ASML “Can’t Meet Equipment Demand Until 2028″… Q3 Revenue Hits Record €11.7B, South Korea Ranks 2nd with 31% Share

BUSINESS

Key points ▶ ASML reported third-quarter revenue of €11.662 billion (about 17.45 trillion won) and net income of €4.96 billion (about 7.42 trillion won) on ...

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SEMI: Semiconductor Sales Hit $1 Trillion—Four Years Ahead of Schedule

BUSINESS

Key takeaways: SEMICON West 2026, North America’s largest semiconductor trade show, opened on October 13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. More than 500 ...

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SEDEX 2026 Opens: Samsung’s ‘zHBM’ vs. SK hynix’s ‘HBF’ Face Off as AI Memory Bottleneck Solutions

BUSINESS

Key points The 28th SEDEX opened at COEX in Seoul on October 14. The record-breaking event features 888 booths operated by 300 companies through October ...

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Former Employees Stole HBM Testing Technology in Its Entirety After Ex-Executive’s Lure: “I’ll Double Your Salary”

SOCIETY

Key points ▶ On October 14, the Intellectual Property Office’s Special Judicial Police for Technology Leakage and the Daejeon Regional Prosecution Service said they had ...

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Forced Selling Hits 59.3 Billion Won in Largest ‘Leverage Fallout’ Since July 31

BUSINESS

Key points ▶ On Oct. 13, when the KOSPI plunged 5.46%, forced selling against margin-trading receivables totaled 59.35 billion won, the highest since July 31, ...

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Samsung’s First Smart Glasses Weigh 41g… 16 Gentle Monster Styles, 10 Warby Parker Styles, November Release Rumored [Tech Knowledge NOW]

KNOWLEDGE

One-minute news ▶ Samsung’s first smart glasses, developed with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, weigh about 41 grams and come with the specifications reported exclusively ...

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NTT to Build Anthropic’s First Japan Data Center in Osaka… Up to 1 Trillion Yen, 500MW, Operations Begin 2028

BUSINESS

Key points ▶ On October 13, the Nikkei reported that NTT DATA Group was in the final stages of negotiations to build a data center ...

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[Special Report] AI That Anyone Can Download: Weapon or Public Good? Understanding the ‘Open Model’ Debate

KNOWLEDGE

Key points ▶ Open-weight models let users download the “weights” produced during AI training and run or modify the models themselves. This benefits research and ...

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6.6 Million Accounts Breached at Japan’s Times Car…Why Reissuing Your Driver’s License Won’t Keep You Safe

SOCIETY

Personal information from about 6.6 million accounts was exposed, including photos of identity documents from 1.6 million accounts; data from former members had been retained ...

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All 9 CubeSats from Nuri’s 5th Launch Successfully Communicate…6 Achieve Two-Way Contact, 5 Responded on Launch Day

ENVIRONMENT

Nine CubeSats deployed by Nuri’s fifth launch vehicle have all sent signals back to Earth. The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) and the Korea Aerospace Research ...

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Google Unveils Fitbit Edge Fitness Band with Screen [TechKnowledge NOW]

KNOWLEDGE

1-Minute News ▶ Google unveiled its Fitbit Edge fitness tracker on Oct. 12 (local time) and began taking preorders. ▶ It costs $179.99 (about 240,000 ...

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China’s Wang Yi Says “Polar Silk Road and Russia’s Northern Sea Route Fit Together”…Agrees to Strengthen Maritime Cooperation with Putin Aide Patrushev

SOCIETY

Photo: Solution News / Magnific; resale and database use prohibited According to China’s Foreign Ministry on the 13th, Wang Yi, director of the Office of ...

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