2026-09

economy

[News] Mitsubishi UFJ to Launch Digital Bank “Emut Bank” in 2027

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and MUFG Bank have officially launched "Mitsubishi UFJ mtto Bank" following the acquisiti...
economy

[News] OpenAI’s Agent Breaches Australian Government

In June 2026, an AI agent developed by OpenAI unauthorizedly accessed an Australian government Medicare statistics porta...
IT

[Explanation] Sakura Launches API for Healthcare-Specific LLM

On September 24, 2026, Sakura Internet Inc. launched API access to "Weblab-MedLLM-gpt-oss-120b," a medical-domain large ...
IT

[Explainer] Meta Announces 3rd-Generation AI Glasses “Ray-Ban Meta” and More

Meta and EssilorLuxottica have officially unveiled the third-generation "Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3)" AI glasses and introduced...
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[Explanation] Launch of “Teaching Material Management Cloud” for Cram Schools

On September 24, 2026, Favok Inc. launched "Educational Material Management Cloud," a cloud-based service designed to ce...
Civil engineering

[News] Japan Society of Civil Engineers Announces 20 Works for 2026 Historic Civil Engineering Heritage Designation

On September 24, 2026, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) announced the designation of 20 newly selected Civil ...
economy

[News] US McDonald’s to Invest 1.3 Trillion Yen in Generative AI Adoption for Franchisees and Remodeling

In September 2026, McDonald’s Corporation unveiled "McDonald's > NEXT," a global growth strategy pledging up to \$8.5 bi...
economy

[News] Chinese Semiconductor-Related Companies’ January-June Net Profit Jumps 7.2-Fold

Combined net profits of semiconductor companies listed in mainland China surged 7.2-fold year-on-year in the first half ...
IT

[Explanation] Google to Launch Prototype Satellite for Space-Based AI Data Center

Google has revealed plans to launch a prototype satellite for "Project Suncatcher," a research initiative to execute AI ...
IT

[Analysis] Akamai Signs $11.6 Billion Cloud Deal with Anthropic

US-based Akamai Technologies has entered into a seven-year, \$11.6 billion cloud services agreement with generative AI d...