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152 storiesApple 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…
French teen loses hand in school protest clash; over 5,000 detained
A 15-year-old male student lost a hand in a serious injury during a clash with security forces in the northern French city of Reims on Oct. 5, as high-school students continue blockading schools in protests across France. A police crowd-con…
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…
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Launches, Free for Amazon Prime Members via Luna
Star Wars: Galactic Racer, a roguelike-inspired racing game from Fuse Games, is out now on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S and Amazon Luna. Amazon said Prime members can stream its single-player campaign at no extra cost through …
More Than 250,000 Rally Across France as Student School Protests Escalate
More than 256,000 people rallied across France on Tuesday and hundreds of schools were shut or blockaded as students, parents and teachers demanded more education funding. Police fired tear gas in Paris and other cities, and Fox News, citin…
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…
Students protest across France over school resources as unions join
Students demonstrated in cities across France on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, demanding more resources and better conditions in schools, according to the Associated Press, with marches in Rennes, Paris and Bordeaux. The New York Times reported th…
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…
French student protests widen; 15-year-old loses hand as injuries mount
Student protests over poor conditions in French schools have spread nationwide, and a 15-year-old boy lost a hand during demonstrations in Lens in northern France. The Pas-de-Calais prefect called it a very serious incident and said the stu…
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…
Cornell trustees tap Sally Yates to review handling of sex assault claims
Cornell University trustees announced Tuesday that Sally Yates, a former deputy U.S. attorney general, will lead an independent review of how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints, including the alleged 2024 assault of a forme…
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 &…
Code Geass: Lost Stories game to end service on December 7
DMM GAMES and f4samurai announced that the mobile and PC game “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lost Stories” will end service on December 7 at 15:00. Sales of in-game items stopped on October 7, and refunds for paid currency will begin…
Xbox says GTA 6 will not stream exclusively or to PC, after report of streaming deal
Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Grand Theft Auto VI will not be streaming exclusively on Xbox, nor to PC, pushing back on an earlier report that Xbox had secured exclusive cloud streaming rights to the game. The Verge had repo…
Dubai KHDA forms parents and educators councils, approves new students council
Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has set up the first Dubai Parents Council, with 15 parents of private-school students, and the first Dubai Educators Council, with 15 teachers and education professionals. It also ap…
Mishustin visits “Digital Solutions” forum, backs domestic AI and IT for industry
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin viewed the “Digital Solutions” exhibition and was introduced to the future of “Gosuslugi”, “Max” and AI, TASS reported. He called on companies to more actively switch to domestic AI solutions and sai…
Square Enix opens pre-orders for Dragon Quest Weapons Collection Vol.2, out Jan 30, 2027
Square Enix has opened pre-orders for “Dragon Quest Weapons Collection Vol.2,” a second series of 1/12-scale figures of weapons and shields from the Dragon Quest games. The six-item lineup includes “Hayabusa no Ken,” “Tenkuu no Ken,” “Battl…
54th national vocational skills contest for students with disabilities held in Jeju
South Korea's education ministry and the Jeju provincial education office are holding the 2026 national vocational skills competition for students with disabilities at the Jeju International Convention Center on Oct. 7–8. A total of 206 stu…
Education minister: ‘10 Seoul National Universities’ project to add 2+ regions next year
Education Minister Choi Kyo-jin said at a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that the “10 Seoul National Universities” project will support two or more additional regional universities next year, after Busan National, Chonnam National and Chu…