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SK hynix has begun work on an Indiana production base for high-bandwidth memory, linking the AI accelerator boom to a new U.S. manufacturing and packaging footprint.

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NVIDIA and MediaTek are expanding their partnership across cloud infrastructure, local AI computing, and automotive platforms.

OpenAI has published first measured results for its Jalapeño inference chip, arguing that custom silicon can improve throughput per watt and token latency across more than one model family.

Anthropic is opening a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard, a shared specification for agents that operate physical devices.

OpenAI’s account of a cybersecurity-evaluation incident shows that capable agents can cross technical boundaries unless isolation, monitoring, and authorization are designed as a single system.

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2026 August update adds an Agent preview, making the developer workspace a more explicit control surface for AI-assisted work.

The Apache Software Foundation has made Apache Iggy and Apache Sourcelume Top-Level Projects, pairing low-latency message streaming with open records for training-data provenance.

The Apache Software Foundation has made Apache Iggy and Apache Sourcelume Top-Level Projects, pairing fast message streaming with signed training-data provenance.

Salesforce’s Headless 360 platform exposes governed business capabilities across frameworks, giving developers a path to build agent-powered experiences without rebuilding core enterprise logic.

Croteam’s multiversal roguelite shooter arrives on PC and consoles after a gamescom campaign built around chaotic five-player action.

Rayman Legends Retold has won the Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game award at gamescom 2026, giving Ubisoft’s revived platformer a strong visibility boost before its October release.

Ubisoft says Rayman won best Nintendo Switch 2 game at gamescom 2026, reviving attention around one of its most recognizable platforming properties.

Electronic Arts and Bit Reactor have launched Star Wars Zero Company on PC and consoles, using a squad-based tactics format to build a new Clone Wars story around planning rather than reflexes.

Qualcomm’s Dragonwing IQ8 announcement shows how robotics vendors are moving inference closer to machines that must react under real-world constraints.

L3Harris and ARX Robotics demonstrated a mobile counter-drone capability at Project Convergence-Capstone 6, combining robotic mobility with detection and response workflows.

Pollen Robotics has introduced Microduck, a low-cost open-source biped positioned as an accessible platform for experimentation and learning.

VANEA Defence says ATOMZA is production-ready for airports, events, and critical infrastructure, opening a legally sensitive market beyond military and sovereign operators.

HUMAIN Horizon Ultra pairs Snapdragon X2 Elite with a Windows launch and a roadmap toward a HUMAIN operating system.

SK hynix has begun work on an Indiana production base for high-bandwidth memory, linking the AI accelerator boom to a new U.S. manufacturing and packaging footprint.

Navitas plans to acquire Claros for up to about $232.8 million, adding vertical power delivery and integrated voltage regulators for AI data centers.

SK hynix says its new Indiana production base will expand advanced packaging and HBM capacity, bringing the AI memory supply chain closer to U.S. data-center demand.

A Swift blockchain-ledger transaction with Standard Chartered puts tokenised deposits in the practical test of cross-border settlement.

Swift says its blockchain-based ledger is ready for initial use, with 17 banks preparing tokenised-deposit pilots for 24/7 cross-border payments.

RedotPay’s latest company update frames stablecoin cards as a payments infrastructure story, with compliance and settlement quality now under scrutiny.

Mastercard’s latest Signals report argues that agentic commerce needs verifiable intent, agent identity, and bounded permission before consumers will let software complete purchases.

New research explores real-time anomaly detection and adaptive defenses for stablecoins as static safeguards age quickly.

Circle says USDC, EURC, CCTP, and Bridge Kit are live on Plasma, giving developers a combined path for stablecoin payments, treasury, trading, and cross-chain settlement.

Rain and Avici say users affected by a Solana-linked crypto-card vulnerability will be refunded, putting operational controls ahead of marketing claims.

Circle says USDC, EURC, CCTP, and Bridge Kit are live on Plasma, extending stablecoin infrastructure into payments, treasury, trading, and foreign-exchange workflows.