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Friday 4 September 2026
Nvidia sets an October launch for RTX Spark PCs, gives local AI a router
Nvidia used IFA 2026 to argue that serious AI work can run locally as well as in the cloud, pairing an October launch date for its RTX Spark Windows PCs with free software that distributes...
Friday 4 September 2026
OpenAI says Astra crosses critical cybersecurity threshold, adding tighter safeguards
OpenAI said its Astra model has reached a critical level of cybersecurity capability, warning that advanced tools could help users find and exploit unknown flaws in hardened systems...
Friday 4 September 2026
Analysts read Nvidia's Hugging Face deal as a hedge, not a software bet
Nvidia's agreement to buy Hugging Face for roughly US$13 billion is being framed by analysts less as a move into software than as insurance against three ways its core business could...
Friday 4 September 2026
Nvidia's Hugging Face terms pay out its chip rivals and reserve US$1 billion to keep the staff
The mechanics of Nvidia's US$12.93 billion purchase of Hugging Face say as much about the deal's purpose as the strategic case does: a tenth of the consideration is set aside to stop...
Friday 4 September 2026
Nvidia buys the front door to open AI with a US$12.93 billion Hugging Face deal
Nvidia's agreement to acquire Hugging Face for US$12.93 billion pushes the world's dominant AI chip supplier past silicon and into the layer where developers actually pick their models...
Friday 4 September 2026
D-Wave, quantum computing's oldest company, is now building a second kind of machine
D-Wave has spent 26 years building one type of quantum computer. This week it told a Taipei audience why it started building another.
Friday 4 September 2026
K-Safety Expo 2026: South Korea's safety AI moves from watching danger to acting on it
At first glance, many of the technologies spread across the K-Safety Expo 2026 show floor in Busan looked familiar: CCTV cameras, industrial sensors, warning lights and control panels...
Friday 4 September 2026
K-Safety Expo 2026: Inside Korea's push to make safety smarter, faster, more predictive
K-Safety Expo 2026 opened at BEXCO Exhibition Center 1 in Busan on September 2. An hour-long opening ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. brought together South Korean government officials,...
Friday 4 September 2026
China speed hits brakes as regulators tighten safety rules
The global auto industry is being jolted by "China speed," as Chinese regulators move to slow an extreme race to launch vehicles that has crossed quality and safety red lines. The...
Friday 4 September 2026
ENE Technology eyes 4Q26 drone scale-up with satellite link
Microcontroller maker ENE Technology is pushing into the drone market by integrating resources from other group companies and selling complete drone systems. The company expects volume...
Friday 4 September 2026
Taiwan to expand industrial land for AI hardware boom
Taiwan's government says it will expand industrial land development to meet surging demand for AI infrastructure hardware, as global suppliers race to add capacity through 2027. Premier...
Friday 4 September 2026
Acer unveils IFA lineup with AI, slim notebooks, sustainability
Acer used its next@acer global press conference in Berlin during IFA to unveil a broad lineup of new products, highlighting its push into AI, sustainability, thin-and-light notebooks,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Infineon sees AI data centers, physical AI as growth drivers
Infineon said the rapid buildout of AI data centers and emerging Physical AI applications could reshape semiconductor demand worldwide. The shift signals higher infrastructure spending,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Turing Drive highlights overseas expansion, extends invitation to global automakers
Taiwanese autonomous driving startup Turing Drive marked its eighth anniversary on August 31, with CEO David Shen highlighting at the event the company's efforts in advancing self-developed...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Fei-Fei Li's World Labs unveils Atlas world model for 3D AI and robotics

World Labs, the startup founded by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li, has unveiled Atlas, a multimodal world model designed to generate,...