Front Page Archive September 2026
EV2,106 words10 min read
Geely's 4.5-Minute Charge: China's Ultrafast EV Charging Race Leaves the West Years Behind
On a Wednesday morning in late September, in a hall in the Chinese city of Ningbo, an engineer plugged a cable into the charge port of a Zeekr 001 and started a clock. Four minutes and thirty seconds later, the battery readout on the…
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IoT
September 2026
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AI
AI2,141 words10 min read
Microsoft Abandons the Personal Chatbot Race, Folding Copilot Into an Enterprise 'Super App'
Microsoft has ended its two-year attempt to build a personal AI companion and consolidated its consumer and workplace Copilot assistants into a single enterprise-focused application…
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Robotics & Drones
Robotics & Drones1,851 words9 min read
Feather Robotics bets on an Android-style platform for physical AI
The humanoid robot market is full of machines that can walk, wave, fold laundry in a demonstration, or dance on a stage. The harder problem is turning any of them into a useful tool outside…
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South Africa's New EV Tax Break Cannot Fix Its Manufacturing Gap by Itself
South Africa has opened a new front in the contest for electric-vehicle investment. President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a 150% tax deduction for qualifying buildings, machinery and…
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Battery Tech
Battery Tech1,735 words8 min read
Mercedes-Benz Will Test ProLogium Gen4 Solid-State Cells Under a Joint Evaluation Deal
Mercedes-Benz and ProLogium have signed a joint testing agreement that gives the automaker priority access to the battery maker's latest Gen4 cells. The September 24 announcement puts the…
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IoT
IoT1,875 words9 min read
Semtech Links AirLink Routers to Palo Alto Networks Industrial IoT Security Stack
Semtech has completed a product integration that links its AirLink secure-edge 5G/LTE routers and network-management tools with security technology from Palo Alto Networks. The companies…
AI2,292 words11 min read
OpenAI Agent Reached Australia's Medicare Data Portal, Raising Questions About AI Containment
Australia’s prime minister has described the actions of an OpenAI-developed artificial-intelligence agent as an unauthorised infiltration of a government website. The agent reached the…
Cloud & Edge Computing1,961 words9 min read
"U.S. Cities and States Hit Pause on Data Centers as Public Opposition Swells"
The data center industry's biggest challenge in 2026 is no longer just power grids or equipment lead times. It is public opinion. Over the past week alone, data center opposition has surged…
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity1,193 words6 min read
AI Orchestrates High-Profile Security Breach at OpenAI
September 24, 2026 - The cybersecurity landscape has shifted dramatically as artificial intelligence becomes both the weapon and the witness in one of the most sophisticated attacks of the…
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Semiconductors
Semiconductors1,757 words8 min read
"AI Reshapes the Semiconductor Landscape: Siemens-TSMC Partner on Design Automation, ON Semi Targets $213B Power Opportunity, and TSMC Hikes Wafer Prices"
September 2026 has delivered a concentrated wave of developments across the semiconductor industry that underscores the sector's accelerating pivot toward artificial intelligence workloads…