2026-06

economy

[News] OpenAI considering postponing its IPO?

OpenAI has begun considering postponing its initial target IPO within the year until 2027. This is driven by CEO Sam Alt...
IT

[Explanation] Bug causing massive SSD writes in OpenAI Codex CLI

A serious bug has been discovered in OpenAI's coding assistance tool, Codex CLI, that rapidly shortens SSD lifespan. Due...
economy

[News] Japanese Government Grants Access to GPT-5.5-Cyber

The Japanese government, in collaboration with OpenAI, has acquired access rights to the latest AI model specialized in ...
economy

[News] US Government Requests Restrictions on Release of GPT-5.6

It has been revealed that the Trump administration has requested a phased release of OpenAI's next-generation AI model, ...
Civil engineering

[News] Utsunomiya City Flood Control Project Completed

The priority flood control projects that Utsunomiya City has been advancing following the lessons of the 2019 East Japan...
economy

[News] JX Metals, Mitsubishi Materials, and others have integrated parts of their copper business

JX Metals, Mitsubishi Materials, Mitsui Metals, and Marubeni have decided to integrate their copper raw material procure...
economy

[News] US Steel turned a profit

After being acquired by Nippon Steel, US Steel is now on track to dramatically turn a profit. Behind this lies the manag...
Civil engineering

[News] Applying pH indicator to walls with a small drone to diagnose sewer deterioration

On June 5, 2026, a joint research team from Nihon Hume Co., Ltd., Liberaware Inc., and Nihon University conducted a publ...
IT

[Explanation] Tamron has put into practical use with a heat-resistant chip-type next-generation light source

Tamron has succeeded in the practical application of a heat-resistant chip-type "Metasurface Near-Infrared Light Source ...
IT

[Explanation] PHOTON: An LLM Architecture That Efficiently Utilizes GPUs

Research teams from Fujitsu and RIKEN have announced a new architecture called "PHOTON," which dramatically improves the...