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TNW | Business
thenextweb.com > news > micron-taiwan-union-strike-bonus-dispute

Micron’s Taiwan unions are heading for a strike vote over bonuses

54+ min ago   (824+ words) Samsung and SK hynix publish a percentage of profits. Micron pays an average of 2.6 months. Exterior shot of a Micron office building with logo signage Roughly 10,000 Micron workers in Taiwan are represented by two unions that are now preparing their…...

TNW | Battery
thenextweb.com > news > pure-lithium-graphite-free-lithium-metal-battery-eu-critical-raw-materials

This graphite-free battery could break China's grip on the EV supply chain

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (458+ words) Pure Lithium reports 9,315 charge cycles from a lithium metal cell with no graphite anode, while the EU has put both natural and synthetic graphite on its strategic list and set a 2030 target it is nowhere near meeting Pure Lithium says…...

TNW | Contributed
thenextweb.com > news > velocity-adtech-platform-year-ai-advertising

Velocity named AdTech Platform of the Year as AI reshapes digital advertising

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (233+ words) TVC Analyst names Velocity AdTech Platform of the Year as the $27M-funded startup builds intent-driven advertising infrastructure for AI applications. U.S. digital ad revenue hit $294.6B in 2025....

TNW | Artificial-intelligence
thenextweb.com > news > apollo-ai-wage-growth-not-job-losses-study

Apollo finds AI is hitting paychecks rather than payrolls

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (143+ words) Apollo finds wages in high AI exposure jobs grew 6.7% more slowly after 2023, with no significant employment effect and the hit falling on the lowest paid....

TNW | Business
thenextweb.com > news > samsung-shareholder-return-110-trillion-won-record

A record $80bn payout that investors found underwhelming

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (623+ words) Samsung will return up to $80bn to shareholders, a Korean record. The stock fell 2.6%, because the buyback split is still unknown....

TNW | Government-policy
thenextweb.com > news > lutnick-apple-chinese-memory-chips-cxmt-ymtc

Why the US cannot stop Apple buying Chinese memory chips

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (920+ words) Howard Lutnick says the administration does not want Apple buying Chinese memory chips, and told the company so plainly. But the rule he would need to enforce that does not reach what Apple wants to do. The Journal’s second sentence…...

TNW | China
thenextweb.com > news > china-hwatsing-cmp-wafer-polishing-metrology-breakthrough

China's CMP breakthrough is real. It's also only six inches wide.

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (258+ words) Hwatsing built China's first metrology system integrated with wafer polishing equipment. The six-inch format places it well short of advanced logic....

TNW | Artificial-intelligence
thenextweb.com > news > fed-officials-split-furious-pace-ai-investment

The Fed can’t agree on how worried to be about the AI boom

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (662+ words) From ‘not a bubble’ to ‘very worrisome,’ Federal Reserve officials are split on the furious pace of AI investment now shaping US growth, inflation and interest rates. The AI spending boom has grown large enough that the Federal Reserve can…...

TNW | Robots
thenextweb.com > news > unitree-shanghai-ipo-valuation-50bn-yuan

Unitree’s IPO could value China’s robot champion at $7bn or more

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (601+ words) Sponsor CITIC pegs the humanoid-robot maker at over 50 billion yuan after its Shanghai listing, a landmark for a sector Beijing has made a national priority. China’s best-known robot maker is about to test the public markets. Unitree could be worth…...

TNW | Cars
thenextweb.com > news > tesla-whistleblower-fsd-houston-rolling-hazards-rodeo-team

Tesla whistleblower describes dangerous understaffing while testing Full Self-Driving in Houston

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (30+ words) A fired Tesla manager alleges the company's Houston FSD fleet operated as 24/7 "rolling hazards" with a 38:1 driver-to-manager ratio. Tesla's own baseline was 15:1....