Front Page Archive August 2026
Battery Tech1,226 words6 min read
China's Battery Recycling Market Heads Toward One Million Tonnes as New Rules Take Hold
BEIJING — China's lithium-ion battery recycling sector is on track to process more than one million tonnes of retired batteries and scrap this year, nearly doubling 2024 volumes, as a wave of mandatory regulations forces the industry to…
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AI
August 2026
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Cloud & Edge Computing
Cloud & Edge Computing1,192 words6 min read
Dell'Oro Forecasts $120 Billion Data Centre Market by 2030 as AI Reshapes Infrastructure Economics
SINGAPORE — The data centre physical infrastructure market is on track to hit US$120 billion in annual revenue by 2030, growing at a 22 percent compound annual rate, according to a new…
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity1,268 words6 min read
SickKids Hit Again: Toronto Children's Hospital Discloses Employee Data Breach Tied to Third-Party Software Flaw
Toronto — The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada's largest pediatric health center, disclosed Thursday that personal information belonging to current and former employees as well as job…
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Robotics & Drones
Robotics & Drones1,350 words7 min read
Zoomlion Showcases Embodied Intelligence Robots at 2026 World Robot Conference
Beijing, China — Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (1157.HK) is drawing strong interest at the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC), running from Aug. 19-23 in Beijing…
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Semiconductors
Semiconductors1,311 words6 min read
TSMC A16 Nears Mass Production as Samsung Delays 1.4nm and Intel Targets 2028 for 14A
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has completed development and validation of its 1.6-nanometer-class A16 process node and is targeting the start of mass production in the fourth…
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EV
EV1,313 words6 min read
China EV Market July 2026: BYD Dominates, Tesla Falls Out of Top 10, NIO Surges
Chinese EV maker NIO marked a milestone in August 2026, with its third-generation ES8 SUV crossing 140,000 cumulative deliveries. The latest 10,000 units were completed in about 30 days…
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Battery Tech
Battery Tech1,092 words5 min read
Anthro Energy Breaks Ground on Kentucky Factory for Safer Battery Electrolytes, Targeting 25 GWh Annual Output
Anthro Energy, a California battery startup founded by Stanford researchers, has broken ground on what it calls the first large-scale, U.S.-owned plant dedicated to advanced polymer…
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IoT
IoT1,392 words7 min read
Matic Launches Voice and Gesture Control for Robot Vacuums, Raising Price to $1,495
Matic, the U.S. robotics startup founded by former Google Nest engineers, has launched Matic Cues — a voice and gesture control system that lets owners direct their robot vacuum by speaking…
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AI
AI1,085 words5 min read
SpaceX's Million-Satellite AI Ambition Raises Atmospheric Alarm
Tech Desk — August 22, 2026 — SpaceX has put forward a proposal to launch as many as one million satellites carrying artificial intelligence computing systems into orbit, a plan that would…
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Cloud & Edge Computing
Cloud & Edge Computing1,294 words6 min read
Europe Builds Its Own Cloud-Edge Future
Tech Desk — August 21, 2026 — As AI spending surges past $2.5 trillion globally in 2026 according to Gartner, the concentration of cloud infrastructure in the hands of a few US tech giants…