South Korea is launching a new sovereign wealth fund designed to make strategic, commercial investments. The government says it will start with modest capital but aims to scale it into a significant global entity over time.
Samsung might be shaking up its release schedule for its popular mid-range phones. According to a new leak, the Galaxy A37 and Galaxy A57 could launch in February 2026, a month earlier than usual. The phones are also tipped to get new Exynos processors.
A wave of executive changes is hitting the tech and telecom sectors. T-Mobile has a new COO, a 15-year Amazon Web Services engineer resigns with sharp criticism, and a Redfin VP jumps to a rental tech startup.
TechCrunch reports a construction worker was seriously injured in November when a metal support fell from a crane at SpaceX’s Starbase. This is the second crane accident OSHA is investigating at the site this year, amid ongoing safety concerns.
Sublime Cement, a sustainable cement startup backed by Microsoft, is laying off 10% of its workforce and pausing its Holyoke, Massachusetts demonstration plant. The move comes after the Department of Energy rescinded an $87 million grant that was set to fund half of the project.
Qualcomm is making another big move in its CPU ambitions, acquiring RISC-V startup Ventana Micro Systems. This gives Qualcomm serious expertise in the open-source architecture as it pushes its Oryon cores into PCs and servers.
A startup called Quilter has used its AI to automate the design of a complex, two-board Linux computer. The system, which has backing from Tony Fadell, completed a layout job quoted at 428 hours of human work in just 38.5 hours, with the boards booting successfully on the first attempt.
Xbox’s Jason Ronald is teasing major announcements for the platform’s 25th anniversary in 2026, hinting at legacy celebrations and future plans. This comes after a notoriously difficult 2025 for Microsoft’s gaming division, marked by studio closures and Game Pass price increases. The big question is
Parker Hannifin’s Chomerics division has launched a new series of thermal gap filler pads. The Therm-a-Gap Pad 10 offers a high thermal conductivity of 10W/m-K with an ultra-low hardness of just 35 Shore 00.
Scientists have repurposed a standard photolithography laser to continuously alter magnetic properties in 2D materials. This simple, fast method could revolutionize data storage and enable brain-like computing chips.
