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AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su traveled to Seoul for a round‑table with South Korea’s science ministry and executives from 13 domestic AI chip firms. The talks focused on pairing AMD’s CPUs and GPUs with Korean neural‑processing units to create integrated AI inference systems for global markets. Demonstration projects in Korea will serve as prototypes for overseas deployment, and participants examined joining AMD’s open‑source ROCm software stack, a competitor to Nvidia’s CUDA. Su reaffirmed AMD’s commitment to an [...]

Startup Natura unveiled Interface, a $99 smart ring that lets users activate AI agents with a finger press. The wearable doubles as a health tracker, monitoring heart rate, HRV, sleep, activity and skin temperature, and offers 6‑12 days of battery life with a 100‑minute charge. Founder Carlo Edoardo Ferraris, formerly of Rolling Square, says the ring is meant to replace phone‑based interactions, enabling hands‑free requests such as ordering supplies, scheduling, or controlling devices. Interface will integrate with [...]

AI adoption in India’s Global Capability Centers (GCCs) is eroding entry‑level tech positions that traditionally absorbed fresh engineering graduates. Banks such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are automating routine tasks—loan document checks, account reconciliation, basic coding and invoicing—once performed by new hires. Purva Jagtap, a 22‑year‑old graduate from DY Patil University, exemplifies the growing difficulty of securing a first job as thousands of peers compete for a shrinking pool. The Indian IT services sector employs roughly [...]

NEPCON ASIA 2026, Asia’s premier electronics manufacturing exhibition, will be held October 27‑29 at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center. The three‑day show spans roughly 100,000 sqm and will feature more than 600 exhibitors, including ASMPT, Fuji, Panasonic, Yamaha, Hanwha, Omron, Koh Young, Kurtz Ersa and Nordson. Organizers expect over 200 new products and solutions across PCBA, SMT, smart factories, semiconductor packaging, optical modules, automotive electronics, touch and display, AI hardware and solar photovoltaics. International interest is at a record high, [...]

Jared Isaacman, former CEO of Shift4 Payments, leveraged his fintech success to become a pivotal figure in commercial spaceflight through the Polaris Program and a partnership with SpaceX. In September 2024, the Polaris Dawn mission reached an altitude of 870 miles, the highest crewed orbit since Apollo, and conducted the first commercial spacewalk when Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis exited the Dragon capsule. The mission tested suit and life‑support technologies intended for future human flights, including the planned Starship crewed [...]

In September 2026 the United Kingdom formally declared the Israeli occupation of the West Bank unlawful and introduced a sanctions regime targeting companies that directly support settlement construction, infrastructure, financing or real‑estate development. The measures, announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, exclude technology services; there is no ban on enterprise software, cloud platforms or the digital systems that operate checkpoints, population registries and permit databases used to enforce the occupation. By contrast, the UK imposes a sector‑wide embargo [...]

The Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ) rose to AUD 65.12, drawing renewed investor focus after the Nasdaq Composite posted another consecutive record high, driven primarily by semiconductor and artificial‑intelligence stocks. U.S. bond yields and oil prices fell, easing pressure on growth‑oriented shares and supporting the rally. In the United States, Marvell Technology announced long‑term revenue targets, while Advanced Micro Devices reached a fresh peak and Nvidia continued to climb, underscoring the sector’s momentum. Australian markets, however, closed slightly lower, [...]

Sean Endicott, a seasoned journalist at Windows Central, reports on Windows 11, Surface hardware, Microsoft 365, AI, and broader Windows ecosystem developments. With over a thousand articles since 2017, he covers breaking news, feature stories, and opinion pieces, emphasizing Microsoft’s software, hardware, and AI initiatives. He also writes the weekly “Windows Wrap” column, curating key stories and contextualizing them within the PC landscape. Prior to Windows Central, Endicott earned a First Class degree in Broadcast Journalism and [...]