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139 storiesDaegu and North Gyeongsang forecast clear, daytime highs of 20-24C
Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province were expected to be mostly clear on Oct. 6, with daytime highs of 20 to 24 degrees Celsius, according to local weather reports. Yonhap reported 5 a.m. temperatures of 14.1C in Daegu, 13.9C in Pohang, 9.3C…
ASUS unveils Zenbook 14 UX3480 line with Intel, AMD or Qualcomm chips
ASUS announced the Zenbook 14 UX3480 series, a 14-inch laptop line that lets buyers choose between Intel Core Ultra series 3, AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors. PC Watch reported the models go on sale in Japan from Octob…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
Google signs 3.6GW nuclear power deal with Constellation for AI data centers
Google said it signed a power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy, the largest US nuclear power operator, for about 3.6 gigawatts (3,590MW) of electricity to serve AI data center demand. About 890MW will come from 11 nuclear plants…
Hoban Construction develops AI design tech to auto-apply per-unit buyer options
Hoban Construction said it developed AI-based design technology that automatically reflects apartment buyers’ option contract choices in each unit’s building information model (BIM). The technology was developed jointly with building and in…
Brent rises above $102 a barrel on Middle East supply risks and US storm
Brent crude December futures traded above $102 a barrel on 7 October, with Interfax reporting $101.98 at 17:48 Moscow time and Kommersant citing $102.59 at 16:40 before prices eased. Reports attributed the rise to risks to Middle East suppl…
Moscow SEZ resident Angstrom develops Russian chip for linking electronic devices
Angstrom, a resident of the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone, has developed a microchip for data transmission between electronic devices, according to the company and the zone’s representatives. The chip is built on the RS-485 indus…
Musk says his companies will build and run Terafab chip plant, rules out TSMC role
Elon Musk said on Oct. 7 that his companies will independently build and operate the Terafab chip manufacturing project in Texas, ruling out an operational role for TSMC. He said TSMC could lease part of the planned site or capacity if inte…
Google and Constellation sign 20-year deal to uprate 11 US nuclear reactors
Google and Constellation Energy signed a 20-year agreement to modernize 11 operating US nuclear reactors, adding 890 MW of capacity, with Constellation planning to invest more than $4.3 billion and Google providing financial support directl…
Nine crested ibis released in Ishikawa, second such release on Honshu
Nine crested ibis were released on Oct. 7 in Nakanoto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the second release of the birds on Japan's main island of Honshu. Organisers used the “soft release” method, opening a temporary cage in the Haruki district…
IMF's Georgieva says high oil prices likely to persist into 2027
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in Singapore on 7 October that high energy prices could last for some time even if the current fighting in the Gulf ends soon. She said current Brent crude futures price trends pointed to high…
Japan sets up public-private body to develop nuclear workforce
A new organization has been established in Japan to train and secure personnel for the nuclear sector, according to Tokyo Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimbun and NHK News. Tokyo Shimbun reported the founding meeting of the “Japan Nuclear Human Re…
Kumamoto University, AIST sign comprehensive semiconductor cooperation agreement
Kumamoto University and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the semiconductor field on Oct. 7. The deal covers joint research, technical support for reg…
Apple and LG co-develop smart home devices including doorbell, lock and thermostat
Bloomberg reports that Apple and LG have co-developed a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, indoor and outdoor security cameras and a floodlight camera. The products are expected to carry…
Largest Anti-Accident Exercises in Nuclear Industry Begin at Beloyarsk NPP
Comprehensive anti-accident exercises KPU-2026 began on October 6 at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant in Sverdlovsk region, according to RBC. TASS reported the drills are the largest in the nuclear industry and involve more than 1,000 peop…
Xreal opens pre-orders for Android XR Aura smartglasses from $1,279
Xreal has opened pre-orders for the Aura, its Android XR smartglasses announced earlier this year at Google I/O, starting at $1,279 for a 12GB RAM / 256GB storage model and $1,499 for a 16GB / 512GB version. The glasses are tethered to a co…
Ring announces first smart lock with a hand crank for dead batteries
Amazon-owned Ring announced its first smart lock, which uses a hand-cranked dial to generate enough power to open the door when its rechargeable battery is dead. The company said the lock will cost $249, come in black, silver and brass, and…
Typhoon No. 27 moves away from Japan; JMA warns of high waves off Tohoku
Typhoon No. 27 moved northeast away from Japan on October 7 and is expected to become an extratropical cyclone. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned the Pacific off Tohoku would stay rough with swells up to 4 metres through the morning of…
Panasonic plans to start making humanoid robots for factories and warehouses by 2029
Panasonic Holdings plans to begin producing humanoid robots by 2029, for use on production lines and in warehouses, the company’s AI director Akira Sakakibara said in an interview with Nikkei. Work is already under way at the company’s AI &…