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145 сюжетовApple 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…
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…
Foreign investment banks raise South Korea 2026 growth forecast to 3.5%
Eight major overseas investment banks now expect South Korea's economy to grow 3.5% in 2026 on average, up 0.2 percentage points from a month earlier, according to the International Finance Center. All eight forecast growth of at least 3%, …
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…
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…
Japan government weighs second supplementary budget focused on disaster response
The Japanese government is considering a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026, limited to necessary items such as disaster response rather than an economic-stimulus package, with spending expected to be small. It would cover recovery…
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…
Japan August real wages rise 1.5% for eighth straight month
Japan's real wages rose 1.5% in August from a year earlier, the eighth consecutive monthly increase, according to the health, labour and welfare ministry's preliminary monthly labour survey published on 7 October. Nominal total cash earning…
Iraq devalues dinar to 1,500 per dollar as war disrupts oil shipping
Iraq devalued its currency on Wednesday, moving the official exchange rate from about 1,300 dinars to the dollar to 1,500, the central bank said. The AP reported the rate was set at a Cabinet meeting the night before, with banks selling dol…
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…
IMF chief warns energy shock, debt and AI risks threaten global growth
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech in Singapore on Wednesday that countries rich and poor must act faster to cut debt and regulate artificial intelligence, warning of a triple shock from the AI boom, heavy borrowing…
Российское правительство спишет почти 3 млрд рублей долга Белгородской области
Российское правительство спишет почти 3 млрд рублей бюджетного долга Белгородской области в рамках федеральной программы поддержки регионов, заявил премьер-министр Михаил Мишустин, сообщают ТАСС, РИА Новости, «Коммерсантъ» и РБК. «Коммерсан…
Валютные резервы Китая на конец сентября сократились на 1,11% до 3,4003 трлн долларов
Валютные резервы Китая на конец сентября 2026 года составили 3,4003 трлн долларов, снизившись на 38,1 млрд долларов, или на 1,11%, по сравнению с концом августа, сообщило Государственное управление валютного контроля. Регулятор объяснил сни…
Bank of Korea: corporate spare cash hits record 67.1trn won on chip boom
The Bank of Korea said non-financial companies' net financial surplus reached a record 67.1 trillion won in the second quarter of 2026, driven by a semiconductor-driven surge in operating profits. Households' surplus fell to 60.7 trillion w…
IMF warns global government debt set to pass 100% of world GDP
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said global government debt is at its highest level since World War II and is likely to exceed 100% of world GDP, naming advanced economies led by the US as the worst offenders. Vedomosti reported …
Japan's August coincident economic index falls 1.9 points to 118.7, first drop in six months
Japan's Cabinet Office said its preliminary coincident economic index for August came in at 118.7, down 1.9 points from July — the first decline in six months. Nikkei reported the drop was the largest since January 2024, with typhoon and Ku…
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 &…
Japan's foreign reserves fall for fifth month to about $1.18 trillion
Japan's foreign exchange reserves stood at about $1.18 trillion at the end of September, down $29.128 billion from the end of August and a fifth consecutive monthly decline, according to data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance on Octob…
Trump says he told South Korea it must pay a price for lower tariffs
US President Donald Trump said on Oct 6 that he told South Korea it must pay a price to have tariffs lowered, and that South Korea recently provided $150 billion, all of it going to shipbuilding. Korean outlets link the remarks to MASGA, th…
Всемирный банк повысил прогноз роста для Восточной Азии и Тихоокеанского региона на 2026 год до 4,5%
Всемирный банк повысил прогноз экономического роста для Восточной Азии и Тихоокеанского региона на 2026 год до 4,5%, что на 0,3 процентного пункта выше апрельского прогноза. Банк заявил, что повышение обусловлено главным образом сильными ин…