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| 1 | TechAsia | Schneider Electric lifts 2026 outlook on strong AI demand | The company now expects 2026 organic adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization growth. | AI | Read |
| 2 | CNA | Dollar heads for weekly fall as investors gauge AI selloff impact | Dollar heads for weekly fall as investors gauge AI selloff impact | AI | Read |
| 3 | TechAsia | AstraZeneca strikes $1.5b AI drug discovery deal with Insitro | AstraZeneca will pay insitro US$40 million upfront. | AIPharmaceutical | Read |
| 4 | TechAsia | Kuaishou shares rise 4% as Kling AI launches video model | Kling AI, Kuaishou’s AI video-generation unit, said Kling 4.0 can turn text prompts of up to 8,000 tokens into native videos up to 30 seconds long. | AI | Read |
| 5 | CNA | Rogue AI agents broke into Indian firms' live systems, government says | Rogue AI agents broke into Indian firms' live systems, government says | AI | Read |
| 6 | DigiTimes | Samsung, SK Hynix aim to ease AI memory bottlenecks with zHBM, HBF | Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are developing new memory technologies to address growing bottlenecks in AI systems, with Samsung exploring a design that stacks high-bandwidth memory (HBM) directly above graphics processors and SK Hynix advancing high-bandwidth flash (HBF) to expand memory capacity for AI inference. | ElectronicsAI | Read |
| 7 | DigiTimes | Delta says AI power gap will drive standalone microgrids | Delta Electronics chairman Ping Cheng said at the 2026 Global Views Leaders Forum on October 15, 2026, that the world is entering an era of electrification, with AI data centers and EVs driving electricity demand beyond available supply. Delta is expanding its focus from power consumption to an integrated microgrid arc | ElectronicsAI | Read |
| 8 | DigiTimes | Samsung's chip and device chiefs head to Tokyo during Lee's visit | Five senior Samsung Electronics executives, including the heads of its semiconductor and consumer electronics businesses, reportedly traveled to Tokyo on October 13 while chairman Lee Jae-yong was visiting Japan, bringing together the company's three executive directors and key corporate decision-makers as it expands c | SemiconductorElectronics | Read |
| 9 | CNA | Malaysia's economy grows 5.3% year-on-year in Q3: Advance estimate | Malaysia has benefited from a global boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure that has driven demand for its tech products and semiconductors. | SemiconductorAI | Read |
| 10 | NikkeiAsia | Optical parts maker to triple Malaysian capacity to tackle AI supply crunch | Optical parts maker to triple Malaysian capacity to tackle AI supply crunch | AI | Read |
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Schneider Electric lifts 2026 outlook on strong AI demand
The company now expects 2026 organic adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization growth.
Asia Tech News Digest - October 16, 2026
Generated: 2026-10-16 08:00 UTC · Sources: 4 websites monitored