups capture majority of global venture capital in 2025, Best Brokers analysis shows

Artificial intelligence startups drew more than half of global venture capital funding in 2025, marking a significant shift in investor focus toward AI and machine learning companies,...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Record Japan blizzard threatens AI chip supply chains

A record-breaking blizzard driven by extreme weather has battered Japan's northern Aomori Prefecture, dumping snow at more than two and a half times the historical average. The storm...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Nvidia and Dassault Systèmes deepen partnership to bring AI into the physical world

Dassault Systèmes announced that it will undertake its largest-ever technology integration with Nvidia, deepening a partnership that spans more than 25 years. Under the expanded...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Musk: speed, not ambition, will shape next phase of AI expansion

Elon Musk said the pace of artificial intelligence expansion will be determined less by ambition than by how quickly AI developers and infrastructure builders can identify and remove...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Shanghai's AI chip boom powers China's homegrown computing future

In 2025, Shanghai's domestic AI chip sector surged alongside capital market activity. MetaX reported CNY740 million (US$106 million) in revenue in 2024, rising to CNY915 million in...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Chicony Power looks beyond PCs as it bets on AI and low-carbon platforms

Chicony Power, a Taiwanese power and energy management company, is accelerating a strategic shift away from its traditional reliance on PC and notebook power supplies, expanding into...

Sunday 8 February 2026

SpaceX seeks approval for a vast orbital data center in space

SpaceX has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission seeking approval to deploy as many as one million satellites,...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Google named Apple's preferred cloud provider as AI partnership details remain unclear

Alphabet executives have confirmed that Google is Apple Inc.'s "preferred cloud provider," renewing market speculation over the scope of their collaboration in artificial intelligence,...

Saturday 7 February 2026

Experts dismiss AI agents replacing enterprise software claims

The rapid rise of AI agent tools has reignited debate over whether AI could eventually displace enterprise software. While recent launches have unsettled markets, industry analysts...

Saturday 7 February 2026

Dassault Systèmes unveils ‘generative economy’ vision for AI-driven industry

At the 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026 conference, Pascal Daloz, the chief executive of Dassault Systèmes,...

Saturday 7 February 2026
Google outlines 5 key trends for AI agent growth in 2026
Industry experts are viewing 2026 as a pivotal year for AI agents, with AI CRM firm Salesforce predicting the full-scale adoption of agentic enterprises this year, and Google Cloud...

Saturday 7 February 2026
Humanoid robots step into factories, safety laws set the limits
A fast-moving contest between technological acceleration and regulatory safeguards is spreading from automotive electronics and electrification (E/E) into industrial AI robotics.

Saturday 7 February 2026
Musk rains on Apple's EV parade: Talent alone isn't enough
Elon Musk said Apple's failed attempt to develop an electric vehicle underscores a broader misconception in the technology industry: that recruiting high-profile talent from established...

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