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AIST and Intel building Japan’s first EUV semiconductor research centre. The partnership with Japan is to reduce dependence on foreign semiconductor facilities. Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is partnering with US chipmaker Intel to build a semiconductor research centre. The facility, expected to be completed within three to five years,... Read more »
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Sales of EVs in North America fell by 1% compared to last year, while China was up, confirming the fears of some US auto execs. Read more ›
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The ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone sold out in hours, then triggered backlash—revealing consumers want AI autonomy more than they’re ready for it Despite leading global AI adoption, Asia-Pacific faces the same challenge: high-autonomy AI weakens consumer trust When ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone prototype sold out within hours of launch on December 2, it seemed like ... Read more ›
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The US will allow Nvidia’s H200 chips into China with a 25% fee. The news came the same day two men were charged with smuggling Nvidia chips to China. The United States will allow Nvidia’s H200 processors — its second-fastest AI chips — to be exported to China with a 25% fee added to each ... Read more ›
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IBM is in talks to buy Confluent for $11bn to advance its cloud and AI plans. Confluent’s platform gives AI agents steady data and aligns with IBM’s shift from large AI data centres. Talks between IBM and Confluent appear to be entering the final stretch, with reports pointing to an acquisition worth about $11 billion. ... Read more ›
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Chinese AI models’ global adoption has nearly tripled from 13% to approximately 30% of total usage in 2025, according to OpenRouter’s 100 trillion token analysis Programming and roleplay dominate AI usage patterns, with open-source models capturing one-third of the market Recent data reveals that Chinese AI models’ global adoption has reached unprecedented levels, with models ... Read more ›
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Alibaba aims to make Qwen an AI super app that works across devices and services. Alibaba formed a new unit to bring its Qwen chatbot into more parts of daily life. Alibaba is reorganising its consumer-facing AI work as it looks to bring the Qwen chatbot into daily life and position it for broader use ... Read more ›
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Purpose-built AI cybercrime agents capable of executing multi-step attacks autonomously are emerging in 2026, fundamentally changing threat landscapes The critical vulnerability isn’t just AI-powered attacks—it’s the “tempo differential” where defenders respond at human speed while attacks execute at machine velocity Every major cybersecurity vendor is sounding alarms about AI-weaponised attacks. It’s become the industry’s consensus ... Read more ›
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OpenAI released GPT-5.2 as pressure from Google and Anthropic grows. GPT-5.2 improves performance while OpenAI weighs safety and user trust. Pressure inside OpenAI has been building as competition around AI models tightens. That strain came into view this week with the release of GPT-5.2, a new model that the company says improves writing, coding, and ... Read more ›
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