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19 stories from 8 outlets. Times show when each story first broke, in UTC.
European countries are leading the way in capturing heat from crematoria that would otherwise be wasted. The approach is spreading as green death practices become more common.
#The Samsung S95H OLED TV delivers rich texture and high brightness in testing. It faces new competition when it comes to color dominance.
#The guide features gadgets, kitchen tools and cozy items the author has tested and would buy for friends. It focuses on wellness tech and kitchen essentials.
#Psaila argues the region offers attractive emerging-market opportunities as investors look beyond the AI trade. He cites improving ties with the European Union and a growing investment pipeline.
#Wired's best-tested leaf blower, an Ego model, is on sale. A resident expert also demonstrates how to build a toilet paper cannon for Halloween.
#Japan's Omron Corp. is increasing manufacturing output in India. The move follows India's policy push to attract global corporations as a manufacturing and exports base.
#Tokyo Electron Ltd. issued an annual outlook that beat analyst estimates. The result points to faster-than-expected spending by chipmakers racing to meet demand for AI hardware.
#Jio's low-cost data triggered a price war in India's telecom market and helped push the country's internet subscriptions past 1.1 billion. Bloomberg reports the venture changed how people learn, pay, shop and invest, and helped fuel India's startup boom.
#Murata Manufacturing Co. plans to add ¥15 billion ($100 million) in investment to increase capacitor production. The expansion is aimed at meeting demand from data center operators building AI infrastructure.
#Markets are reacting mixedly to the AI trade this week, following Anthropic's IPO filing and Microsoft beating earnings estimates. Concerns about the AI boom are growing among investors. Barclays' Alexander Altmann discusses the outlook on the Odd Lots podcast.
#Suzhou Denglin Technology and Hosin Electronics launched listings in Hong Kong on the last trading day of the month, totaling about $765 million. The rush revives fundraising activity that had begun to slow after a strong run.
#Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota's electric bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year. The deal is part of a broader partnership with the automaker that also covers the U.K.
#The first two episodes of Apple TV's crime thriller Nocturne are now available to stream. The series features Stephen Graham.
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#The core advertising, consumer and retail businesses of America's largest tech companies are showing signs of slowing this year. Those businesses fund a collective $750 billion in AI spending, and some are being cannibalized by the same technology.
#The Wikimedia Foundation backs legal protection for LLMs training on copyrighted work but not for chatbots reproducing that work for users. It argues a sweeping ruling in landmark AI copyright cases could harm the open web.
#AM Intelligence, an Indian AI infrastructure firm, is seeking to raise as much as $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The financing would fund a previously announced purchase of Nvidia's next-generation chips.
#A new report finds the global incidence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is rising. Some clinical psychologists warn that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could act as a trigger for eating disorders.
#Democrats are using rising prices for diesel, heating oil and fertilizer to link Republicans to President Donald Trump's unpopular and costly war in Iran. The campaign message targets Senate races where energy costs are a voter concern.
#Envision plans to finish its Galaxy Campus data center in Inner Mongolia by the end of 2028, with capacity eventually reaching 3 gigawatts. Its AIDC general manager Ricky Zheng says the company also plans renewable-powered data centers worldwide, with Latin America, Southern Europe and Africa emerging as ideal locations.
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