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Semiconductors
Front Page Archive October 2026
Semiconductors1,064 words5 min read
South Korea's Chip Exports Face $100 Billion Hit If AI Spending Cools
South Korea's central bank modeled a warning the government can't ignore. Chip exports could fall by $50 billion to $100 billion compared with earlier forecasts if major US technology firms slow their spending on artificial intelligence…
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October 2026
Battery Tech1,008 words5 min read
Battery Glut Hits 900 G Wh as Recycling Plants Race to Catch Up
Global lithium-ion overcapacity hit roughly 900 gigawatt-hours in 2025, according to McKinsey's Battery 2035 report. That figure is not a forecast. It is the number printed in supply…
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Battery Tech
Battery Tech1,411 words7 min read
Battery Awards 2026: Winners Announced Across Battery Innovation, EV Design, and Grid-Scale Storage
The Battery Awards 2026 were announced on 26 October 2026 at The Battery Show North America in Detroit. Organized by the show's editorial team and distributed through GlobeNewswire, the…
IoT1,087 words5 min read
EU Energy Rules Force IoT Sensors Into Every Factory And It Is Not Optional
On 11 October 2026, organizations consuming over 10 terajoules per year must finish an energy audit under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. That is not a suggestion. It is a hard date…
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IoT
IoT1,217 words6 min read
Semtech Ships AirLink OS 6.1 with FIPS 140-3 and 5G Network Slicing for Public-Safety IoT
Public safety agencies now have a new tool for resilient, high‑priority connectivity thanks to Semtech’s latest AirLink OS 6.1 release. The update adds two critical capabilities to the…
AI1,154 words6 min read
OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Prices After Launch, and It Changes the Cost of Intelligence
OpenAI released the GPT-5.6 family on July 9, 2026, and by July 30 it had already slashed the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80 percent and GPT-5.6 Terra by 20 percent. That isn't a routine…
Cloud & Edge Computing1,000 words5 min read
Edge Computing Moves From Pilot to Production as Data Centers Hit Capacity Walls
Data centers in Singapore and Jakarta are running out of power and space. Operators face a hard truth: the hyperscale model that worked for a decade is cracking under AI workloads, IoT…
Cybersecurity1,014 words5 min read
Black October: PHP Flaws Spark Millions of Exploit Attempts as Global Sites Go Dark
Millions of hacking attempts hit the open web within hours of a PHP vulnerability disclosure, and governments from Tokyo to Helsinki pulled services offline rather than risk exposure. It’s…
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Robotics & Drones
Robotics & Drones1,386 words7 min read
Drones Clean Power Lines, Delivery Robots Raise Cash, and Regulators Open the Sky -- October 2026
Duke Robotics is cleaning high-voltage electrical insulators with drones instead of helicopters. The company has worked commercially with the Israel Electric Corporation since late 2024…
EV1,036 words5 min read
BYD Opens 150,000-Unit Plant as Indonesia Eases Tax Loophole for EV Makers
BYD inaugurated its 11.7 trillion rupiah (US$655 million) electric vehicle factory in Subang, West Java, on September 3, after provincial authorities resolved land labor and infrastructure…