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Hanwha Asset Management made an additional investment in US space transportation startup Impulse Space, joining a $308 million funding extension.
Source: The Korea Herald
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10911489
#Startups

China now chairs the secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43, a subcommittee that will develop global standards for brain-computer interface technology.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3371742/china-moves-set-global-standards-brain-computer-interface-technology
#Tech

Indonesia is expanding electricity capacity to support artificial intelligence growth, as data centers increase demand.
Source: ANTARA News
https://en.antaranews.com/news/437193/indonesia-boosts-national-electricity-capacity-to-support-ai-growth
#AI

Data selection is crucial for large language model training because it strongly influences downstream performance.
Source: arXiv cs.CL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.27142
#MachineLearning

Epic's Fortnite is back on the Apple App Store in Australia after an antitrust ruling.
Source: CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/epics-fortnite-back-apple-app-store-in-australia-after-antitrust-ruling-6480996
#TechPolicy #Apple

A joint team from Soongsil University and Chung-Ang University has created a technology called MUTE that disrupts lip synchronization in deepfake videos.
Source: The Korea Times
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20261022/soongsil-university-chung-ang-university-team-develops-technology-to-disrupt-lip-sync-deepfakes?utm_source=rss
#MachineLearning

Apple is developing a high-end HomeView smart display that will include a motorized robotic arm and a larger screen, and it could be released as early as 2027.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261022PD202/apple-smart-home-high-end-display-2027.html
#Tech #Apple

Soaring memory prices are increasing cost pressure in the display industry, leading some smartphone makers to downgrade panel specifications.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261022PD204/ltps-display-cost-smartphone-technology.html
#Semiconductors

Elon Musk's reported restrictions on satellite services to Ukraine highlight the risks of India's dependence on foreign-controlled technology.
Source: The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/musk-punishes-ukraine-how-exposed-is-india-to-foreign-tech-explained/article71607362.ece
#TechPolicy

Walmart introduced new tools that let artificial intelligence agents shop and complete transactions for customers.
Source: The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/walmart-launches-tools-for-ai-agents-to-shop-for-customers/articleshow/135104524.cms
#Tech

Merck opened a new semiconductor materials plant in South Korea to expand production of molybdenum for advanced memory chips.
Source: The Korea Herald
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10911036
#Semiconductors

Claude Duet is Anthropic's agent for team workflow automation. It introduces new capabilities for process changes.
Source: Activepieces
https://www.activepieces.com/blog/claude-duet-features-cost-and-workflow-setup-in-2026
#AIAgents #Claude #Anthropic

Australia's AI data-centre boom is encountering difficulties as NextDC's share price falls, Firmus is dealing with OpenAI pressures, and WinDC is seeking a partnership with Nvidia.
Source: Startup Daily
https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/the-datacentre-games-nextdc-tumbles-firmus-scrambles-pocock-pounces-and-windc-bffs-nvidia/
#AI #Nvidia #OpenAI

Unitree Robotics unveiled its H2-X "guardian" robot, which can disarm a knife-wielding intruder, lift a car to free a trapped victim and pull a pedestrian from the path of an oncoming vehicle.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3371683/chinese-firm-unveils-guardian-robot-can-disarm-attackers-lift-cars
#Tech

VAST Data announced a new foundation stack designed for secure, production-ready AI agent sandboxes in partnership with NVIDIA.
Source: iTWire
https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-intelligence/vast-data-introduces-new-foundation-stack-for-secure-production-ready-ai-agent-sandboxes-with-nvidia
#Tech #Nvidia

Chief Telecom is constructing a new AI data center in the Huwei section of the Central Taiwan Science Park with an investment of NT$3.3 billion.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261021PD254/chief-telecom-data-center-ctsp-cht-data.html
#AI

Tesla's third-quarter vehicle business regained per-car profitability while total sales were flat.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261022PR200/tesla-business-vehicle-sales-profit.html
#Tesla

Nvidia said at its GTC Berlin keynote that AI bottlenecks have shifted to deployment speed, power and security, and it presented factory-built AI data center designs and hardware-enforced agent controls.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261022VL204.html
#Tech #Nvidia

Tesla said it will start selling its Cybercab to customers by the end of the year even as federal regulators investigate whether the gold-hued, autonomous two-seater, which lacks a steering wheel and other traditional controls, meets vehicle safety standards. During the company’s third-quarter earnings call, Lars Moravy, vice president of…

Today, 53 OpenJDK vulnerabilities were disclosed, setting an all-time high.
Source: iTWire
https://itwire.com/guest-articles/company-news/53-openjdk-vulnerabilities-disclosed-today-set-an-all-time-high-azul-patches-them-all