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What’s New Today: China unveils an AI chip utilizing hybrid logic, enhancing efficiency and resilience while avoiding U.S. technology for broader global applications.
Fast-Track Insights: $146M Series B Funding: Muon Space secures major capital to accelerate satellite manufacturing and infrastructure scale-up.
Here’s a quick rundown of the biggest tech headlines making waves today. Let's dive into the day's top tech stories, from China’s Hybrid AI Chip to Canada facing the worst youth job crisis.
China has begun the large-scale deployment of a non-binary AI chip utilizing Hybrid Stochastic Number (HSN) computing, which combines binary and probabilistic logic. Developed at Beihang University, the chip is power-efficient and fault-tolerant, and can operate in conjunction with existing CMOS systems. Developed from mature 110nm and 28nm nodes at SMIC, it bypasses US tech restrictions and serves applications ranging from aviation to AI. This innovation may, in turn, reshape global computing strategies.
Muon Space has raised $146 million in its Series B round to scale its vertically integrated satellite production, propulsion technology, and global infrastructure. The investor's renewed interest in a 500-satellite facility in San Jose, combined with the acquisition of Starlight Engines as a propulsion startup, aims to reduce costs and accelerate market delivery for constellations. Supported by premier investors, the company targets commercial, civil, and defense markets with AI-enabled, high-performance satellite systems that can be customized to meet customer needs.
Canada has the highest youth unemployment rate it has seen in 25 years, the post-COVID rate hikes, AI automation, and US trade tensions being the major factors. Undergraduates like Sarah, Thivian, and Ben face the dilemma of being rejected or underemployed. Experts talk about wage scarring and issues with mental health. Without immediate policy reforms and targeted job programs, this generation could risk becoming a "lost generation" in an already stagnant and merciless labor market.
iOS 26 to bring stunning Liquid Glass design and powerful on-device AI that makes the iPhone sing. Features such as Visual Intelligence, real-time translation, AI-powered calls, and a redesigned Camera app with intelligent tools are the highlights of the operating system. The built-in apps, Messages and Music, get huge upgrades. In addition to this, the introduction of Adaptive Power Mode and AI integrations with third-party apps elevates iOS 26 to the next level of intelligent personal assistant, particularly on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, and newer models.
According to QCP Capital, upward pressure on Bitcoin's price from events in Israel and Iran remains subdued around $105,000. The company cites growing geopolitical risk in the Middle East, causing traders to sell from a viewpoint of sentiment-dependent ledgers instead of fresh institutional inflows. While the broader Asian markets are largely stable, the crypto markets await some headline shock, which translates to no upside for Bitcoin until we see some clarity on the geopolitical front.
