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AWS Drops NDAs as Data Centre Permits Face Triple-Digit Moratorium Wave

Amazon's cloud chief pledges transparency on facility approvals while disputing water, power and emissions critiques - yet trust remains the harder infrastructure to build.

By Linh T. Pham·Oct 7, 2026·5 min read
StartupsExclusive

Asia's Largest AI Exits Went Through Exchanges. America's Went Through Acquirers

Asian exchanges set the price for AI hardware in the third quarter of 2026 while American acquirers bought the software. The two routes did …

Valerie Nguyen ·   · 10m
Policy

Anthropic Shuts Down VPN Workarounds for Claude in Hong Kong

Account suspensions signal stricter enforcement of regional access controls, catching long-time users off guard and reigniting debate over A…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

Why One Former Safety Leader Wants AI Regulated Like a Nuclear Reactor

David Robinson, who led safety reporting at OpenAI before departing, argues that frontier models demand the same redundancy and rigour nucle…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Policy

Washington Rebrands AI as "Super Intelligence" in Executive Order

A White House summit brought together industry leaders to sign a safety pledge, whilst an executive order introduced new terminology that si…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
AI

Kawasaki Heavy Bets on Domestic AI Platform to Power 2030 Humanoid

The Japanese industrial giant plans to integrate a homegrown physical AI system into its Kaleido android, marking a strategic pivot from rel…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 6m
Policy

Oklahoma Court Declares Automated Plate Tracking Unconstitutional

A federal ruling challenges warrantless use of passive surveillance networks that record vehicle movements across entire regions, raising qu…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
Dev

Capcom's REX Project Targets Development Pipelines, Not Asset Generation

The Japanese publisher is retrofitting its RE Engine with AI tooling to compress production timelines while keeping content creation in-hous…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 4m
Policy

California Sets New Accountability Standards for Disabled Robotaxis

Senate Bill 1246 requires local incident support and imposes penalties when autonomous vehicles obstruct emergency responders for more than …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Rapidus Builds Design Partner Network to Attract Custom Chip Orders

The Japanese foundry has signed seventeen design houses to help clients create proprietary semiconductors, broadening its addressable market…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
Policy

Federal Agents Build Protest Surveillance Files in Palantir System

Court documents reveal DHS tracking of immigration enforcement observers, raising questions about the boundary between legitimate investigat…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 4m
AI

Why Today's AI Models Lack the Reasoning Power That Made AlphaGo Creative

A core architect of AlphaGo explains why large language models' chain-of-thought tricks fall short of genuine deliberation and what AI needs…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 6m
AI

Why Enterprise AI Is Still Struggling to Generate Revenue

Despite record investment, most organisations are failing to turn intelligence into operational advantage - because they are building in the…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

CEO Arrested Over Alleged $300 Million Server Diversion Through South-East Asia

Federal authorities charge tech executive with routing export-controlled compute hardware to China via intermediary jurisdictions…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 4m
AIExclusive

Vietnam Has Four AI Policies and No Agreed Measure of Return

Adoption reached 26 per cent of Vietnamese businesses this year, up from 18 per cent, on the figures AWS published in Hanoi on 29 September.…

Valerie Nguyen ·   · 9m
Policy

Open Architecture, Closed Borders: Inside the RISC-V Exception to US-China Tech Decoupling

While export controls tighten on advanced chips, American and Chinese engineers are deepening collaboration on the instruction set architect…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
Startups

DeepWay Pivots to Licensing Model for European Electric Truck Push

The Baidu-backed startup plans to transfer assisted-driving technology to local partners rather than compete head-on with established Europe…

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
Startups

Why One Veteran OpenAI Safety Lead Walked Away

David Robinson spent three and a half years writing safety reports for major launches. His departure highlights a deeper question: can "move…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 6m
Policy

Serial Numbers, Hair Dryers and the $300 Million Chip Run

A federal arrest exposes the mechanics of AI accelerator smuggling to China - and questions about how $2.5 billion in servers slipped past c…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Products

Home Assistant Drops Cloud Branding as Open-Source Platform Pushes for Mainstream Adoption

The smart home platform is rebranding its remote access service to distance itself from big tech's cloud reputation, part of a broader push …

Marcus Halloran ·   · 4m
Policy

Beijing's DUV Buying Spree Forces Export Control Reckoning

More than 340 immersion lithography systems now sit in Chinese fabs, prompting Washington insiders to demand a total ban on advanced tooling…

Hana Park ·   · 7m
Startups

A Software Play for Satellites: Why This Founder Left SpaceX to Build AI Infrastructure in Orbit

Satlyt is betting that spacecraft operators will need a common platform for AI workloads before orbital data centres become reality…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 6m
Policy

Infineon's $1.4 Billion Thai Fab Signals Southeast Asia's Back-End Semiconductor Push

Germany's power chip leader inaugurates its first Thai facility as Bangkok positions itself as a regional manufacturing alternative for auto…

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
Policy

Judge Sides with Google in AI Search Dismissal

A California ruling rejects antitrust claims that AI Overviews diverted traffic, leaving publishers with little recourse under current law…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 4m
Startups

Photon Bets Messaging Beats App Stores With $4.5M Seed

A San Francisco startup helping developers build agents that run on iMessage and WhatsApp has closed seed funding after 40,000 sign-ups and …

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m