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August 7, 2026

10:00 PM · SCMP — Tech
10:00 PMChip off the old bloc: Thailand looks to Siam Silica to propel it to top Asean player — SCMP — Tech
5:23 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
5:23 PMData Center Firm Switch to File Confidentially for IPO — Bloomberg — Technology
4:38 PM · SCMP — Tech
4:38 PMUS judge blocks Pentagon’s ‘Chinese military’ label for WuXi AppTec — SCMP — Tech
4:23 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
4:23 PMSoftBank-Backed 3D Printer Maker Formlabs Is Said to Weigh IPO — Bloomberg — Technology
3:59 PM · SCMP — Tech
3:59 PMUnionPay to plug Chinese payment apps into Brazil’s Pix after US tariffs over the system — SCMP — Tech
3:51 PM · Breaking Defense
3:51 PMGDIT scores $1.3 billion National Guard IT contract — Breaking Defense
3:10 PM · Breaking Defense
3:10 PMArmy opens ranges in US, Morocco to speed interceptor testing, development — Breaking Defense
2:21 PM · Breaking Defense
2:21 PMSenate confirms nominees for Pentagon comptroller, space acquisition and NRO chief — Breaking Defense
1:30 PM · Nikkei Asia
1:30 PMIndia commits $8.8bn to deep-sea oil exploration to cut Mideast reliance — Nikkei Asia
12:58 PM · Tom's Hardware
12:58 PMScientist says RAM pricing has reverted to normalized 2007 levels — memory prices have been falling exponentially for decades, but the AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months — Tom's Hardware
12:30 PM · Nikkei Asia
12:30 PMHonda partners with India's Tata Group on platform development — Nikkei Asia
12:18 PM · Naval News
12:18 PMOCCAR signs Horizon Mid-Life-Upgrade Contract Amendment No. 2 — Naval News
11:49 AM · Tom's Hardware
11:49 AMAmazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers as agentic AI crunch intensifies — CPU demand makes low-utilization EC2 instances a hot commodity — Tom's Hardware
11:11 AM · TechCrunch
11:11 AMTrump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms — TechCrunch
10:30 AM · Nikkei Asia
10:30 AMJapan's Eneos to buy Texas chemical maker TPC in US push — Nikkei Asia
10:10 AM · Defense News
10:10 AMRheinmetall says ramping up ATACMS output will take time as US rebuilds stocks — Defense News
9:36 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
9:36 AMSK Hynix Is Said to Mull Options for $3 Billion Chongqing Assets — Bloomberg — Technology
9:01 AM · SCMP — Tech
9:01 AMChinese breakthrough paves way for production of graphene-based quantum chips — SCMP — Tech
8:54 AM · SCMP — Tech
8:54 AMCambricon posts 108% surge in first-half revenue amid China’s massive AI chip drive — SCMP — Tech
7:30 AM · SCMP — Tech
7:30 AMChina’s lab-grown diamonds get an AI boost as industry rides demand for chip cooling — SCMP — Tech
7:27 AM · SCMP — Tech
7:27 AMSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign joint defence deal amid regional turmoil — SCMP — Tech
7:00 AM · SCMP — Tech
7:00 AMChina plans to increase mine output in world’s largest rare earth deposit by 50% — SCMP — Tech
6:30 AM · Tom's Hardware
6:30 AMAnthropic co-designing custom AI inference chips to bypass costly Nvidia GPUs — Samsung reported as manufacturing partner for Claude maker — Tom's Hardware
6:25 AM · The Guardian — World
6:25 AMBoeing 737 Max operators told to check fuselages for cracks — The Guardian — World
5:00 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
5:00 AMUS Reviews China’s Offshore Access to Nvidia Chips After AI Breakthroughs — Bloomberg — Technology
4:30 AM · Naval News
4:30 AMPT PAL Cuts First Steel for Indonesia’s Scorpène Evolved Submarine — Naval News
3:31 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
3:31 AMSK Hynix to Spend $38 Billion on Chip Factory Expansion in Korea — Bloomberg — Technology
1:00 AM · The Guardian — World
1:00 AMExtreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe — The Guardian — World
12:23 AM · SCMP — Tech
12:23 AMBacked by DeepSeek, Unitree IPO tests investor appetite for China’s AI robotics boom — SCMP — Tech

August 6, 2026

11:32 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
11:32 PMChinese AI Chipmakers Poised to Gain From Beijing’s Tech Push — Bloomberg — Technology
9:48 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
9:48 PMAI Data Center Group Firmus Draws $2 Billion From Coatue, Nvidia — Bloomberg — Technology
8:00 PM · Nikkei Asia
8:00 PMAustralian unions to escalate strikes at BHP iron ore export hub — Nikkei Asia
6:51 PM · SCMP — Tech
6:51 PMUS sets 15% polysilicon tariff, price floors to challenge China’s dominance — SCMP — Tech
5:33 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
5:33 PMRXO CEO on Earnings Beat, Freight Market Outlook — Bloomberg — Technology
4:07 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
4:07 PMAdvanced Micro Devices to Buy Startup Taalas for New AI Chips — Bloomberg — Technology
3:31 PM · Nikkei Asia
3:31 PMJapan to share advance defense procurement plans with contractors — Nikkei Asia
3:02 PM · TechCrunch
3:02 PMDefense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation — TechCrunch
2:30 PM · Breaking Defense
2:30 PMArmy awards contracts to four companies to boost Hydra-70 rocket production — Breaking Defense
2:21 PM · The War Zone
2:21 PMXQ-58 Valkyrie Drones With Built-In Landing Gear Are Now In Production — The War Zone
2:20 PM · Ars Technica
2:20 PMBlue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident — Ars Technica
2:09 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
2:09 PMNscale Touts $51 Billion in Contracts, Targets September US IPO — Bloomberg — Technology
1:56 PM · Bloomberg — Technology
1:56 PMAI Storage Demand Still Growing, Says WD CEO — Bloomberg — Technology
12:51 PM · SCMP — Tech
12:51 PMUS sanctions Cuba’s military representative in Beijing over China procurement — SCMP — Tech
11:45 AM · Nikkei Asia
11:45 AMFujifilm weighs partial spinoff, IPO for multifunction printer business — Nikkei Asia
11:40 AM · The Guardian — World
11:40 AMTrains stop across north-west England after power cut hits signalling centre — The Guardian — World
11:34 AM · Defense One
11:34 AMDid AI blow a $450M Army contract decision? Company lawsuit says yes — Defense One
11:32 AM · Tom's Hardware
11:32 AMAfter severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ — Tom's Hardware
11:21 AM · TechCrunch
11:21 AMTesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas — TechCrunch
10:52 AM · Tom's Hardware
10:52 AM$1 billion of iPhone 18 Pro chips 'on the shelves awaiting packaging' due to DRAM shortages — memory shortages reportedly put a wrinkle in Apple's launch plans — Tom's Hardware
10:50 AM · Defense News
10:50 AMRheinmetall scales down 2026 sales outlook on scrapped frigate program — Defense News
10:35 AM · Breaking Defense
10:35 AMNavy creates new robotic and autonomous systems DRPM — Breaking Defense
10:18 AM · SpaceNews
10:18 AMRedwire to fly dedicated Starfall mission for microgravity research — SpaceNews
10:15 AM · Nikkei Asia
10:15 AMLufthansa breaks ground on Philippine maintenance site for widebody planes — Nikkei Asia
10:06 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
10:06 AMDeepSeek Resumes $8 Billion Round With Monolith in the Running — Bloomberg — Technology
9:26 AM · Tom's Hardware
9:26 AMNashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $700 million installation — Tom's Hardware
9:11 AM · Tom's Hardware
9:11 AMSamsung debuts three next-generation memory technologies for AI data centers — zHBM, zNAND-O, and BV-NAND all rely on advanced wafer bonding technologies — Tom's Hardware
9:00 AM · The Verge
9:00 AMFord’s first ultra-cheap EV is called Fathom, a full-featured truck for $28,350 — The Verge
9:00 AM · TechCrunch
9:00 AMExclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI — TechCrunch
8:52 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
8:52 AMMicrosoft Opens Fourth Data Center Region in India for Azure — Bloomberg — Technology
8:45 AM · The Guardian — World
8:45 AMRaleigh bike brand faces chop after owner begins insolvency proceedings — The Guardian — World
8:31 AM · Payload Space
8:31 AMEndeavor Optical Networks Emerges from Stealth — Payload Space
8:00 AM · The Guardian — World
8:00 AMTrump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract – for a military base — The Guardian — World
6:48 AM · SpaceNews
6:48 AMChinese launch startup Orienspace targets IPO, secures funding for reusable Gravity-2 rocket — SpaceNews
6:47 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
6:47 AMUAE Fund Weighs $6.3 Billion AI Data Center Investment in Japan — Bloomberg — Technology
6:24 AM · Bloomberg — Technology
6:24 AMSpaceX Lockup Expiration to Free $101 Billion in Stock — Bloomberg — Technology
6:00 AM · Tom's Hardware
6:00 AMKentucky family snubs $26 million offer to convert their farmland into an AI data center — 'they call us old stupid farmers, you know, but we’re not,' says landowner — Tom's Hardware
5:21 AM · SCMP — Tech
5:21 AMChina launches probe into US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks — SCMP — Tech
5:01 AM · SCMP — Tech
5:01 AMChina adds US sanctions, drone curbs in trade tit-for-tat — SCMP — Tech
4:00 AM · War on the Rocks
4:00 AMThe Arsenal and the Statehouse: New Defense Firms, Venture Capital and State Industrial Policy — War on the Rocks
3:45 AM · Nikkei Asia
3:45 AMSoftBank quarterly profit falls 18% despite big Intel gains — Nikkei Asia
3:19 AM · SCMP — Tech
3:19 AMCLP posts HK$5.73 billion underlying profit in first half of 2026 — SCMP — Tech

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