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Microsoft joins Lightstorm-led consortium to build an India-Southeast Asia subsea cable
9+ min ago (307+ words) Microsoft has joined Lightstorm, Tata, Singtel and NEC to build the 3, 600km I-2 SEA subsea cable linking India to Singapore and Malaysia by 2029....
US in talks with AI companies over voluntary standards for new models
9+ min ago (281+ words) The US is negotiating voluntary standards for releasing advanced AI models, the FT reports, building on Trump's June executive order....
Super Micro says two Taiwan staff detained in probe involving its AI servers
9+ min ago (288+ words) A Taiwan court detained two Super Micro employees and an Albatron executive as prosecutors probe alleged smuggling of Nvidia-equipped AI servers to China....
Raja Koduri's Oxmiq raises $35m to rent out AI chip design instead of selling chips
9+ min ago (300+ words) Oxmiq Labs has raised a $35m Series A to scale Ox Core, a licensable GPU architecture meant to cut the cost of building custom AI silicon....
India tells Whats App to pause its usernames feature pending consultations
9+ min ago (310+ words) India's IT ministry has ordered Whats App to hold its usernames feature and explain within three days why it won't fuel fraud, a letter shows....
Soft Bank revives $10bn Open AI-backed loan with a new sweetener for lenders
9+ min ago (237+ words) Soft Bank has reopened talks for a $10bn loan against its Open AI stake, offering banks a corporate guarantee after an earlier version stalled....
BYD and Xiaomi shares surge after June delivery numbers show momentum holding
39+ min ago (27+ words) BYD gained 9% and Xiaomi 5% in Hong Kong after June figures. BYD sold 403, 472 units. Xiaomi hit its third straight month above 30, 000 deliveries....
Apple's next i Pad Pro and Mac Book Pro redesign are coming in 2027
39+ min ago (296+ words) Bloomberg reports Apple is testing new i Pad Pro models and a redesigned entry-level Mac Book Pro for the first half of 2027....
SK Hynix will spend $51bn on a new NAND factory to catch the AI memory wave
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (331+ words) SK Hynix will spend $51. 46bn on a new NAND fab in Cheongju by 2029, part of a $64bn package as AI-driven memory demand strains supply....
Samsung details $90bn plan for South Korea's Chungcheong region
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (297+ words) Samsung has detailed a 140 trillion won ($90bn) investment across displays, HBM chips, batteries and packaging in South Korea's Chungcheong provinces....