Vienna – October 13, 2026 -- TCL showed its 5G AI CPE X5 at Network X 2026, a home broadband device with a theoretical peak downlink of 7.01 Gbps under 3GPP Release 18 and an agentic AI layer meant to cut operators' operations and maintenance workload.

8Rx antenna design lifts lab downlink throughput by up to 51%

The X5 combines four directional C-band antennas with up to 13 dBi gain and four omnidirectional C-band antennas. In lab testing, this 8Rx architecture delivered up to 51% higher downlink throughput than a 4Rx design. AI analyzes signal quality to help select the antenna configuration for better reception. For indoor Wi-Fi, AI-assisted signal-path selection, congestion detection and channel adjustment aim to keep connections stable.

Chengdu – October 13, 2026 -- Chengdu Plus screened two documentaries with a combined runtime of about 70 minutes at a cross-cultural filmmaking exchange in New York on August 26. Approximately 50 academic experts, cultural institution representatives, film and television professionals and local audience members attended.

Loeffke film runs 30 minutes and covers decades of China contact

"Hope for the Future: Bernard Loeffke" was produced by a Chinese creative team. It profiles Loeffke, a 92-year-old retired U.S. Army major general, through interviews, historical materials and archival footage.

The film traces his encounters with Chinese society at different life stages, including learning Chinese, experiencing traditional Chinese medicine and skydiving with Chinese people. The team organized related figures, events and historical materials around those experiences to present a journey spanning decades.

Stockholm – October 13, 2026 -- Sinch AB has added Rich Communication Services (RCS) to its native integration with SAP Engagement Cloud, giving businesses on the platform a seventh messaging channel alongside SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, LINE, Viber and KakaoTalk.

Marketers can send RCS messages directly from SAP Engagement Cloud

Businesses using SAP Engagement Cloud can now create and send RCS messages to customers globally, where supported, without leaving their existing marketing environment. RCS supports branded and verified senders, rich media and interactive buttons inside the native messaging app on the customer's phone, which SMS cannot offer.

The integration is available only in markets where RCS Business Messaging is supported.

Uppsala – October 13, 2026 -- Akiram Therapeutics reported no dose-limiting toxicities among the eight patients treated so far with its lead radiopharmaceutical candidate 177Lu-AKIR001 in a Phase I trial, with treatment-related adverse events limited to grade 1-2.

The Swedish clinical-stage biotech will present the first clinical data at the EANM 2026 Congress in Vienna, October 17-21. The abstract was selected as a Top Rated Oral Presentation (TROP).

Sustained tumor retention supports continued dose escalation

The first-in-human study is evaluating 177Lu-AKIR001 in patients with irresectable or metastatic CD44v6-positive solid tumors who have no remaining standard treatment options. At data cut-off, eight patients had been treated, and four of them received repeat treatment after the first administration.

Oslo – October 13, 2026 -- TGS and joint venture partner SLB have announced Pelotas Sul Phase 2, a multi-client 3D survey covering approximately 11,200 square kilometers offshore southern Brazil, with a Ramform Titan-class vessel due to begin acquisition in October 2026.

Ramform Titan-class vessel to finish acquisition in Q2/Q3 2027

Data acquisition is scheduled to run from October 2026 to Q2/Q3 2027. The survey follows Pelotas Sul Phase 1, which was acquired earlier this year, and adds to TGS' 3D seismic coverage in the Pelotas Basin.

Namibia discoveries de-risk the frontier Pelotas Basin

TGS describes the Pelotas Basin as a frontier area that continues to attract industry interest. The basin is supported by geological analogs along the conjugate margin and de-risked by discoveries in Namibia.

Prague – October 13, 2026 -- GFI Software has built Eloquens AI directly into GFI KerioConnect, a mail and collaboration server deployed by more than 30,000 organizations, giving self-hosted mail users an AI email assistant without requiring a move to a third-party cloud.

CEO Eric Vaughan announced the integration in his keynote at ZEBR.AI Roadshow Praha 2026. Prague is in the country where Kerio was founded in 1997. Eloquens AI is an AI email automation platform created in 2024 by GFI's sister company IgniteTech.

Hong Kong – October 13, 2026 -- Fosun International (HKEX: 00656) won five awards at The Asset Corporate Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026, moving up from Gold to the Platinum Award in the main category.

The Hong Kong-listed group also took four single-category prizes: Best in Disclosure & Transition, Best Initiative in Environmental Responsibility, Best Initiative in Social Responsibility and Best Sustainability Team. The Asset is an Asia-Pacific financial publication.

Fosun's MSCI ESG rating reaches AAA and its Hang Seng rating rises to AA+

Fosun's MSCI ESG Rating now stands at the highest tier, AAA. Its Hang Seng Sustainability Rating moved from AA- to AA+, and it joined the Hang Seng ESG 50 Index. It has been a constituent of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index for seven consecutive years.

Munich – October 13, 2026 -- Autonex launched as a unified automotive marketplace group with annual revenues above €800 million, combining AutoScout24 and AutoTrader.ca across nine markets in Europe and Canada.

The Group reaches more than 40 million unique monthly users and works with over 45,000 dealer partners. It carries more than two million vehicle listings at any given time. It holds leading market positions in most of its markets, including Canada, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and the Nordics.

Autonex consolidates its brands onto a single shared platform

The launch reflects growing operational and technological integration around one platform featuring Autonex Intelligence. The platform draws on proprietary data from consumer interactions, dealer relationships and vehicle listings. It lets the Group roll out products and commercial capabilities across countries while keeping local market expertise.

Beijing – October 13, 2026 -- Beijing's 12345 government hotline has handled around 200 million requests from individuals and businesses, according to data released as the 2026 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints opened on Monday.

The two-day event opened with research findings, reports on city hotline services and global case studies on urban governance. Digital technology, particularly artificial intelligence, is its key focus.

Hotline has run as a big-data and AI governance hub since 2019

The 12345 platform is the city's unified government service channel. Residents use it to report problems, lodge complaints and seek information on public services ranging from utilities and transportation to healthcare and housing.

Arlington, Va. – October 12, 2026 -- The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) is accepting nominations through August 31 for the 16th Influential Woman in Trucking Award, with TrueBlue's Centerline Drivers sponsoring the 2026 edition.

The award recognizes women who make or influence key decisions across the trucking, transportation, logistics and supply chain industries. Nominees are assessed on professional accomplishments as well as vision, leadership, mentorship and their work to open doors for others. Submissions are made online.

WIT President and CEO Jennifer Hedrick said the award highlights leaders whose influence "extends far beyond their organizations."

Winner to be announced at Accelerate! in Dallas on October 25-28

WIT will name the winner during the 2026 Accelerate! Conference & Expo in Dallas, Texas. Finalists will take part in a featured panel discussion on October 28, covering leadership lessons and career experiences.