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Sunday 25 October 2026
Meta’s AI commitments surge to US$825 billion, testing financing power
Meta Platforms’ long-term AI infrastructure spending is driving rising financial pressure, with free cash flow turning negative in Q3 2026 and future lease and non-cancelable...
Sunday 25 October 2026
Column: Will general-purpose models overtake Physical AI?
After GPT-6 Astra launched in early September 2026, researchers quickly put it through Physical AI and robotics benchmarks. In some tests, it outperformed specialized models trained...
Sunday 25 October 2026
Moonshot's Singapore hiring shows how China's open-model labs plan to get paid abroad
Moonshot AI's first visible overseas sales hire marks a new stage in how Chinese developers of open-weight models compete outside China. They have given away model weights to win developers...
Sunday 25 October 2026
Tesla-SpaceX merger tests whether Musk's technology empire is worth more together
Since Elon Musk publicly confirmed that Tesla and SpaceX are evaluating a potential merger, the prospect has stirred widespread speculation over what could become the largest corporate...
Sunday 25 October 2026
Interview: The story of LEACHIM, a working humanoid robot from the 1970s
The robotics industry has come a long way since robots were first built starting in the mid-20th century. Yet LEACHIM, a robot teacher and one of the world's first humanoids created...
Saturday 24 October 2026
Bosch to spin off automotive business as Asian rivals intensify pressure
Bosch Group plans to establish Bosch Mobility as a wholly owned, legally independent subsidiary in August 2027, separating the business that generated about 60% of group revenue. The...
Saturday 24 October 2026
LGES Poland plant nears breakeven as utilization rebounds
LG Energy Solution (LGES)'s Wroclaw plant in Poland, long viewed as a major drag on the business, is nearing profitability after posting an operating loss of nearly KRW600 billion...
Friday 23 October 2026
Doosan Robotics targets automakers, chipmakers as Chinese rivals cut prices
Doosan Robotics is focusing its sales efforts on large automotive and semiconductor manufacturers as it develops AI-powered systems capable of handling more complex factory tasks,...
Friday 23 October 2026
Chinese luxury carmakers face barriers in Europe's premium market
Chinese luxury carmakers are expanding in Europe but face barriers that differ from those in China. Brand recognition, sales and repair networks, financing, leasing, and used-car values...
Friday 23 October 2026
Taiwan's top telecom spins off AI surveillance unit, plans global push with local hardware makers
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has established a new subsidiary, CHT Intelligent Vision Solutions (IVS), spinning off an internal team focused on smart security and intelligent video analytics...
Friday 23 October 2026
Commentary: How long can the humanoid robot bubble last? Unitree's valuation correction puts physical AI to the test
Concerns over a potential AI bubble are intensifying. From large language models (LLMs) and AI data centers to humanoid robots, investors are increasingly questioning when massive...
Friday 23 October 2026
FCC grants Intel a waiver to foreign robot ban to prevent chip disruptions
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Intel a waiver to its ban on foreign-made mobile robots, which will allow it to update its fleet of autonomous guided vehicles...
Friday 23 October 2026
China's weak car market squeezes automakers, suppliers and dealers
China's weakening car market is challenging automakers, parts suppliers, and dealers as exports rise but domestic demand contracts. For global industry watchers, the downturn is a...
Friday 23 October 2026
Analysis: Nvidia's Vera CPU takes on Intel and AMD with a platform play
Nvidia has won a CPU supply order from AI startup Modal, challenging Intel and AMD in the server CPU market as it expands beyond GPUs into general-purpose computing. Although Modal's...
Friday 23 October 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Duet to automate cross-app tasks
Anthropic has launched a research preview of Claude Duet, an AI agent that connects to email, calendars, and business software to prioritize work, track to-do items, and execute tasks...