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Google switched its planned gigawatt-scale hub in Andhra Pradesh to air cooling to ease local water strains as activists push for an infrastructure moratorium.
Netflix deployed artificial intelligence tools across 300 titles while scaling production spending in Japan to outpace traditional domestic broadcasters.
The chipmaker is considering an acquisition or acqui-hire structure for the startup valued at 25 billion dollars as US firms push back against Chinese open-weight models.
Industry data shows nearly three quarters of telecom AI pilots succeed in testing, but legacy billing systems and architectural bottlenecks keep production deployments at 13 per cent.
The Singapore-based executive joined in April from Google as the ChatGPT maker faces regional regulatory scrutiny and seeks a US$30 billion funding round.
The cosmetics group cut product development timelines by half across five global research hubs while localising supply chains to protect margins from trade friction.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike identified Anthropic’s Claude Code and open-source tool ARTEX in attacks targeting Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank.
Enterprise merchants are overhauling checkout networks to support cross-channel refunds, split shipments, and autonomous AI agents.
Analysis of 180,000 global market signals shows routine grocery shopping shifting to automated AI agents while physical stores pivot to experiential discovery.
The Hong Kong private equity firm has allocated more than 200 million dollars from its 500 million dollar tech budget, shifting its focus from large language models to robotics and specialized hardware.
The Japanese book wholesaler did not disclose the number of volumes sold or the total purchase amount in its letter to the Japan Book Publishers Association.
Taxpayers will receive at least seven days to clarify discrepancies flagged via the IRIS portal before facing legal proceedings.
Gap and Sephora integrate the assistant while Amazon blocks the platform over privacy concerns.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics will channel nearly $5 billion into advanced semiconductor substrate facilities in South Korea and Vietnam through 2028.
CEO Ryan Petersen introduced the Model Context Protocol system during a September tech release to automate retail supply chain forecasting.
Capital flows into artificial intelligence infrastructure now outpace the historical peaks of both the railroad and dotcom investment booms.
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