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281 storiesSupreme Court hears Boulder climate suit as justices question both sides
The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of arguments Monday on whether the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, can sue Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy in state court to recover costs tied to climate change. Conservative justices questioned…
South Korea forecasts a cold, windy Oct. 6 with a 15C day-night temperature gap
South Korea's weather agency forecast a chilly, clear Oct. 6 with morning lows of about 3-14°C and a day-night temperature gap of roughly 15°C in most regions. Gangwon's inland and mountain areas were expected near or below 5°C, with winds …
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…
Times Car data leak class action sign-ups top 40,000
Registrations on a website set up to prepare a class action over the Times Car personal data leak passed 40,000 by 2 pm on Oct 5, Livedoor News reported. Lawyer Hiroki Makino opened the site on Sept 30 to seek damages over the handling of p…
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 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…
China Railway: 20.32 million travelled Oct 4, 21.05 million expected Oct 5
China Railway said the national rail network carried 20.32 million passengers on October 4, describing transport as safe and orderly, and expects 21.05 million trips on October 5 with 1,463 additional trains planned as mid- and short-distan…
HIS says up to 627 customers' passport data may have leaked after Thai unit breach
HIS announced on October 7 that up to 627 customers' passport details may have leaked after unauthorized access to a file server at its Thai subsidiary, H.I.S. TOURS. The company said it detected the access in December 2025 and identified t…
Korea police open formal probe into AI-linked hacking of financial firms
South Korean police have converted their investigation into a series of AI-linked hacking attacks on financial institutions into a formal probe, assigning a 28-member, four-team dedicated unit. Data leaks have been confirmed at seven financ…
Korea financial regulator orders full security review after bank data leaks
Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won chaired an emergency meeting of the entire financial sector in Seoul on Oct. 4 after customer data leaks spread from major banks to non-bank lenders, saying the possibility of AI-enabled ha…
China cross-regional trips total 303.6m on Oct. 3, down 0.4% year on year
China's Ministry of Transport reported 303.568 million cross-regional passenger trips on Oct. 3, 2026, the third day of the National Day holiday, down 0.6% from the previous day and 0.4% below the same day in 2025. Rail volume rose 6.1% yea…
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…
China road traffic stable on day six of holiday; rain threatens return travel
China's road traffic safety situation was described as generally stable and orderly as of 18:00 on 6 October, the sixth day of the National Day holiday, with heavy volumes of return traffic on major highways and national and provincial road…
Daiwa Securities and Osaka university report cyberattacks; data may have leaked
Daiwa Securities said a contractor’s server was illegally accessed and information on about 110,000 customers may have leaked, while Osaka Metropolitan University said a ransomware attack is the suspected cause of a system failure that was …
GMO Research & AI says up to 948,498 infoQ members' data breached; site halted
GMO Research & AI said a vulnerability in its survey site infoQ was exploited and personal data for up to 948,498 members was taken out. Points worth about 2.87 million yen were exchanged without members' consent, which the company said it …
Sompo Japan says about 60,000 customer records may have leaked after vendor breach
Sompo Japan said on October 7 that a subcontractor's server used to handle inquiries for its business-oriented dashcam service “SMILING ROAD” was hit by unauthorized access, and about 60,000 customer records may have leaked. The data may in…
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…
Yangtze River Delta rail expects peak 4.15 million passengers as holiday ends
China Railway Shanghai Group expected the Yangtze River Delta rail network to send 4.15 million passengers on Oct 7, the last day of the National Day holiday, up 17.7% from a year earlier. Nationally, China Railway expected 24.15 million pa…
Nine crested ibis released in Ishikawa in second Honshu release
Nine crested ibis were released on Oct. 7 in Nakanoto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, the second release of the birds on Japan's main island of Honshu. A temporary cage was opened at about 11:30 a.m. under the “soft release” method; Nippon TV Ne…
Russia's Interior Ministry says Telegram refuses to cooperate on drug propaganda
Russia's Interior Ministry said Telegram is not responding to its offers of contact in the fight against drug propaganda, with the acting head of its drug-control directorate, Kirill Smurov, saying the messenger is used to draw teenagers in…