IT [Explanation] NTT TechnoCross’s Test Automation Tool Adds Support for Local LLMs
NTT TechnoCross launched a new version of its visual regression testing tool, "AIspector," starting October 1, 2026. Thi...
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IT [Analysis] Beware of Fake North Korean Companies: Cyberattacks Targeting Engineers’ Job Hunting Activities
Police and judicial authorities, as well as security agencies in Japan, the U.S., and other countries, have issued an ur...
economy [News] Prime Minister Takaichi leaves monetary policy entirely to the BOJ, reveals Finance Minister Katayama
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama revealed in an exclusive interview with TBS that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends...
economy [News] US Treasury Secretary Criticizes AI Existential Risk Warnings as “Alarmist”
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent strongly criticized warnings of existential risk to humanity and calls for governmen...
economy [News] Oracle’s AI Data Center Financing Faces Hard Times
Difficulties in project execution and cash flow have surfaced in Oracle's AI data center business, including struggles w...
Civil engineering [News] JR East to Build New Station Building at Chuo Line’s Musashi-Sakai Station, Opening in FY2028
JR East is advancing the construction project for the "(Tentative Name) Musashi-Sakai Station East Station Building," a ...
IT [Explainer] Sky Starts Offering Wiz Security Products on AWS
On October 2, 2026, Sky Co., Ltd. began offering cloud security product licenses from Wiz, a Google Cloud company, on AW...
IT [Explanation] US Government AI Criticized for Refusing to Answer Questions Inconvenient to Trump
The official government conversational AI "America.gov," released by the U.S. Trump administration, is facing criticism ...
IT [Explanation] Real-Time Image Sharpening via Semiconductorization
Logic & Design has become the first in the world to turn its proprietary image-sharpening algorithm, LISr, into a semico...
economy [News] Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to Support Power Semiconductor Consolidation
At a post-Cabinet press conference on October 2, 2026, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ryosei Akazawa announced ...