Events

Plano, Texas – September 23, 2026 -- Ten US streaming service profiles were phased out in the second quarter of 2026 as providers rebrand, consolidate content, or shift to alternative distribution models, according to Parks Associates' Streaming Video Tracker.

Paramount Skydance folds BET+ into flagship Paramount+ platform

Paramount Skydance ended BET+ as a standalone service, migrating its content library into Paramount+ under a dedicated BET Hub. The move reflects a broader industry pattern of consolidating niche streaming brands into larger flagship platforms rather than maintaining separate apps.

Jiaozhou – September 23, 2026 -- Jiaozhou, an industrial city in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, is converting manufacturing sites into tourist attractions, with more than 15,000 industrial enterprises and over 1,000 above designated size operating in the city, the highest count among cities of its tier in the province.

Local authorities push industrial firms into cultural tourism

A growing number of manufacturers in Jiaozhou are opening production lines to visitors, converting factory floors into sightseeing routes and study-tour venues, a shift encouraged by local government policy to expand industrial chains and boost brand influence.

Berlin – September 23, 2026 -- CRRC, the world's largest rail equipment manufacturer, unveiled three full-size vehicles at InnoTrans 2026, targeting urban transit, mainline freight and intermodal logistics with new low-carbon and AI-enabled technology.

CRRC launches VELLINK platform with industry's first embodied AI metro train

The flagship digital-intelligent metro train under the new VELLINK urban rail platform uses integrated multi-source sensors to create a real-time sensing network that monitors tracks and identifies potential failures, cutting lifecycle maintenance costs. Lightweight materials and deep system integration reduce total vehicle weight by approximately 18% and cut energy consumption by more than 10% compared with conventional trains. The train's industrial design has won the international iF Design Award, with cabin features including panoramic windows and rotatable seating.

Shanghai – September 23, 2026 -- Leekr Technology has logged more than 4.5 billion kilometers of on-road testing for its intelligent chassis systems, secured nominations for over 60 vehicle programs, and now supplies more than 16 automakers worldwide.

Brake-by-wire systems reach mass production status

The company has achieved mass production and delivery of both its DHB-LK Decoupled Hydraulic Braking System (Two-box) and IHB-LK Integrated Intelligent Hydraulic Braking System (One-box), while advancing industrialization of next-generation Electro-Mechanical Brake (EMB) systems.

Espoo – September 23, 2026 -- Valmet has secured an order to supply a complete coated board making line, automation, and lifecycle services to a customer in Asia, with the new machine scheduled to start up in 2028.

Valmet delivers full production scope from stock preparation to winders

The order covers stock preparation and a complete board machine spanning headboxes to reel and winders. Lifecycle performance will be secured through automation, digital services, and paper machine clothing and spare parts packages.

Customer targets leadership in premium coated board segment

The line will produce premium-quality coated board grades, supporting the buyer's ambition to strengthen its position as a leading producer in the segment. Valmet stated the delivery is designed to combine quality and production efficiency beyond the customer's current capabilities.

Brussels – September 23, 2026 -- Unregulated online gambling operators generated an estimated €91.6 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR) from EU 27 consumers in 2025, accounting for 72% of Europe's €128.0 billion online gambling marketplace, according to a new report from Gaming Compliance International (GCI) commissioned by the Campaign for Fairer Gambling (CFG).

Unregulated revenue jumped 74% in two years, from €52.6 billion to €91.6 billion

The report, titled 'Online Gambling 2024–2025: EU 27 Europe,' tracks the rise in GGR generated outside local regulatory perimeters across member states, exposing gaps in consumer protection, taxation, licensing and oversight.

Gothenburg – September 23, 2026 -- Mölnlycke Health Care has released The Hidden Capacity Report, an international study identifying significant untapped capacity in day surgery that could improve surgical throughput and reduce waiting times across healthcare systems.

Survey of 256 healthcare professionals across ten countries exposes adoption gaps

The report draws on a review of international literature, a survey of 256 healthcare professionals across ten countries, expert interviews and guidance from an international expert panel of key opinion leaders. Despite strong clinical evidence supporting day surgery, adoption remains inconsistent across countries, healthcare organisations, specialties and individual clinical teams.

New York – September 23, 2026 -- Noma Security has been named a Market Shaper in Gartner's Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security among startup vendors, placing it in the category Gartner defines as "Full-Spectrum, Context-Aware Agentic Security."

Gartner flags a new runtime risk as AI agents gain autonomy

The Gartner report states that vendors in this quadrant analyze the full spectrum of AI agent behaviors, including user intent, agent instructions, memory, tool use, data access, and system modification actions, comparing intended permissions against real-time behavior to flag deviations or misuse. Gartner notes security vendors are refining least-privilege enforcement and intent-drift detection as agents chain actions autonomously across long sessions without continuous permission verification.

Hefei – September 23, 2026 -- More than 900 companies showcased over 10,000 products and technologies at the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention, which opened Sept. 20 at the Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center and runs through Sept. 23 under the theme "Intelligent Manufacturing for a Better Future."

The 70,000-square-meter event allocated 20,000 square meters to manufacturing innovation displays and 50,000 square meters to commercial exhibits, organized around interconnected value chains rather than standalone product booths.

Anhui's mining robotics cluster demonstrates eight automated underground applications

A three-dimensional model in the smart mining equipment area showcased Huainan's robotics cluster, anchored by T.SPEC and Tangxing Technology, covering excavation, roof support, roadway tunneling, materials handling, hydraulic-support transport, shaft-rope replacement and coal-bunker cleaning.

Ho Chi Minh City – September 23, 2026 -- STARCARES, the corporate social responsibility programme of global multi-asset broker STARTRADER, delivered gift sets, household essentials and cash support to 213 people at SOS Children's Village Ho Chi Minh City in Go Vap during a Mid-Autumn Festival event called "A Full Moon for Every Child."

Aid reaches 60 children and 213 total beneficiaries at the Go Vap village

Every child at the village received a gift set containing a lantern, cookies, a water bottle, a milk pack and a colouring kit. Hygiene, cleaning and pantry supplies were distributed to village houses, alongside financial support for operating costs, reaching house mothers and staff among the 213 recipients.

Oak Brook – September 23, 2026 -- UPG Enterprises LLC has filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, securing up to $6.1 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Firehorse Capital LLC to fund continued operations during a court-supervised sale process.

UPG targets a 60-day sale timeline under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code

The industrial operator, which runs steel processing, manufacturing, distribution and logistics businesses across more than twenty North American locations, is marketing its assets to multiple interested parties and expects the Chapter 11 filing to attract additional bidders. Chief Restructuring Officer John Sordillo said the process is designed to maximize value through going-concern sales while preserving relationships with customers, employees and partners.

Shanghai – September 23, 2026 -- Huawei used a dedicated session at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 to lay out a new architecture for wide area networks (WAN) built for AI-driven traffic, unveiling its Stellar AI Integrated Data WAN Solution and a jointly published white paper with GlobalData on intelligent WAN design for the agentic AI era.

Legacy WAN architecture cannot absorb AI's unpredictable traffic spikes, GlobalData warns

Dustin Kehoe, Head of AMEA Tech Research at GlobalData, told attendees that AI workloads generate massive, real-time data flows that conventional networks were never designed to handle. He said AI requires distributed, edge-enabled frameworks that process data closer to its source to cut latency and optimize bandwidth, alongside deterministic performance guarantees at a granular level.

Ventura County – September 23, 2026 -- Ventura County's nonprofit sector generated more than $3.6 billion in economic activity in 2024, roughly 5% of the county's GDP, yet 46% of operating nonprofits recorded an operating deficit that year, the highest rate in a six-year study period, according to a new report from the Center for Nonprofit Leadership (CNL) at California Lutheran University.

Nonprofit revenue per resident trails California by 63%

The 2026 Ventura County Nonprofit Sector Report found nonprofit revenue per resident stood at approximately $4,388 in 2024, about 37% of California's statewide level. Nonprofit assets per resident reached roughly $5,836, only 29% of the state figure, despite Ventura County having a comparable number of nonprofits per capita as California overall.

Shanghai – September 23, 2026 -- PATEO (02889.HK) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with Arm to jointly develop physical AI applications for the automotive sector, targeting next-generation perception- and interaction-driven computing workloads for vehicles.

PATEO's AI revenue jumps 588.6% year-on-year in first half of 2026

The company reported approximately RMB 209 million in AI-related revenue for H1 2026, a 588.6% increase from the prior-year period, as its physical AI initiatives move from proof-of-concept to scaled deployment.

Vancouver – September 23, 2026 -- Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX/NYSE American: SVM) has postponed its annual general and special meeting from September 25 to October 2, 2026, after its Board approved a broadened package of Articles amendments beyond the Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing alignment originally proposed in the August 12 management circular. The proxy voting deadline has been pushed to September 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time to give shareholders time to review the expanded resolution.

Shenzhen, China – September 23, 2026 -- Tencent Cloud has launched Tencent Cloud DataBuddy, an agent-native Data + AI workbench that cuts model deployment time from 30 days to 7 and delivers 5x to 10x efficiency gains across enterprise data teams.

DataBuddy joins CodeBuddy and WorkBuddy as Tencent Cloud's third assistant-class product

The fully managed platform embeds intelligent agents directly into core operations, enabling them to understand business logic, execute tasks, and operate within a governed, auditable framework rather than as bolt-on tools.

Hong Kong – September 23, 2026 -- TECNO has demonstrated a tailored deployment of its mobile AI agent, EllaClaw, built in partnership with technology media outlet Digital Trends to automate workflows for content creators and journalists.

TECNO builds four customized AI workflows for content professionals

The collaboration produced four representative use cases addressing bottlenecks across the content creation cycle: News Background Research, Research-to-Script, Personal Writing Style, and Social Media Risk-Word Check. News Background Research allows EllaClaw to autonomously scan trusted sources, compile a structured brief with historical context and stakeholder perspectives, and save it to a phone's Notes app with an audio version for playback.

Beijing – September 23, 2026 -- Roborock ranked No.1 globally in both unit shipments and sales value among robotic vacuum brands in H1 2026, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Smart Vacuum Robotics Tracker for 2026Q2. The company also held the top spot in cumulative sales value among robotic vacuum brands for the period spanning Q1 2023 through Q2 2026.

Global robotic vacuum shipments reached 7.885 million units in Q2 2026

IDC data shows the market growing increasingly concentrated, with leading brands strengthening their positions as competition shifts toward technology innovation, premium products and deeper cleaning capabilities.

West Palm Beach – September 23, 2026 -- GROWNSY, a baby care brand serving over 3 million households globally, exhibited for the first time at NANN's 42nd Annual Conference held September 15-18, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Florida, marking its entry into the neonatal clinical channel.

GROWNSY showcases NICU-to-home product line at neonatal nursing conference

The company displayed its SniffEase nasal care line alongside a Compact Bottle Sterilizer and Dryer, Electronic Infant Scale with Height Measurement, Postpartum Recovery Kit, and Perineal Massage and Pelvic Floor Wand, targeting families transitioning from NICU care to home routines.

GROWNSY CEO cites nurse engagement as strategic priority

Yvonne, CEO of GROWNSY, said meeting neonatal nurses who guide families from NICU to home reinforced the company's product development rationale.

Singapore – September 22, 2026 -- Enterprise spending on AI tokens is outpacing the infrastructure built to manage it, with McKinsey reporting that enterprise LLM spending tripled over twelve months even as per-token costs fell sharply. Goldman Sachs projects token consumption will rise 24-fold by 2030, exposing a gap in how companies track and finance one of their fastest-growing cost lines.

Accels upgrades its routing platform to cover 150+ AI models

Singapore-based Accels is expanding its Accels Router product to provide access to 15 leading model providers and more than 150 AI models through a single API. The platform, which has served customers in recent years, delivers low-latency routing across large language models.