Front Page Archive July 2026
EV1,196 words6 min read
Toyota's Next-Gen Corolla EV Steps Into the Spotlight as BYD and Tesla Force a 'Sense of Crisis'
Toyota, the world's largest automaker by volume, is putting its most iconic nameplate on a new electric platform after its chairman admitted a "considerable sense of crisis" about falling behind Chinese rivals like BYD. In a rare…
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Cybersecurity
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Robotics & Drones
Robotics & Drones1,325 words7 min read
Phantom Twist and the Diving Bird Robot: Two Designs That Rethink What a Drone Can Be
This week, two research teams showed that the standard quadcopter design is far from the only way to build a flying robot. At Northwestern University, engineers unveiled a drone that spins…
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Semiconductors
Semiconductors1,394 words7 min read
TSMC to Raise Chip Prices by Up to 10% in 2027 as AI Demand Heats Up — Premium for Extra HPC Capacity Could Push Some Bills 25% Higher
TSMC, the world's biggest contract chipmaker, plans to hike its chipmaking prices by up to 10% across the board starting in 2027, according to a Nikkei Asia report that hit the wires…
EV1,508 words7 min read
Indonesia Reshapes EV Incentives as Prabowo Pushes National Electric Motorcycle
Indonesia Reshapes EV Incentives as Prabowo Pushes National Electric Motorcycle JAKARTA, July 22 — Indonesia's government is tightening the rules on who gets electric vehicle subsidies…
Battery Tech1,225 words6 min read
Sodium-Ion Batteries Go Mainstream: CATL's 5 GWh European Deal Signals the End of Lithium's Grid-Storage Monopoly
CATL signed a memorandum of understanding this week with Dutch energy firm Alfen to deploy 5 gigawatt-hours of its Tener Sodium energy storage systems across Europe — one of the largest…
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IoT
IoT1,267 words6 min read
Google Builds a Great Smart Speaker, But Gemini Is Not Ready for the Smart Home Yet
Google just launched its first new smart speaker in six years, and it's a clear signal the company is getting serious about the smart home again. The $99.99 Google Home Speaker is the…
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AI
AI1,349 words7 min read
Judge Approves Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Settlement in Landmark AI Copyright Battle
A US federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with a class of authors who accused the company of using pirated copies of their books to train its Claude…
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AI
AI1,036 words5 min read
Google Designing 'Frozen v2' AI Chip to Slash Gemini's Power Costs, Report Says
A US district judge gave final approval Monday to Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class-action copyright lawsuit, closing one chapter in the AI industry's long-running…
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Cloud & Edge Computing
Cloud & Edge Computing1,246 words6 min read
Meta Weighs a $10 Billion Compute Lease to Anthropic, Testing Its Cloud Ambitions
Meta is in early talks to rent out computing capacity to Anthropic under a two-year agreement that could be worth as much as $10 billion, The New York Times reported on July 20. If the…
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity979 words5 min read
CISA's Saturday Deadline Passes as Hackers Target Unpatched Oracle E-Business Suite Flaw
CISA ordered federal agencies to finish patching a critical Oracle E-Business Suite flaw by Saturday, July 18, after evidence showed attackers exploiting it in the wild. The bug, tracked as…