Artificial Intelligence

Google's "Gemini Robotics 2": From Tabletop Tasks to Whole-Body Humanoid Control

Google DeepMind has pushed into whole-body humanoid control with Gemini Robotics 2. While the reasoning model is publicly available, the motion VLA remains limited in access, and safety evaluation challenges persist.

The memory price surge is no longer someone else's problem—the price of your next smartphone is already in motion

Samsung held onto the world's top spot in shipment share in Q2 2026, but in that same quarter its DX division—covering mobile, TVs, and home appliances—posted its first loss since 2011. This piece reads the internal story of how a memory price surge led by Samsung's own semiconductor division squeezed the company's own consumer business, drawing on earnings figures and shipment data.

Tesla Preparing to Separate China Business Ahead of SpaceX Merger? Shanghai's Mass-Production Capacity Becomes Key Issue

Reports indicate that Tesla is considering spinning off, selling, or otherwise separating its China business in anticipation of a potential merger with SpaceX. While the move is said to be aimed at protecting classified information tied to U.S. defense contracts, separating the Shanghai facility—Tesla's manufacturing linchpin—could significantly affect its production base.

EPS hits a June-quarter record, yet gross margin shows strain. Memory price spikes split Apple and Samsung's fortunes

On July 30, 2026, Apple reported Q3 results with revenue of $109.417 billion and EPS of $2.02, both June-quarter records, but the stock fell after-hours on Services and China revenue misses and gross margin pressure from surging memory prices. Cook's final earnings call handed structural challenges to incoming CEO Ternus.

"ShieldFont" Feeds AI Scrapers False Text: The Mechanism Protecting Web Articles

The Man Who Warned First About AI's Arrival Sees His Fund's $45B Shrink to $10B, an 80% Drop, With Sale to Citadel

Situational Awareness LP, an AI-focused fund led by former OpenAI researcher Aschenbrenner, saw its assets shrink from $45 billion to $10 billion amid an AI stock selloff and margin calls triggered by 4x leverage, selling the bulk of its public equity holdings to Citadel. This article explains what happened.

DRAM Prices to Keep Climbing While NAND Faces Downward Pressure — Reading the 2027 Supply Gap Through Manufacturer Investment

TrendForce forecasts a deepening DRAM shortage in 2027, while NAND is expected to ease from the latter half of the year. HBM's wafer consumption and increased output from high-layer NAND are driving the price divergence, though Micron still expects the shortage to persist.

Kioxia Ships Samples of 9th-Gen BiCS and 10th-Gen PCIe 6.0 SSD

Kioxia has shipped samples of a 1Tb TLC using 9th-generation BiCS, and CM10 E3.S/E1.S PCIe 6.0 enterprise SSDs built on 10th-generation BiCS. The dual-axis strategy has moved into actual products.

OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna API Pricing to a Fifth of Launch Price, Reversing the Lead Against DeepSeek on Long-Context Workloads

OpenAI has cut GPT-5.6 Luna's API pricing by 80%. Comparing the new unit prices, now back at the old nano tier, against Chinese rivals shows that the input-to-output ratio and long-context surcharges can flip which model is actually cheapest.

Circuit Breakers Hit South Korean Stocks Two Days in a Row: Behind SK hynix's Record Profit, "Concentration and Leverage" Emerge

South Korea's KOSPI and KOSDAQ triggered circuit breakers for two consecutive trading days. Using primary sources, we examine SK hynix's record profit, index concentration, and the amplification pathway created by single-stock leveraged products.