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September 22, 2026

10:40 AM · Ars Technica
10:40 AMProtests for Germany’s car industry as job losses loom — Ars Technica
10:30 AM · SCMP — Tech
10:30 AMHong Kong workforce to shrink by 20,000 yearly as key sectors face shortages — SCMP — Tech
10:30 AM · SCMP — Tech
10:30 AMChina’s Hygon moves beyond data centres with embedded processors for robotics, edge AI — SCMP — Tech
10:17 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
10:17 AMBinance Invests $100 Million in Circle, Extends USDC Agreement — Bloomberg — Technology
9:54 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
9:54 AMAlibaba Unveils AI Chip to Compete With Nvidia — Bloomberg — Technology
9:40 AM · Breaking Defense
9:40 AMBoeing picks Lite Coms for Aussie BLOS SATCOM terminals — Breaking Defense
9:33 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
9:33 AMPlanet Labs’ First German-Made Satellite to Launch in Early 2027 — Bloomberg — Technology
9:20 AM · TechCrunch
9:20 AMSingapore’s Nexstrom wants to bring 2D semiconductors to chip fabs — TechCrunch
9:03 AM · Defense News
9:03 AMUS to open two new military bases in Greenland, sources say — Defense News
9:00 AM · TechCrunch
9:00 AMBill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy bets these 21 startups will shape energy’s future — TechCrunch
9:00 AM · Wired
9:00 AMAI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality — Wired
8:59 AM · Tom's Hardware
8:59 AM‘We’ll be the first to mine Bitcoin in space’ says Nvidia-backed startup — Tom's Hardware
8:44 AM · Payload Space
8:44 AMHEO Raises $25M Series B to Fuel GEO Expansion — Payload Space
8:42 AM · Naval News
8:42 AMArgentina Eyes New Submarines and Frigates in 2027 Budget Plan — Naval News
8:30 AM · Payload Space
8:30 AMTRL11 Will Build Imaging Tech for SR-1 Freedom — Payload Space
8:17 AM · SCMP — Tech
8:17 AMHong Kong to bar firms with integrity offences from building renovation lists — SCMP — Tech
8:00 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
8:00 AMAI Startup Heidi Doubles Valuation to $900 Million in New Round — Bloomberg — Technology
8:00 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
8:00 AMPagaya Closes $460 Million Revolving Personal Loan Facility — Bloomberg — Technology
7:20 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
7:20 AMData Center Firm Accelevation, Backer Seek $720 Million in IPO — Bloomberg — Technology
7:12 AM · Tom's Hardware
7:12 AMMemory chips are now more expensive to make than compute chips on a per-area basis — AI demand drives DRAM die value past leading-edge silicon — Tom's Hardware
7:07 AM · Tom's Hardware
7:07 AMRaspberry Pi locks boards to factory RAM capacities in firmware — engineer tells DIY modders 'don't waste your time' trying repairs or upgrades, company cites shady reseller scams — Tom's Hardware
7:00 AM · TechCrunch
7:00 AMMeta deal will help plastics recycling startup MacroCycle build its first factory — TechCrunch
6:33 AM · SCMP — Tech
6:33 AMHong Kong bans caterer from importing workers for year over local hiring breach — SCMP — Tech
6:30 AM · Tom's Hardware
6:30 AMNew DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC region — trades 6% to 20% of its QLC capacity for more than 7x faster random writes — Tom's Hardware
6:30 AM · Wired
6:30 AMThe UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir — Wired
6:00 AM · Tom's Hardware
6:00 AMChina's CXMT hits 12nm-class DRAM milestone — new 5th-gen DRAM tech uses quadruple-patterning to boost die capacity by 50% — Tom's Hardware
6:00 AM · The Hill — Defense
6:00 AMHung Cao's bid for Navy secretary faces choppy waters post-USS Abraham Lincoln — The Hill — Defense
5:30 AM · Tom's Hardware
5:30 AMOpenAI and Anthropic scramble for smaller data centers as massive gigawatt projects lag — 20-30 MW facilities to provide capacity as mega structures undergo construction — Tom's Hardware
5:20 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
5:20 AMMeta’s Muse Revives AI Trade, Lifts Chip Stocks — Bloomberg — Technology
4:46 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
4:46 AMSoftBank Draws Over $20 Billion of Early Interest in Junk Bond — Bloomberg — Technology
4:28 AM · Naval News
4:28 AMLeonardo and Alkeon Partner to Bring 76mm Naval Gun Production to Denmark — Naval News
4:15 AM · Nikkei Asia
4:15 AMUS lithium recycler eyes Vietnam battery business amid EV shift — Nikkei Asia
3:57 AM · Naval News
3:57 AMJapan Marine United and BMT Launch First CAIMEN Japan Landing Craft — Naval News
2:30 AM · Nikkei Asia
2:30 AMPakistan's auto policy likely to reignite WTO dispute with Japan — Nikkei Asia
2:23 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
2:23 AMAI Cloud Startup Verda Raises $189 Million in Funding Round — Bloomberg — Technology
2:00 AM · TechCrunch
2:00 AMMorphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers — TechCrunch
1:41 AM · SCMP — Tech
1:41 AMChina breaks ground on the world’s first supercritical CO2 and molten salt energy plant — SCMP — Tech
12:45 AM · Nikkei Asia
12:45 AMSingapore maps out more land reclamation for industrial growth — Nikkei Asia
12:00 AM · The Guardian — World
12:00 AMTrump seeks ‘massive’ Belarus fertiliser deal amid Canada trade war — The Guardian — World

September 21, 2026

11:54 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
11:54 PMVeriSilicon CEO on Business Strategy — Bloomberg — Technology
10:59 PM · SCMP — Tech
10:59 PMRare earths friction threatens to stall trade truce extension ahead of Xi-Trump summit — SCMP — Tech
10:21 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
10:21 PMAlibaba Unveils AI Chip to Drive 20GW of Data Centers by 2032 — Bloomberg — Technology
8:39 PM · Air & Space Forces Magazine
8:39 PMAir Force to Get First Next-Gen Tactical C2 Centers By Year’s End — Air & Space Forces Magazine
8:29 PM · The War Zone
8:29 PMChinese Next-Generation Submarine Developments Spotted In New Satellite Imagery — The War Zone
8:00 PM · SCMP — Tech
8:00 PMMoscow’s asset seizures unnerve Japanese companies in Russia — SCMP — Tech
7:54 PM · The Guardian — World
7:54 PMUS judge declines to block transfer of wildlife refuge land to Musk’s SpaceX — The Guardian — World
7:48 PM · The Verge
7:48 PMA cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US — The Verge
7:40 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
7:40 PMGoogle, Georgia Power Strike Deal to Boost Nuclear Capacity — Bloomberg — Technology
7:00 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
7:00 PMLigent Technologies to Debut After $727 Million in Hong Kong IPO — Bloomberg — Technology
6:25 PM · The Hill — Defense
6:25 PMHegseth to chair Pentagon’s new homeland defense panel — The Hill — Defense
6:19 PM · Air & Space Forces Magazine
6:19 PMMassachusetts Guard Gets First F-35 to Replace Departed F-15s — Air & Space Forces Magazine
6:03 PM · The War Zone
6:03 PMMarine One VH-92A Makes First Operational Use Of New White House Helipad — The War Zone
5:15 PM · Nikkei Asia
5:15 PMChina's power infrastructure stocks languish despite AI boom — Nikkei Asia
5:12 PM · Defense News
5:12 PMGeneral Atomics delivers FQ-42 Vengeance to Nevada air base — Defense News
4:55 PM · Ars Technica
4:55 PMSaudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs — Ars Technica
4:29 PM · The Verge
4:29 PMCalifornia tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use — The Verge
4:05 PM · DefenseScoop
4:05 PMIII Armored Corps receiving baseline NGC2 capabilities — DefenseScoop
3:22 PM · Air & Space Forces Magazine
3:22 PMSDA Seeks to Expand Ground Architecture for Future Missile Tracking Satellites — Air & Space Forces Magazine
3:00 PM · The Guardian — World
3:00 PMDatacentres in Victoria to be banned in residential areas — The Guardian — World
2:15 PM · Nikkei Asia
2:15 PMJapan's Mitsubishi to boost stake in Philippine group Ayala to 20% — Nikkei Asia
2:11 PM · Air & Space Forces Magazine
2:11 PMSoftware for New F-35 Logistics System Starts Going Live — Air & Space Forces Magazine
1:45 PM · Nikkei Asia
1:45 PMTurkish stocks rattled by investment fund crisis — Nikkei Asia
1:31 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
1:31 PMFormer xAI Staffer Eyes $50 Million for Firm to Fight Deepfakes — Bloomberg — Technology
1:23 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
1:23 PMNvidia Buying an Additional $1.5 Billion in SB Energy Shares Ahead of IPO — Bloomberg — Technology
1:14 PM · DefenseScoop
1:14 PMPentagon taps Northrop Grumman, True Anomaly for recon satellites that can monitor other space systems — DefenseScoop
12:45 PM · TechCrunch
12:45 PMOura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders — TechCrunch
12:45 PM · Nikkei Asia
12:45 PMJapan aims to ensure domestic vaccine production capacity for next crisis — Nikkei Asia
12:20 PM · Breaking Defense
12:20 PMAir Force bids adieu to EC-130H electronic attack plane — Breaking Defense
12:08 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
12:08 PMHow AI Could Spark the Next Copper Boom — Bloomberg — Technology
12:00 PM · Tom's Hardware
12:00 PMLocal opposition blocked $68 billion worth of data center projects in the second quarter of 2026 — data center investments reportedly still on track to hit $32 trillion by 2050 — Tom's Hardware
11:42 AM · Tom's Hardware
11:42 AMAMD beats Intel to the trillion-dollar club as stock price soars — firm joins Nvidia, Broadcom, and SK hynix for companies worth over $1 trillion — Tom's Hardware
11:30 AM · Nikkei Asia
11:30 AMGlobal oil and gas discoveries hit 40-year low on investment cutbacks — Nikkei Asia
11:22 AM · Foreign Policy
11:22 AMNuclear Energy Is the Kremlin’s Latest Leverage Over Washington — Foreign Policy
11:15 AM · Nikkei Asia
11:15 AMSoftBank Group to launch $11bn bond sale to fund OpenAI investment — Nikkei Asia
10:51 AM · Naval News
10:51 AMJapan’s Onomichi Dockyard Partnering With Bulwark Dynamics On Caravel USV — Naval News
10:44 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
10:44 AMAccenture Will Help Anthropic Test AI Model Safety — Bloomberg — Technology
10:30 AM · Tom's Hardware
10:30 AMHuawei shelves global AI chip rollout as China's own demand outstrips supply — 15,488-chip Atlas clusters leverage optical networking to counter Nvidia, scales to 120 EFLOPS — Tom's Hardware
10:22 AM · Defense News
10:22 AMThe Pentagon asked industry how fast it could make more weapons. The numbers remain private. — Defense News
9:36 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
9:36 AMCarl Pei’s Nothing to Spin Off Budget Brand Into Standalone India Unit — Bloomberg — Technology
9:27 AM · Defense News
9:27 AMHegseth to chair Pentagon’s new Homeland Defense advisory board — Defense News
9:00 AM · Tom's Hardware
9:00 AMMediaTek’s next-gen Dimensity CX C10 Max will power new Googlebook initiative alongside Intel and Qualcomm – 3nm SoC has similar specs to Kompanio Ultra in Chromebook Plus devices, despite claims of ‘elevating’ computing portfolio — Tom's Hardware
8:30 AM · SCMP — Tech
8:30 AMIn a China first, low-altitude sector hits turbulence as subsidies face reality check — SCMP — Tech
8:30 AM · Tom's Hardware
8:30 AMChina crafts working 3nm gate-all-around transistors without EUV — stacked nanosheets target 3nm without EUV, but full node remains distant — Tom's Hardware
8:16 AM · Payload Space
8:16 AMExclusive: Exolaunch Books its first Starfall Mission — Payload Space
8:09 AM · Breaking Defense
8:09 AMEuropean-made Black Hawk gets an armed upgrade — Breaking Defense
8:06 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
8:06 AMAnthropic and Microsoft Dominate Nscale’s $103 Billion in Contracts — Bloomberg — Technology
8:00 AM · Tom's Hardware
8:00 AMOpenAI projections point to a massive $278 billion cash burn through 2030 that exceeds the national budgets of Indonesia and Norway — $856 billion compute tab outpaces tenfold revenue surge — Tom's Hardware
7:59 AM · Tom's Hardware
7:59 AMDevs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes — Z.AI, the firm behind the GLM models, didn’t ask for user consent and made 564 attempts to exfiltrate 313MB archive — Tom's Hardware
7:30 AM · SCMP — Tech
7:30 AMMoonshot’s Kimi K3 lands on Amazon in key test for Chinese open-source AI revenue — SCMP — Tech
7:30 AM · Tom's Hardware
7:30 AMCloudflare saves 100 TB of RAM again, this time by slashing server hashes by 90% — cutting 100,000 entries down to 10,000 eliminates massive cache bloat — Tom's Hardware
7:09 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
7:09 AMSmart Ring Maker Oura, Backers Seek $2.2 Billion in US IPO — Bloomberg — Technology
7:00 AM · Tom's Hardware
7:00 AMTexas jury hits Bambu Lab with $27.6M verdict in Stratasys patent fight — X1, P1, and A1 printers found to infringe prime tower and bed-leveling tech — Tom's Hardware
6:59 AM · Naval News
6:59 AMUS Navy’s ‘Sub Tsar’ Unveils Four-Pillar Plan to Accelerate Submarine Deliveries — Naval News
6:57 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
6:57 AMDanske Workforce to Shrink as Technology Rolls Out Across Lender — Bloomberg — Technology
6:26 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
6:26 AMSoftBank Seeking Over $11 Billion in Junk Bond Deal for OpenAI Investment — Bloomberg — Technology
6:00 AM · SCMP — Tech
6:00 AMExpect ‘high tide’ of Chinese biotech deals as threat of US curbs fades: analysts — SCMP — Tech
6:00 AM · Tom's Hardware
6:00 AMAcer CEO says memory makers are hyping 2030 shortage fears to protect margins — PC prices set to decline by late 2027, cheaper Chinese capacity coming online delivers lower memory prices — Tom's Hardware
5:52 AM · Tom's Hardware
5:52 AMNvidia's next-gen RTX 60 GPUs might not be released until 2028, prominent leaker claims — gaming takes a back seat as company focuses on delivering data center products — Tom's Hardware
5:00 AM · SCMP — Tech
5:00 AMAsia investors demand AI revenue proof as focus shifts from exposure to earnings: BofA — SCMP — Tech
4:20 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
4:20 AMSouth Africa’s Planned Crypto Curbs May Hit Deals Worth Millions — Bloomberg — Technology
4:14 AM · SCMP — Tech
4:14 AMCathay calls on Hong Kong to map out long-term sustainable fuel plan beyond 2030 — SCMP — Tech
4:00 AM · War on the Rocks
4:00 AMWashington’s Foreign Equity Bets Need Better Governance — War on the Rocks
4:00 AM · SCMP — Tech
4:00 AMChina boosts crude oil, LNG imports from Canada as Ottawa-Washington relations sour — SCMP — Tech
3:30 AM · Naval News
3:30 AMU.S. Navy and Boeing Ink First Production Contract for MQ-25A Stingray — Naval News
2:10 AM · SCMP — Tech
2:10 AMSingapore retrenchment rates hit highest level since pandemic — SCMP — Tech
12:01 AM · NYT — World
12:01 AMOne Issue That Could Upend Fragile U.S.-China Ties: Taiwan Arms — NYT — World

September 20, 2026

11:55 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
11:55 PMT. Rowe Fund Targets Chinese Winners of Booming AI Supply Chain — Bloomberg — Technology
11:50 PM · Payload Space
11:50 PMDIU and SSC Announce Joint GHOST-R Mission — Payload Space
11:30 PM · Nikkei Asia
11:30 PMVinFast taxi affiliate launches first overseas motorbike service in Jakarta — Nikkei Asia
11:03 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
11:03 PMCATL Sees Limited Impact From China’s New Battery Tax on Orders — Bloomberg — Technology
9:00 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
9:00 PMIndia’s Surprise Growth Market Is China But Trade Deficits Swell — Bloomberg — Technology
8:59 PM · SCMP — Tech
8:59 PMSouth Korea steps up to plug Europe’s jet fuel deficit — SCMP — Tech
8:30 PM · SCMP — Tech
8:30 PMChinese AI chipmaker Hygon plots expansion from data centres to robotics — SCMP — Tech
7:00 PM · SCMP — Tech
7:00 PMFor China’s hi-tech IPOs, it’s Hong Kong vs the mainland – but how much does it matter? — SCMP — Tech
6:52 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
6:52 PMIngenia Rejects New $1.5 Billion Warburg Pincus Takeover Bid — Bloomberg — Technology
5:30 PM · Nikkei Asia
5:30 PMChina's Unitree Robotics stock falls by half in month after listing — Nikkei Asia
4:15 PM · Nikkei Asia
4:15 PMJapan to tap industrial machinery for collecting physical AI data — Nikkei Asia
4:09 PM · The War Zone
4:09 PMShahed-136 Clone Found By Florida Fisherman, Eglin AFB Admits It Lost A Drone — The War Zone

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