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LG Energy Pulls China's EVE Into US Trade Fight Over Cylindrical Battery IP

Washington's trade commission opens probe into third-ranked storage cell maker as Korean giant claims intellectual property breach in competitive battery segment

By Mei-Lin Tan·Aug 22, 2026·5 min read
AI

Nvidia Takes Minority Stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure

The chipmaker's investment, reportedly worth several hundred million dollars, underscores its strategy to secure the physical layer powering

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Silicon Supply Chains Head Southeast as Tokuyama Splits Production Between Vietnam and Malaysia

The Japanese materials firm is diversifying polysilicon manufacturing away from domestic concentration, a move that signals broader industry

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 6m
Policy

TikTok's $400 Million Child Privacy Settlement Marks End of Multi-Year DOJ Case

The resolution caps a saga that began with Musical.ly acquisition concerns and concludes after sweeping ownership changes reshaped the platf

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
Startups

Starcloud Locks $250 Million Extension to Secure Starship Slots

The orbital compute startup is racing to book rocket capacity as SpaceX phases out Falcon 9 and competitors struggle to fly regularly

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Startups

Apple Cuts Over 200 Jobs in Vision Pro and Siri Teams

The reductions hit gaming and content divisions hardest, signaling a recalibration of the company's spatial computing ambitions just eightee

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 4m
AI

China's Telco Giants Race to Monetize AI Inference at Scale

State carriers turn token processing into a billable product as enterprise demand for large-language-model infrastructure outpaces public cl

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
Startups

Samsung Commits $79 Billion to Shareholders While Racing to Keep Pace in AI Memory

The record payout signals both investor appeasement after stock declines and the mounting capital demands of competing in high-bandwidth mem

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
Policy

Logitech Faces Class Action Over Tariff-Linked Price Hikes

A proposed lawsuit alleges the Swiss peripherals maker should pass government tariff refunds back to consumers who paid higher prices in 202

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Products

LinkedIn's Crowdsourced AI-Slop Filter Shows 40% Drop in Low-Quality Content Views

After one million user reports, the professional network's experimental reporting button is reshaping what appears in feeds - and notifying

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

The Creator Economy Hits a Fault Line Over AI Video Tools

High-profile filmmakers' promotion of Higgsfield's platform has exposed tensions around sponsored AI content and the economics of influence

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

Harvey's Bet on Moonshot AI Signals Western Appetite for Chinese Foundation Models

The OpenAI-backed legal tech firm chose Kimi K3 over Western alternatives for its first in-house model, underscoring how cost and performanc

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

Waymo Ramps Up Federal Lobbying to Shape Autonomous Vehicle Rules

The Alphabet subsidiary more than doubled its Washington spending in Q2, outpacing most AV rivals as it pushes for faster deployment of full

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Startups

An Accounting Unicorn Born From a Board Meeting

Rillet's $100 million Series C closed in two days after investors saw annualized revenue double in a single quarter, fueled by public compan

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Japan Doubles Down on Rapidus with $940M Injection to Unlock Private Capital

Tokyo's trade ministry is betting that a bigger equity base will persuade banks to finance the 2-nanometer production line the nation needs

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
AI

How a Beijing Dumpling Chef Turned His Restaurant Into an AI Agent Test Lab

Li Bo built a custom AI skill so customers can order through their personal agents - not because it drives sales, but because he believes th

Wei Zhang ·   · 7m
Policy

OpenAI's Teen Chatbot Rollout Faces Scrutiny Over Safety Promises

Advocacy groups and researchers demand independent verification of age-gating, moderation capacity, and parental alert systems before recomm

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
Products

RayNeo Splits AR Into Two Worlds: Ghost Displays and Virtual Cinemas

The Chinese AR maker's iO and GT lines bet you'll want separate glasses for everyday use and immersive viewing - because one device still ca

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
Policy

RoboStore Builds US Factory After Losing Access to Chinese Humanoid Supply

A distributor that placed over 1,500 Unitree robots at MIT, Harvard, and OpenAI must now manufacture its own hardware on Long Island as Wash

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

OpenAI Quietly Ships iMessage Plugin While Apple Lawsuit Looms

The desktop integration raises questions about data access, corporate boundaries, and what happens when your chatbot wants to read your text

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

Beijing Opens Satellite IoT to Private Capital With Geely Trial

A two-year permit for Geely's space unit marks China's first commercial license in low-Earth orbit connectivity, signaling regulatory appeti

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
Startups

Unitree's $53 Billion Valuation Sets a Risky Benchmark for China's Next Tech Wave

A humanoid robotics maker's explosive debut is forcing investors to rethink how they price companies building tomorrow's infrastructure, not

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
Products

Tesla Quietly Pulls the Plug on Solar Roof Tiles

After nearly a decade of promising roofing that generates power, the carmaker is steering installers back to conventional panels - a retreat

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

The Human Bottleneck in AI Drug Discovery

As generative models design molecules faster than humans can think them up, a legal puzzle emerges: who owns the invention when the inventor

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
Policy

A People-Search Tool Promised Privacy. It Exposed 9 Million Face Photos Instead

ClarityCheck's misconfigured cloud storage left sensitive images and contact data accessible to anyone with a URL, raising fresh questions a

Priya Nair ·   · 5m