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Startups & Funding

Meta Buys Robot Brains: AI Infrastructure Shuffle

Meta just snagged Assured Robot Intelligence. Humanoid robots are the next frontier, apparently. Good luck with that.

5 min read 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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Foundries & Manufacturing

VIS Sees AI Boom Fueling 2026 Growth

Forget the breathless AI hype for a second. Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) just laid out a forecast that’s less about abstract futures and more about your wallet. Turns out, those AI chips aren't just for robots anymore; they're already costing you more.

5 min read 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Startups & Funding

Purdue's AI Drones: Sky's No Longer The Limit

Forget clunky remote-controlled toys. Purdue's pushing AI and autonomy to make drones a truly intelligent part of our airspace, and it's happening faster than you think.

6 min read 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Geopolitics & Supply Chain

China: AI can't fire you.

China's latest labor ruling: your job's safe from the bots. We dig into what that actually means.

6 min read 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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AI & GPU Accelerators

Foxconn Industrial Internet: AI GPUs Fuel 102% Profit Surge

Foxconn's industrial arm is booming, posting over double its net profit thanks to the insatiable appetite for AI hardware. But who's *really* cashing in?

6 min read 3 weeks ago
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Geopolitics & Supply Chain

The Pentagon announces AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and more — LLMs to be deployed on classified Department of War networks ‘for lawful operational use’

The Pentagon just inked major AI deals with tech giants, aiming to turbocharge its classified networks. But as LLMs are poised to enter the battlefield, a crucial question looms: are we ready for an AI-first fighting force?

4 min read 3 weeks ago
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AI & GPU Accelerators

Microsoft & OpenAI Break Up Exclusivity: A New AI Era Dawns

The era of tight-lipped AI exclusivity is over. Microsoft and OpenAI are loosening their decade-long embrace, a move that promises to reshape the competitive arena.

6 min read 3 weeks, 1 day ago
SK hynix executive accepting the IEEE Corporate Innovation Award.
Memory & Storage

SK hynix: HBM Award Signals AI Memory Dominance?

SK hynix is basking in the glow of a 2026 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award, lauded for its vital role in expanding AI computing through High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). But does this accolade translate into sustained market dominance, or is it merely a well-timed PR victory lap?

5 min read 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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