Category: Information and Communication

U.S. NSF Launches $1.5 Billion X-Labs Program, Focusing on Quantum Interconnects and Integrated Photonics

Dimension News, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced the launch of the NSF X-Labs program ...

2026-05-15

South Africa's Communications Minister Plans to Amend the Electronic Communications Act to Clear Obstacles for Licensing International Satellite Operators like Starlink

South Africa's Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, stated on May 14 ...

2026-05-15

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Form Joint Venture to Integrate Spectrum and Eliminate National Signal Dead Zones

In a joint statement released on May 14, the three major U.S. mobile operators—AT&T, T-Mobile, a...

2026-05-15

Baidu Establishes Model Committee to Coordinate the Full Chain of Large Models, with BMU and AMU Reporting to It

On May 15, Baidu officially established the Baidu Model Committee (BMC). Composed of young researche...

2026-05-15

US-based Intuitive Machines Acquires UK's Goonhilly Earth Station for £37 Million to Build Lunar Communications Network

US space technology, infrastructure, and services provider Intuitive Machines officially announced o...

2026-05-15

U.S.-based Recursive Superintelligence Officially Launches R&D on Recursive Self-Improving AI, Secures $650 Million in Funding

Co-founded by renowned artificial intelligence researcher Richard Socher, AI startup Recursive Super...

2026-05-15

Starburst Annual AI Conference Kicks Off May 27 in Miami, Focusing on Enterprise AI Data Foundation Bottlenecks

U.S. enterprise intelligence platform Starburst announced on May 13 that its annual AI & Datanov...

2026-05-15

Sidus Space Advances Modular Satellite Multi-Mission Operations via LizzieSat Constellation

U.S. aerospace and defense technology company Sidus Space is accelerating the multi-mission deployme...

2026-05-15

Northrop Grumman Launches LR-450 Positioning and Navigation System for Deep Space and Planetary Exploration Missions

Northrop Grumman Corporation has officially released the LR-450 Positioning and Navigation System, a...

2026-05-15

Microsoft Releases WinUI Agent Plugin, Reducing Development Token Consumption by Over 70%

On May 13, Microsoft released a WinUI agent plugin that provides GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code ...

2026-05-15

UK's SimplyAI Appoints Adept Founder Ian Fishwick as New Chairman, Focusing on AI Communications Platform Growth

SimplyAI, an artificial intelligence communications platform provider headquartered in London, UK, o...

2026-05-15

MIT Professor Seth Lloyd Officially Joins Italy's Planckian, Focusing on Global Quantum Error Correction

Quantum computing company Planckian officially announced on May 14 the appointment of Seth Lloyd, Pr...

2026-05-15

Spanish Telefónica-led Consortium to Submit Final Bid for AI Gigafactory Between June and July, Total Investment Could Exceed €4 Billion

Borja Ochoa, President of Telefónica Spain, stated on May 14 that the Spanish AI Gigafactory consort...

2026-05-15

Venezuela's Inter Venezuela Deploys Nationwide XGS-PON Mobile Backhaul Services Using U.S. Harmonic Solution

U.S.-based Harmonic Inc. announced on May 13 that Inter Venezuela, the largest private internet serv...

2026-05-15

Swedish Ericsson Launches Cradlepoint W2255 Wireless WAN Device, Offering Proactive Connection Management

Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson officially launched the Ericsson Cradlepoint W2255 5G Adap...

2026-05-15

Finland's IQM Files F-4 Registration Statement for Nasdaq Listing, Set to Become First European Quantum Computing Company to Go Public

Finnish quantum computing company IQM Finland Oy officially filed an F-4 registration statement with...

2026-05-15

Microsoft Edge Mobile Adds Copilot AI Cross-Tab Summarization, Browser Shifts from Passive Tool to Proactive Information Processing Platform

Microsoft issued an official announcement on May 13, unveiling a major AI feature update for the Edg...

2026-05-15

One Month After Release, US Anthropic Mythos Model's Capabilities Evolve Again; UK AI Safety Institute Tests Show It Surpasses GPT-5.5

The UK AI Safety Institute released its latest test results on May 14, showing that Anthropic's fron...

2026-05-15

Singapore's Brilliant Labs Launches Halo AI+AR Glasses with Integrated Long-Term Memory AI Assistant

Singapore-based wearable device developer Brilliant Labs has officially launched its next-generation...

2026-05-15

May 13 ICT Overseas Observation: AI Computing Power, Quantum Communication, AI Agents, and Global Digital Infrastructure Accelerating Restructuring

The global technology industry is embarking on a new round of deployment centered around AI computin...

2026-05-14

At the Last Moment, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Boarded the "Air Force One" Bound for Beijing

On May 13 local time, the U.S. presidential aircraft "Air Force One," en route to Beijing, stopped i...

2026-05-14

Alibaba Expects AI Model and Application ARR to Surpass RMB 30 Billion by Year-End, Bailian Platform Customer Count Up 8x Year-on-Year

China's Alibaba Group held its FY2026 Q4 earnings analyst conference call on May 13, 2026. Group CEO...

2026-05-14

Tencent's Ma Huateng Talks AI Catch-Up at Shareholder Meeting: A Year Ago Thought We Were on Board, Only to Find the Ship Was Leaking; Now We're Standing on It, But Can't Sit Down Yet

On May 13, 2026, at Tencent Holdings' Annual General Meeting held in Shenzhen, China, in response to...

2026-05-14

China's MediaTek Launches Dimensity AI Agentic Engine 2.0, Terminals Enter the Era of Proactive Services

On May 13, 2026, Chinese semiconductor company MediaTek officially launched the Dimensity AI Agentic...

2026-05-14

Huawei Consumer Business Group Announces HarmonyOS 6 Devices Surpass 60 Million

On May 14, 2026, Huawei Consumer Business Group officially announced that the number of terminal dev...

2026-05-14

France's Mistral Develops Cybersecurity AI Model for European Banks, Rivaling Anthropic's Restricted Mythos

French AI startup Mistral AI is in talks with several European banks to deploy a cybersecurity-focus...

2026-05-14

Microsoft's Cumulative Investment in OpenAI Partnership Exceeds $100 Billion

Michael Wetter, a senior executive at Microsoft Corp. responsible for deal-making, testified on May ...

2026-05-14

FCC Approves Over $40 Billion Spectrum Deal, SpaceX Gains 65MHz to Advance Starlink Direct-to-Cell Service

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially approved two spectrum transactions total...

2026-05-14

China's Cyberspace Administration registered 72 new generative AI services from March to April, bringing the cumulative total to 868

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced on May 13, 2026, that 72 new generative artif...

2026-05-14

China's Shenhao Technology and China Mobile (Hangzhou) Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Embodied Intelligence, Jointly Exploring New Tracks for Terminal Products

Hangzhou Shenhao Technology Co., Ltd. signed a "Strategic Cooperation Agreement" with China Mobile (...

2026-05-14