economy [News] U.S. Reinstates Maritime Blockade Against Iran
On July 13, 2026, the United States made a dramatic announcement to resume its maritime blockade against Iran. The Islam...
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IT [Explanation] For companies running “Claude Code,” “Auto Mode” is enabled by default
On July 10, 2026, Anthropic distributed an update enabling "Auto Mode," which enables autonomous coding, by default for ...
economy [News] Accenture confirms unauthorized access by hackers
Consulting giant Accenture has acknowledged that in July 2026, it was subjected to unauthorized access by a hacker group...
IT [Explanation] Humanoid robot successfully performs surgery
A research team at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has succeeded in performing the world's first living s...
IT [Explanation] Directly compile “SCALE” CUDA to AMD GPUs
UK startup Spectral Compute has announced a groundbreaking toolkit called "SCALE," which allows you to compile directly ...
economy [News] Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to Put ‘All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries’ into Practical Use
In June 2026, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced a new strategy aimed at strengthening the competitiv...
IT [Explanation] AI coding ‘Muse Spark’ now available as OSS
Meta has shifted its long-standing open-source strategy to exclusively offering its new AI model, Muse Spark. Behind thi...
economy [News] MUFG temporarily tops market capitalization ahead of Toyota
On July 13, 2026, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) temporarily surpassed Toyota Motor Corporation in market capital...
IT [Explanation] The “YT-DLP Web Player” lets you watch videos without ads
As a new approach to watching videos without ads, the "YT-DLP Web Player" has been released. As YouTube's measures again...
IT [Explanation] The fully local AI assistant “Belochka (Bella)” equipped with Qwen 3.6 35B
On April 15, 2026, the latest open-source large language model, "Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B," an AI assistant running fully local ...