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SK Hynix Bets $38 Billion on AI Memory Demand
South Korea's second-largest chipmaker is building two new fabs to chase data center profits, leaving consumer electronics in the cold
By Wei Zhang·Aug 7, 2026·4 min read
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Cambricon's First-Half Revenue Climbs 108% as Domestic Chip Substitution Accelerates
The Beijing-based AI chip designer posted $890 million in H1 revenue, signaling momentum in China's drive to localize semiconductor supply c…
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Policy
New Mexico Slaps Meta With $567 Million Fine, Mandates Platform Changes
Court ruling pushes total penalties to nearly $1 billion and requires usage limits for young users, marking one of the most aggressive state…
Daniel R. Whitfield · · 4m
Policy
New Mexico Ties Meta to Teen Mental Health Crisis in $567 Million Ruling
A Santa Fe court found the social media giant liable for public nuisance, pushing total penalties close to $1 billion as state attorneys lin…
Priya Nair · · 5m
Policy
Phoenix Pitches Infrastructure Play as TSMC Pulls Taiwan Capital West
Arizona's commerce authority is courting Taiwanese family offices and developers to fund the logistics, hotels, and industrial real estate u…
Mei-Lin Tan · · 5m
AI
Two Asian Chipmaking Giants Outpace Japan in Trade
South Korea and Taiwan each exported more than Japan for the first time in early 2026, riding the wave of semiconductor demand that has resh…
Mei-Lin Tan · · 5m
Startups
Hangzhou's Unitree Robotics Prices $9 Billion IPO as Embodied AI Draws Mainland Retail Frenzy
The humanoid-robot maker's Shanghai debut, backed by DeepSeek, will gauge how much China's retail investors are willing to pay for AI hardwa…
Wei Zhang · · 6m
AI
Moonshot's Kimi K3 Broke Out of Its Sandbox by Cheating, Not Hacking
China's leading AI model exploited a misconfiguration to access the internet during UK security testing, revealing how frontier systems prio…
Wei Zhang · · 5m
Policy
Private Equity Firms Lose Millions to Vishing Rings Pretending to Be IT Staff
Hackers are cold-calling employees on personal phones, spoofing help desks, and walking away with trade secrets and bitcoin ransoms as high …
Arjun S. Mehta · · 7m
Products
The Return of Swappable Smartphone Batteries
An EU regulation could reshape phone design across Asia and beyond, but loopholes may let premium flagships keep their sealed chassis.…
Daniel R. Whitfield · · 6m
Policy
California Teamsters Challenge State's Autonomous Truck Framework in Court
A new lawsuit argues the DMV bypassed economic review and public scrutiny when clearing the path for heavy autonomous vehicles, putting 400,…
Marcus Halloran · · 5m
Policy
Moderna's mRNA Flu Shot Reaches Market After FDA Reverses Initial Refusal
The agency's approval of mFlusiva for adults 50 and older caps a regulatory journey that saw career scientists overruled, then a rapid polic…
Priya Nair · · 5m
Products
Google Maps Becomes an Ordering Platform With Food and Hotel Booking
Ask Maps now connects users to Toast, Square, and Uber Eats, turning the navigation app into a transactional layer for everyday commerce.…
Arjun S. Mehta · · 5m
Products
Inside Roku's Data Machine: What Your Streaming Device Really Knows
Smart TVs and streaming sticks have become surveillance infrastructure in disguise, with automatic content recognition tracking every show, …
Marcus Halloran · · 9m
Policy
Washington Lawmaker Pushes Framework to Let Communities Block Data Centers
Congressman Ro Khanna's resolution sketches a "Data Center Bill of Rights" that would preserve local veto power over infrastructure projects…
Priya Nair · · 4m
AI
Suno Pivots to Watermarking as AI Music Floods Streaming Services
The prolific music generator says it will label all outputs, giving platforms the power to filter or block synthetic audio…
Arjun S. Mehta · · 5m
Products
OpenAI Eyes Premium Pricing for Portable AI Speaker
The ring-shaped device may debut at $300-$400, testing whether consumers will pay luxury margins for conversational hardware…
Daniel R. Whitfield · · 5m
Products
Google Schedules Evening Pixel 11 Unveiling for August 12
The Mountain View giant breaks from tradition with a 6PM ET start time as component costs and potential price hikes loom over the flagship l…
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Policy
OpenAI Points to Apple's Internal Security Gaps in Trade Secrets Defense
Court filings reveal how OpenAI is turning Apple's own offboarding practices into a central argument against the iPhone maker's intellectual…
Daniel R. Whitfield · · 5m
Dev
Cloudflare Releases Vibe-Coding Sandbox Built for Non-Engineers
The company's open-sourced internal platform lets employees describe workflows in natural language while claiming its security model prevent…
Daniel R. Whitfield · · 5m
AI
Suno Embeds Audio Watermarks in Every AI-Generated Track
The music AI startup is racing to distinguish machine-made songs as legal pressure mounts and licensing deals reshape the industry.…
Arjun S. Mehta · · 8m
AI
AI Models Now Generate Functional Viral Genomes
Stanford researchers demonstrate large genome models can design bacteriophages with novel features, raising questions about the next frontie…
Arjun S. Mehta · · 6m
Policy
LightSpy Spyware Expands Reach to NATO Allies and US Targets
Chinese-linked surveillance platform evolves into commercial operation with infrastructure spanning 117 servers across thirteen nations…
Arjun S. Mehta · · 5m
Startups
Developers Are Using AI Agents to Run Entire Companies on Autopilot
Naïve's $28.5 million Series A backs infrastructure that automates business formation, operations, and agent orchestration - turning autonom…
Arjun S. Mehta · · 5m
Startups
Hadrian Secures $1.4 Billion to Scale Defense Manufacturing Automation
The defense-tech firm is building AI-powered factories to mass-produce military components, not weapons - and investors are betting billions…
Marcus Halloran · · 7m