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Battery Tech
Front Page Archive October 2026
Battery Tech1,338 words7 min read
The price gap is the story: sodium-ion bids at twice the cost of LFP in one Chinese tender
A September storage tender in Renqiu, Hebei, put two battery chemistries on the same price sheet, and the result wasn't close. Sodium-ion systems drew an average bid of about $153 per kWh. Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) drew $79. The 40 MWh…
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Battery Tech
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Battery Tech
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IoT
October 2026
IoT1,053 words5 min read
Exein and Deutsche Telekom IoT Announce Strategic Partnership to Secure the Next Generation of Connected Devices
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand at an unprecedented pace, connecting billions of devices across industries ranging from manufacturing and logistics to healthcare and smart…
AI1,167 words6 min read
Anthropic Rewrites Claude's Rules: Abuse, Deepfake Networks, and Drone Software All Off Limits
Anthropic rewrote the rules for what people may do with Claude, and the clause everyone noticed first is the one about being cruel to the software. The company published its annual Usage…
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AI
AI1,501 words7 min read
AI Regulation: Microsoft's Warning, IMF's Employment Alert, and Singapore's First-Rung Risks
Published: October 13, 2026 The clock is ticking on AI governance On Monday, Microsoft President Brad Smith issued a stark warning that has reverberated through tech circles and policy…
Cloud & Edge Computing1,194 words6 min read
Microsoft Wants 38 Gigawatts by 2032. The Grid Isn't Moving That Fast.
Microsoft is planning to more than triple its data center capacity over the next six years. According to a Bloomberg report published September 10 and covered the next day by Data Center…
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity1,231 words6 min read
Hackers Started Scanning for This Atlassian File-Read Flaw Hours After It Went Public
Previdian, a cybersecurity firm, posted three attacker IP addresses on its X account on October 7 after spotting scanning and exploitation attempts against its honeypot network. The…
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity1,193 words6 min read
Ransomware Groups Walk Through the Front Door: The GlobalProtect Flaw That Forges VPN Logins
A critical authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN appliances is being actively exploited by ransomware groups to establish unauthorized network access, turning…
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Robotics & Drones
Robotics & Drones1,042 words5 min read
States Sue the FAA Over Drone Delivery Rules as Amazon, Wing Push Airspace to the Limit
Fifteen US states and a Texas county sued the Federal Aviation Administration on September 28 over an environmental review that clears the way for routine drone package delivery. The case…
Robotics & Drones1,693 words8 min read
At AUSA 2026, the Drone Is No Longer a Standalone Aircraft — It's a System Node
The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting opened Monday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., running October 12–14, 2026, and the show…
Semiconductors1,216 words6 min read
TSMC's 2nm Capacity Race: AI Orders Push Output Toward 120,000 Wafers a Month
TSMC will close out 2026 producing roughly 120,000 wafers a month on its 2nm process, a figure that clears the 90,000 to 100,000 that supply chain analysts were working with as recently as…