Finnish startup Aisti secures €20M EIB loan to scale bio-based ceiling tile production

ain - Aisti is building a large-scale production facility in Kitee, Eastern Finland, set to begin manufacturing in the second half of 2026.

#startups #energy #investment #finance #environment #europe #manufacturing #technology #eu #research

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Finland’s Aisti Gets €20 Million EIB Loan To Boost Bio-Based Acoustic Tile Production

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

‘Quietly’ scaling up: Finland’s Aisti secures €20 million EIB loan to accelerate bio-based acoustic tile production

2 months / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Why RAM Prices Are Out Of Control In The US

slashgear - Buying RAM for your PC has become a nightmare. Retailers are hiding prices, costs have doubled, and one major brand has reportedly shut down entirely.

#hardware #semiconductors #business #supplychain #us #pricing #manufacturing #technology #memory

Apple Turns to Samsung as RAM Prices Rise

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

PC Prices Expected to Jump by up to 8% in 2026, Notes Report

2 months / techpowerup

Samsung has always been a part of the iPhone supply chain, and Apple is about to lean on the company more as RAM prices skyrocket worldwide.

2 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

3 ways you can get around the RAM crisis to upgrade your PC

2 months / pocket-lint / Roger Fingas

Apple Clings to Samsung as RAM Prices Soar

2 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple cozies up to Samsung as RAM gets ridiculously expensive

2 months / appleinsider

Unlucky Amazon shopper orders DDR5 memory but gets DDR4 hidden under the heatspreader — RAM sold as new was a switcharoo

2 months / tomshardware

Micron Technology (MU) Stock: AI Demand and Tight Memory Supply Boost Forecasts

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Your next prebuilt PC might arrive with memory loss

2 months / digitaltrends

IDC expects average PC prices to jump by up to 8% in 2026 due to crushing memory shortages — some vendors already selling pre-builts without RAM

2 months / tomshardware

Samsung, SK hynix accelerate memory output amid AI boom

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Why RAM Prices Are Out Of Control In The US

2 months / slashgear

Tired of sky-high memory prices? Buckle up, we're in this for the long haul

2 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees

Anna Washenko / engadget - A report from Reuters claims that scientists in China have created a prototype of a machine that could eventually be used to produce semiconductor chips capable of powering artificial intelligence. Sources told the publication that a team in Shenzhen comp…

#hardware #innovation #semiconductors #china #chips #asia #manufacturing #technology #research

How China Built Its 'Manhattan Project' To Rival the West in AI Chips

2 months / slashdot / msmash

OPINION: Light in Shenzhen, Darkness in Europe

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

China's EUV Machine Exists. What It Can Actually Do Remains an Open Question.

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

China Reportedly Builds Secret ‘Manhattan Project’ EUV Machine for Chip Manufacturing

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

China may have reverse engineered EUV lithography tool in covert lab, report claims — employees given fake IDs to avoid secret project being detected, prototypes expected in 2028

2 months / tomshardware

China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees

2 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

Reuters is reporting that China's classified EUV project has reverse engineered and successfully built a prototype EUV machine with the help of former ASML engineers

2 months / reddit / /u/reversedu

Chinese EUV Lithography Machine Prototype Reportedly Undergoing Testing

2 months / reddit / /u/DazzlingpAd134

Reuters China completed working EUV machine early 2025

2 months / reddit / /u/DazzlingpAd134

Chinese EUV Lithography Machine Prototype Reportedly Undergoing Testing

2 months / techpowerup

China cements global lead in smart vacuums as Picea acquires Roomba maker iRobot

scmp - Chinese robotics manufacturers are set to cement their dominance in the global smart vacuum market with Picea Robotics’ acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot, after the US firm’s proposed sale to Amazon.com last year fell through due to regulatory hurdles.Ch…

#iot #robotics #automation #china #business #asia #acquisitions #manufacturing #technology #smarthome

China cements global lead in smart vacuums as Picea acquires Roomba maker iRobot

2 months / scmp

iRobot CEO says previous management was ‘in denial’ over group’s troubles

2 months / ft

Regulators killed iRobot and as such, just put Chinese robots in everyones' homes. Congrats to all involved. https://spyglass.org/mopping-the-floor-with-antitrust/

2 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut

cnbc - Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai soared nearly 700% after raising nearly $600 million in its initial public offering.

#semiconductors #china #chips #stockmarket #investment #business #supplychain #asia #manufacturing #technology

China's MetaX soars 755% on debut on hopes for domestic chipmakers

2 months / techxplore

Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut

2 months / cnbc

MetaX soars in frenzied debut as traders snap up second Chinese GPU maker to go public

2 months / scmp

China Chipmaker MetaX Debuts After Wildly Oversubscribed IPO

2 months / bloomberg / Bloomberg News

Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid | TechCrunch

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#cloud #energy #investment #datacenter #batteries #manufacturing #technology #automotive

Ford shifts gears to build batteries for datacenters

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid | TechCrunch

2 months / reddit / /u/MRADEL90

Why Ford is betting $2B on CATL technology for data centers

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid

2 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane, Kirsten Korosec

Ford Ends F-150 Lightning Production, Starts Battery Storage Business

BeauHD / slashdot - Ford has effectively pulled the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning, pivoting away from full-size BEV pickups toward hybrids, range-extended EVs (EREVs), and even data-center battery storage. Ars Technica reports: Ford's announcements today can't be …

#climate #innovation #energy #business #environment #batteries #manufacturing #technology #automotive #ev

Ford is ending the F-150 Lightning and pivoting to battery storage

2 months / techspot

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

NEW: Ford is killing the all-electric F-150 Lightning and the upcoming clean-sheet EV truck codenamed "T3" A next-gen F-150 Lightning will now get a gas generator bolted on (aka "extended range EV") Future commercial EV van is dead

2 months / bsky / @seanokane.bsky.social / seanokane.bsky.social

The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed "T3" and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Yet another pivot from Ford. From @seanokane.bsky.social and me. tl,dr: Large EVs out. Hybrids in! "Range extenders" in! techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f... And in the what-do-we-do-with-this-capacity category: a new energy storage business is bo

2 months / bsky / @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social / kirstenkorosec.bsky.social

Seems a bit short-sighted compared to what GM is up to, but hey, what do I know. www.theverge.com/news/844813/...

2 months / bsky / @yssman.bsky.social / yssman.bsky.social

Ford is rebooting the F-150 Lightning as an EREV with a gas generator

2 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

Ford Ends F-150 Lightning Production, Starts Battery Storage Business

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Ford kills the All-Electric F-150

2 months / ycombinator

Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business

2 months / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Ford’s next F-150 Lightning will have a gas generator as it pivots away from large EVs

2 months / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane

Ford’s big bet on EVs didn’t pan out — now it’s pivoting to hybrids and energy storage

2 months / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Ford takes $19.5 billion charge as it retreats from EVs

Reuters / fastcompany - Ford Motor said on Monday it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and is killing several electric-vehicle models, in the most dramatic example yet of the auto industry’s retreat from battery-powered models in response to the Trump administration’s policies…

#stockmarket #earnings #investment #business #finance #batteries #manufacturing #layoffs #automotive #ev

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F-150 Lightning cancellation amid strategic pivot

Ford scraps fully-electric F-150 Lightning as mounting losses and falling demand hits EV plans

2 months / techxplore

Ford pulls the plug on the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

2 months / reddit / /u/zsreport

Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions

2 months / wired / Aarian Marshall

Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands

John Gruber / wsj - John Keilman, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): The company that makes Roomba robotic vacuums declared bankruptcySunday but said its devices will continue to function normallywhile the company restructures.Massachusetts-based iRobot has s…

#robotics #china #tariffs #business #supplychain #economy #manufacturing #technology #smarthome

Roomba maker iRobot announces bankruptcy — brand will live on under ownership of former supplier

2 months / tomshardware

Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs : NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5644772/tariffs-roomba-irobot-bankruptcy

2 months / bsky / @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy / servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy

Former iRobot CEO calls Roomba maker's bankruptcy 'a tragedy for consumers'

2 months / cnbc

Roomba manufacturer iRobot files for bankruptcy

2 months / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands

2 months / wsj / John Gruber

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

2 months / nytimes / Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu

Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs

2 months / npr / Alina Selyukh

QuantumDiamonds plans €152 million investment in quantum chip inspection facility in Munich

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - QuantumDiamonds (QD), a Munich-based quantum sensing company for semiconductor inspection, has unveiled plans to invest €152 million to build what it calls the world’s first production facility for advanced chip testing systems. The planned Munich facilit…

#innovation #semiconductors #quantum #chips #business #europe #manufacturing #semiconductor #technology #research

QuantumDiamonds plans €152 million investment in quantum chip inspection facility in Munich

2 months / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

QuantumDiamonds Invests €150M In Quantum Chip Inspection Facility

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

QuantumDiamonds invests over €150M for quantum chip inspection facility

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine

Cate Lawrence / tech - Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics today announced the creation of “Quantum Frontline Industries” (QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture that will establish Europe’s first fully automated, indus...

#robotics #innovation #defensetech #business #ukraine #europe #russia #manufacturing #technology #drone

Quantum Systems And Frontline Robotics Launch Europe’s First Overseas Drone Production Line For Ukraine

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Ukrainian start-up to make drones in Germany in new export drive

2 months / bsky / @euwatch.live / euwatch.live

A Ukrainian defence start-up has struck a €100mn deal to make tens of thousands of drones in Germany, the first such tie-up under a Kyiv initiative to help boost the output of the country’s defence companies. www.ft.com/content/fbc1...

2 months / bsky / @mina-hanse.bsky.social / mina-hanse.bsky.social

Ukrainian Frontline Robotics and Germany’s Quantum Systems launch joint drone manufacturing venture

2 months / ain

Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine

2 months / tech / Cate Lawrence

Ukrainian start-up to make drones in Germany in new export drive

2 months / ft

Intel Evaluates Wet Etch Equipment from China-Linked Supplier for 14A Node

techpowerup - Intel has conducted early tool qualification tests on wet etch systems from ACM Research as part of its preparations for the next-generation 14A node, which is scheduled for volume production in 2027. These evaluations have drawn external political attent…

#semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #us #security #intel #manufacturing #semiconductor

Intel Evaluates Wet Etch Equipment from China-Linked Supplier for 14A Node

2 months / techpowerup

Intel tests chipmaking tools from sanctioned China-focused tool maker, report claims — move could raise political and national security concerns, firm was backed by CEO Lip-Bu Tan's investment firm

2 months / tomshardware

Intel Evaluates Equipment Linked to China Export Blacklist

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

This Cambridge startup is building plug-and-play AI inspectors for global factories, with $14M to scale

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - London-based Matta, a deep-tech spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has raised $14 million in seed funding to…

#ai #startups #automation #ml #investment #uk #deeptech #manufacturing #technology

Zentio raises €1.4M for AI-native production planning

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Startup in spotlight: Zentio secures €1.4M for ‘self-learning flywheel’ factory planning

2 months / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

This Cambridge startup is building plug-and-play AI inspectors for global factories, with $14M to scale

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Matta Secures $14M Funding To Develop “Sentient Factory” Technology

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Matta raises $14M to develop “sentient factory” technology

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Apple's First Foldable iPhone to Trigger 30% Market Surge in 2026 [IDC]

iclarified - Apple's first foldable iPhone is expected to spark a major jump in the foldable smartphone market, with global shipments forecast to grow 30% year over year in 2026. The projection comes from new data released by the International Data Corporation (IDC), …

#apple #chips #iphone #supplychain #manufacturing #technology #oled #smartphone #foldable #timcook

Apple's First Foldable iPhone Will Storm The Market Despite Its Higher Price Tag

2 months / bgr

Apple's First Foldable iPhone to Trigger 30% Market Surge in 2026 [IDC]

2 months / iclarified

Samsung Display will make 11 million OLED panels for Apple's foldable iPhone in 2026

2 months / reddit / /u/snowfordessert

iPhone Fold Expected to Claim 22% of Foldable Market, 34% of Revenue in First Year

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Supply chain report claims Apple is preparing for strong iPhone Fold demand

2 months / appleinsider

Intel to explore making chips with mega-corp Tata in India’s first fab

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Chipzilla doesn’t need 28nm product, so maybe this is about landing another outsourced packaging partner Intel will explore manufacturing some chips in India’s first fab after forming an alliance with Indian mega-corp Tata.…

#ai #semiconductors #chips #aiethics #supplychain #india #intel #manufacturing #technology

Intel boosts India's chip push with new Tata Group strategic partnership — includes manufacturing and packaging of Intel products for local markets

2 months / tomshardware

(PR) Intel and Tata Electronics Announce Strategic Alliance to Establish Silicon and Compute Ecosystem in India

2 months / techpowerup

Intel to explore making chips with mega-corp Tata in India’s first fab

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Tata, Intel deepen India semiconductor push with pact on chip supply chain and AI PCs

2 months / cnbc

Intel (INTC) Stock: Slips Amid $14 B India Chip Deal with Tata Electronics

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

LG Energy Solution breaks deeper into Mercedes mass-market EV lineup

Jang Hae-rin / co - LG Energy Solution has secured an additional 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) battery supply contract with Mercedes-Benz — likely targeting midpriced electric vehi

#cars #business #finance #supplychain #asia #batteries #manufacturing #technology #automotive #ev

LG Energy Solution breaks deeper into Mercedes mass-market EV lineup

2 months / co / Jang Hae-rin

(2nd LD) LG Energy Solution inks 2 tln-won supply deal with Mercedes-Benz

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Spark Cleantech Raises €30M To Power Heavy Industry With Clean Energy

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based deeptech company Spark Cleantech has closed a €30 million Series A round, including €17 million in equity. The round was led by 360 Capital and Taranis, with participation from the Île-de-France Reindustrialisation Fund, Asterion Ventures, and…

#climate #startups #vc #energy #investment #environment #europe #manufacturing #technology

Spark Cleantech Raises €30M To Power Heavy Industry With Clean Energy

3 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

French energy startup Spark Cleantech picks up €30 million to bring cleaner energy to heavy industry

3 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Spark Cleantech closes €30M for heavy industry decarbonisation

3 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

BMW iX3 first drive: a ‘New Class’ is in session

Tim Stevens / theverge - BMW has been peppering us with teasers and bits and pieces about its next-gen EV platform, Neue Klasse, for so long - fully two years now - that I confess I've become a bit numb to the hype. I'd seen the dashboard-filling displays, talked to engineers end…

#innovation #cars #batteries #manufacturing #technology #automotive #ev

Great handling, advanced EV tech: We drive the 2026 BMW iX3

3 months / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

BMW iX3 first drive: a ‘New Class’ is in session

3 months / theverge / Tim Stevens

BMW iX3 2026 Review: Price, Specs, Availability

3 months / wired / Jeremy White

AILOS Robotics gets €3.5M to scale gearbox manufacturing for Europe’s next-gen robots

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Brussels-based AILOS Robotics has raised €3.5 million in a seed round led by QBIC and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from Wallonie Entreprendre andfinance&invest.brussels, reinf...