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Semiconductor coverage tracks geopolitics, telecom chips and Artificial Intelligence demand

13 Jan 2026

Light Reading’s semiconductor section brings together coverage of geopolitical risks in chip supply, telecom silicon shakeups and surging Artificial Intelligence infrastructure demand, with a strong focus on how these forces reshape vendors such as Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung and Nokia. The stream highlights how shifts in rare earths policy, network silicon strategy and massive memory orders are redefining the broader communications and computing ecosystem.

5g, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, telecom industry

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Asus NUC mini PCs bring Artificial Intelligence acceleration to compact desktops

13 Jan 2026

Asus is positioning its latest NUC mini PCs as compact Artificial Intelligence workhorses, combining Intel Core Ultra processors, Intel Arc graphics, and NPUs to handle creative, productivity, and edge workloads with strong performance per liter.

artificial intelligence, asus, edge computing, pc hardware

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HPC News Bytes highlights major chip reveals at CES and neuromorphic breakthrough

13 Jan 2026

The latest HPC News Bytes podcast covers new high performance and Artificial Intelligence chip announcements from CES 2026, updates on leading foundry and processor roadmaps, and a neuromorphic computing result from Sandia National Laboratories.

ai news, hpc-ai hardware, hpc-ai software, national lab news

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China’s ‘artificial sun’ and other breakthroughs push science forward

13 Jan 2026

Chinese researchers report a fusion milestone in the EAST tokamak as part of a broader slate of scientific and technological breakthroughs spanning sleep medicine, plant biology, animal cognition, consumer gadgets, and medical diagnostics.

biology, consumer tech, energy, neuroscience

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Google Cloud launches Gemini customer experience suite for agentic artificial intelligence

13 Jan 2026

Google Cloud has introduced Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience, a suite that lets brands build agentic shopping and service bots while retaining control of data and customer relationships.

artificial intelligence, contact center, customer experience, google

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Artificial Intelligence and tech exports power Taiwan’s surge in export growth

12 Jan 2026

Taiwan’s exports ended last year with one of the fastest monthly growth rates on record, as demand for artificial intelligence hardware and advanced computing equipment fueled a broad-based upswing.

artificial intelligence, semiconductors, taiwan economy, trade

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Kroger expands generative artificial intelligence strategy with Google Cloud

12 Jan 2026

Kroger is deepening its partnership with Google Cloud, adopting Gemini Enterprise for customer experience to power a new artificial intelligence driven shopping assistant and overhaul its digital customer journey.

artificial intelligence, cloud-computing, customer experience, retail

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Former Intel chief says United States chip revival still lags Asia

12 Jan 2026

Former Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger says recent United States manufacturing milestones are encouraging but warns it will take decades to unwind the semiconductor industry’s shift to Asia.

artificial intelligence, intel, manufacturing, semiconductors

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Grok Code Fast 1 targets fast, low cost coding with new model architecture

12 Jan 2026

Grok Code Fast 1 is a new reasoning model from xAI that focuses on agentic coding, tool use, and full stack development support, with pricing and context limits aimed at economical large scale usage.

artificial intelligence, developer tools, large language models

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Artificial intelligence systems face new demands for provable accountability

12 Jan 2026

As artificial intelligence systems start speaking directly to customers and patients, institutions are struggling to prove exactly what these models said at critical decision moments. Commenters argue that output logging, organizational design, and new regulation will be needed to close this accountability gap.

artificial intelligence, governance, policy

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Artificial intelligence and the future of warfare

12 Jan 2026

The article content could not be accessed, so a detailed summary of how artificial intelligence is reshaping warfare is not available.

artificial intelligence, defense, warfare

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Intel Panther Lake integrated graphics outpace AMD Strix Point in Cyberpunk 2077 tests

12 Jan 2026

Intel's new Panther Lake chips with Arc B390 integrated graphics are showing strong early gaming results, claiming up to double the performance of AMD's Strix Point in Cyberpunk 2077. The company is also positioning its XeSS3 upscaling as a rival to both AMD and NVIDIA offerings.

cpus, gaming, gpus, graphics performance