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Robotics & Drones
Robotics & Drones1,104 words6 min read
FIRA USA 2026 Brings Autonomous Agriculture to Washington's Specialty Crops
FIRA USA drew more than 80 agricultural technology companies and roughly 2,500 attendees to Yakima, Washington, this week, wrapping up its final day on October 22 with a demonstration-heavy program aimed at specialty crops that dominate…
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Robotics & Drones
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Robotics & Drones
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Semiconductors
Semiconductors1,710 words8 min read
U.S. Foundry Capacity Arrives Too Late — Intel's Ohio Fab Finally Lifts Its First Truss, Even as Memory Prices Surge
The United States has spent years promising to bring leading-edge chipmaking home. On October 21, 2026, Intel announced that crews had installed the first major structural truss at its new…
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EV
EV1,014 words5 min read
Hyundai's Ioniq 6 N Lands At $60,000 For 2026 As Battery Costs Slide
Hyundai's Ioniq 6 N lands in 2026 at roughly $60,000, according to Car and Driver, and it isn't a cheap compromise. The car packs an 84-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion pack, dual motors…
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EV
EV1,363 words7 min read
VinFast Builds P31.7 Billion EV Plant in Philippines, Targeting 200,000 Vehicles Yearly
Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, home of electric-vehicle maker VinFast, announced on October 21, 2026 that it will construct a P31.7 billion (approximately $500 million) electric-vehicle…
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Battery Tech
Battery Tech1,047 words5 min read
Sodium-Ion Just Beat Lithium on Price. It Does Not Mean Lithium Is Dead.
Sodium-ion battery systems were bid at about $153 per kilowatt-hour in a September 2026 tender in Renqiu, Hebei. The figure puts them within striking distance of lithium iron phosphate…
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Battery Tech
Battery Tech1,360 words7 min read
Saft Opens Bordeaux Solid-State Production Lines, Boosting European EV/industrial Battery Strategy
Bordeaux, France – October 19, 2026 – Saft, the French battery subsidiary of energy giant TotalEnergies, has inaugurated its first solid-state battery production lines at its Bordeaux…
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IoT
IoT1,268 words6 min read
Matter 1.6 Attacks the Part of the Smart Home Nobody Enjoys: Setup
The Connectivity Standards Alliance announced Matter 1.6 and Product Security 1.1 on Tuesday, opening the second day of its annual Unify event with a set of changes aimed squarely at the…
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IoT
IoT1,985 words10 min read
SGP.32 eSIM Turns Smart Meter Connectivity Into a Remotely Programmable Layer for Utilities
The smart meter sitting on a house wall is expected to last fifteen to twenty years, but the cellular networks that carry its data may change three or four times during that same lifetime…
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AI
AI1,028 words5 min read
OpenAI Is Racing for a $30 Billion Funding Round Before Anthropic Hits Wall Street
OpenAI is pushing to close at least $30 billion in new funding before rival Anthropic completes its planned public listing. The deal, first reported by Bloomberg and confirmed by The…
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AI
AI1,278 words6 min read
Meta Muse Hits 10 Million Users as Walmart Opens Agent Gateway and Amazon Closes the Door
Meta's AI agent Muse crossed 10 million users in the third quarter of 2026, and the company is now telling investors it expects the product to eventually generate more revenue per user than…