Two Amazon data centres in the UAE were hit by drones. The Gulf’s AI ambitions are being tested.
Two Amazon data centres in the UAE were hit by drones. The Gulf’s AI ambitions are being tested.

Two Amazon Web Services data centres in the UAE were targeted early in the Middle East war. Nearly three months later, oil prices remain around $100 a barrel and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. The Gulf’s ambition to become a global AI hub is faci…

This Zurich startup built a four-armed robot for space stations. Each astronaut hour it saves is worth $140,000.
This Zurich startup built a four-armed robot for space stations. Each astronaut hour it saves is worth $140,000.

Orbit Robotics, a Zurich-based startup, has unveiled Helios, a four-armed robot designed to work inside space stations. In microgravity, legs are useless. Helios replaces them with two extra arms that serve as both mobility aids and working hands. The …

AI is killing the cheap smartphone. The memory that powers your phone now goes to data centres instead.
AI is killing the cheap smartphone. The memory that powers your phone now goes to data centres instead.

In 1985, the best computer a reasonably affluent American could buy was the IBM PC AT, which cost $19,400 in today’s money. Today, a Tecno Spark Go costs $30 in a Nairobi market stall and runs a processor billions of times faster. No other good in hist…

South Korea’s deputy PM says AI wealth must benefit the public. The Samsung strike showed why.
South Korea’s deputy PM says AI wealth must benefit the public. The Samsung strike showed why.

South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said the wealth created by artificial intelligence must benefit the wider public, warning that the labour tensions that nearly shut down Samsung Electronics this week are not an isolated event but a pr…

Corsair is now using Chinese DRAM in its DDR5 kits. Memory prices could finally drop.
Corsair is now using Chinese DRAM in its DDR5 kits. Memory prices could finally drop.

Corsair, one of the most recognisable names in PC components, is shipping DDR5 memory modules built with DRAM manufactured by ChangXin Memory Technologies, China’s largest memory chipmaker. Screenshots posted on X by hardware enthusiast @wxnod show a C…

ICEYE secures a €300M revolving credit facility from a seven-bank syndicate
ICEYE secures a €300M revolving credit facility from a seven-bank syndicate

The Helsinki-headquartered SAR-satellite operator has originated a 3-year committed RCF led by Citi and Danske Bank, calibrated to back customer-contract guarantees and underwrite continued global expansion after the company doubled in size in 2025. IC…

Berlin’s Dunia Innovations commits €280M to an autonomous AI-materials GigaLab
Berlin’s Dunia Innovations commits €280M to an autonomous AI-materials GigaLab

The 6,000-square-metre autonomous R&D facility, backed by Siemens, ABB Robotics, NVIDIA, AWS and ILS, is positioned as Europe’s answer to the materials-verification bottleneck that AI-led design has opened up. Dunia Innovations, the Berlin-based de…

Analog Devices snaps up Empower Semiconductor for $1.5bn to tackle AI’s power problem
Analog Devices snaps up Empower Semiconductor for $1.5bn to tackle AI’s power problem

Analog Devices has agreed to buy Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion in cash, placing a major bet that the insatiable energy demands of AI data centres will keep chipmakers scrambling for better power-delivery technology. The deal, announced on Mond…

H2O.ai launches tabH2O, a foundation model that makes predictions from tabular data without any training
H2O.ai launches tabH2O, a foundation model that makes predictions from tabular data without any training

H2O.ai has unveiled tabH2O, a foundation model purpose-built for tabular data that can generate high-accuracy predictions from structured datasets using a single API call, with no model training required. The company announced the product at Dell Techn…

Panasonic buys UK media server maker HIVE in push beyond hardware
Panasonic buys UK media server maker HIVE in push beyond hardware

Panasonic Projector & Display Corporation has acquired 100% of the issued shares of UK-based HIVE Media Control, the company behind the award-winning BeeBlade media server platform. The deal signals a decisive shift in Panasonic’s strategy, moving …