2026年10月6日

Reducing Contact Resistance Pushes 2D Transistors Toward Advanced CMOS (HUST, PolyU, UCSB, NUS)

Researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of California, Santa Barbara, and National University of Singapore published a technical paper titled “Low contac…

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MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of

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Not sold on Tesla Powerwall? There are great battery alternatives out there [update]

Between increasingly extreme weather, rising electricity demands, and the rapid expansion of data centers, energy independence is starting to look less like a talking point for doomsday preppers and more like sound plann…

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Six Flags has installed one of the largest solar carports in the US

Six Flags Magic Mountain is putting its parking lots to work with a new 12.37-megawatt (MW) solar installation – California’s largest solar carport. It’s expected to generate enough electricity each year to offset the an…

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Department of War drafts EV battery factory into military drone duty with $75M grant

As if to prove that there may not be money for universal childcare or nationalized healthcare but there is ALWAYS more money for war, the US Department of War has awarded Amprius a $75 million grant to convert a civilian…

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Save $70 on GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mini PC during Prime Day Sale (Sponsored)

The GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition is a pocket-sized 0.47L mini PC available at a $70 discount for the company’s Prime Day Sale until October 7. Powered by the 6-core Ryzen 5 7530U (up to 4.5GHz), it handles browsing, …

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Schneider Electric's deal to buy PTC is the next step in its software push

Schneider Electric has agreed to purchase software company PTC in a deal valuing its equity at around US$22.6 billion. The all-cash acquisition marks the French energy and tech company's latest move to expand into the so…

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Google Gemini 4 Argon sparks internal doubts

Google's new flagship AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, has drawn strong results in multiple benchmark tests, but some employees still say its coding performance is not stable enough. According to Bloomberg, opinion inside Googl…

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LB Semicon expands power chip capacity as Qualcomm production ramps up

South Korean outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) provider LB Semicon is expanding power semiconductor backend capacity at its Gumi plant as it steps up efforts to reduce its reliance on display driver integ…

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DeepSeek closes in on US rivals despite chip curbs

China's leading AI models have narrowed their performance gap with US rivals to a record low, while DeepSeek's latest advances in memory efficiency and its deepening work with Huawei suggest Chinese developers are findin…

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Samsung ramps Exynos 2700 wafer production as second-gen 2nm rollout advances

Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun front-end wafer mass production of its next-generation Exynos 2700 mobile application processor, with production volume planned at more than 10% above that of the Exynos 2600 as t…

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China's glass substrate ramp-up outpaces South Korea with WG Tech targeting 1M sqm

China's WG Tech has reportedly begun the second phase of investment in its through-glass via (TGV) glass substrate production line, with total future capacity projected to reach 1 million square meters a year. Analysts s…

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LinkCom eyes 4Q26 rebound on smart meter, wireless charging demand

Magnetic components maker LinkCom Manufacturing posted September consolidated revenue of NT$44.18 million (approx. US$1.39 million), up 32.53% from a month earlier and down 10.24% from a year earlier. Cumulative consolid…

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Column: How semiconductors' evolution foretells the rise of AI data centers

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Analysis: China automakers' US entry paths remain open

The recent summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded without progress on automotive issues—namely, whether Chinese automakers might enter the US market or build manufacturi…

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Kawasaki teams with Noetra on fully autonomous humanoid robot

Kawasaki Heavy Industries plans to launch an AI-powered fully autonomous humanoid robot as early as 2030, using a physical AI platform under development by Japan's Noetra. Nikkei reported that Noetra is backed by 44 Japa…

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Marvell sees custom chips as a must for CSPs

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said Marvell's optical technology could help make it the next trillion-dollar company, and Marvell took a step toward that goal on September 17 by expanding its partnership with GlobalFoundrie…

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Winbond, Phison bonuses signal fiercer memory talent war

Memory chip profitability has surged as core operations improve sharply, with some Winbond employees reportedly receiving NT$500,000 to NT$1 million (US$15,733.41–31,466.83) in cash bonuses, helping reverse the com…

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I’ve Watched Over 150 Careers Grow. Here’s What I Got Wrong About Developing Talent

If I develop five people myself, I can influence five careers, but if I develop a manager who knows how to grow people, that manager can develop an entire team.

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Crumbl’s Sales Are Crumbling and the CEO Says ‘It’s My Fault’

Stores are closing, franchise support staff members are being laid off and the cookie chain's dirty soda push fizzled.

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The ‘Double Fill Up’ Is the Latest Hack Americans Are Using to Save Cash at the Gas Pump

With paychecks trailing inflation, consumers are getting creative about saving at the pump and the grocery store.

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Who’s the Genius Behind Meta’s Hit AI App Muse? A Mulleted, Croc-Wearing MIT Dropout.

Alexandr Wang's Muse hit 5 million downloads faster than ChatGPT. Some Meta employees don't like the special treatment of his hires.

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Your Next Brand Campaign Could Be Shot From Space

Symphony Space is building Project Rhapsody, a dedicated orbital media studio where brands, artists, and cultural institutions can create authenticated work in space. The first works are planned for 2028.

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6 Guidelines for Governing AI

For the first 10 years of my career, I worked in product management and data analytics by myself. I wrote database queries that pulled numbers out of corporate systems, built statistical models to predict what customers …

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Smart Car Researcher Wants to Eliminate Stoplights

Christos Cassandras has spent more than 40 years studying how computers and machines make decisions. Lately, his work has focused on a problem nearly every driver knows well: sitting at a red light with no cross traffic …

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