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269 storiesJapan farm ministry orders Fukui seafood firm over mislabeled Echizen crab gifts
Japan's agriculture ministry issued a measures order on Oct 6 against Fukumaru Foods, a seafood processor in Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture, for labeling products as Echizen crab while using mizugani, a crab not counted as Echizen crab. The…
Abu Dhabi's AI Everything opens with 400 exhibitors alongside Global Food Week
AI Everything 2026 opened on 6 October at the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and runs to 7 October, with WAM reporting 400 exhibitors and 180 speakers, and Economy Middle East reporting more than 400 companies, 200-plus investors managing about $10…
UAE ranks first globally in citizen satisfaction with government digital services
The UAE ranked first globally in citizen satisfaction with government digital services, with 89% of respondents rating them highly, according to Boston Consulting Group’s 2026 Digital Government Citizen Survey Report. The survey, covering 4…
OpenAI publishes 722 AI-generated math manuscripts, sparking ethics debate
OpenAI has published 722 mathematics manuscripts, grouped into 372 result groups, produced by an unreleased internal frontier model, saying they solve or make substantive progress on hundreds of long-open problems. The release on GitHub inc…
AMD's Lisa Su visits Korea, agrees AI chip cooperation with local firms
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su visited Korea on Oct. 7, about seven months after her March trip, meeting Second Vice Minister Ryu Je-myeong of the Science and ICT Ministry and a roundtable of Korean AI semiconductor and infrastructure companies.…
China holiday consumption: long trips boom, trade-in subsidies lift store sales
China's National Day holiday brought a surge in long-distance travel, small-city tourism and immersive cultural experiences, according to Xinhua's market roundup published by China News Service. Trade-in subsidy programmes also boosted stor…
Trump announces “Super Intelligence Force” AI task force led by Jay Clayton
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force,” a federal task force he said will coordinate government efforts to keep the United States leading in artificial intelligence, which he has directed the fe…
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…
SpaceX in talks to raise $40bn to buy Nvidia chips, reports say
SpaceX is negotiating to raise about $40 billion in debt to buy Nvidia chips and expand its AI computing infrastructure, according to Financial Times and Bloomberg reports cited by Russian outlets. About $10 billion would come as bank loans…
Russian presidential administration uses AI services, Oreshkin says
Maxim Oreshkin, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, said the administration uses all available artificial intelligence services, including Gigachat, speaking at the plenary session of the Digital Solutions forum. He adde…
Altman says AI benefits justify risks as Florida criticism and OpenAI lawsuit surface
Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, says the benefits of artificial intelligence justify the risks and negative events that come with it, but he is not prepared to accept “truly catastrophic risks” including losing control of AI, according to RBC, …
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…
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…
France's Mistral releases largest open-weight AI model, Mistral Large 4
France's Mistral released Mistral Large 4, its largest open-weight AI model, nicknamed “Chonk”, on Oct 6 foreign local time, with general availability set for Oct 27. Users can download the parameters, or weights, and customize the model on…
Amazon’s October Prime Day runs October 6-8 as retailers cut prices early
Amazon’s October Prime Day, also called Prime Big Deal Days, runs from October 6 at 3AM ET through 3AM ET on October 8, with discounts already live, according to The Verge, NBC News and Wired. Wired listed Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 at $190 ($…
SpaceX seeks $40bn Apollo-led financing to buy Nvidia chips, reports say
SpaceX is seeking about $40bn in financing, led by Apollo Global Management, to buy Nvidia chips, according to reports citing people familiar with the matter. The company plans roughly $10bn in bank loans and $30bn in investment-grade bonds…
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…
OpenAI safety lead resigns, says company's safety culture is broken
David Robinson, who wrote the safety reports accompanying OpenAI's major model releases, has resigned and published an essay in The Atlantic saying the company's culture is "broken" and its approach to safety is reactive. He cited a July 20…
Amazon's October Prime Day runs October 6-7 as outlets round up deals
Amazon's October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is running from October 6 through October 7, 2026. NBC News, The Verge and CNN published roundups of discounted products at price points under $50, under $25 and on seasonal …