Product Launch

SK Chemicals Forms Consortium to Recycle 1,000 Tons of Waste Banners

Seoul – October 06, 2026 -- SK chemicals has launched a four-partner consortium to build a regional circular economy for waste banners, targeting more than 1,000 tons of annual waste across South Korea's Gyeongsang, Honam and Jeju regions.

Consortium links collection, recycling and manufacturing into a closed loop

SK chemicals formed the Waste Banner Resource Circulation Consortium with MOA, Daehan Media, Upcloth and the Resource Circulation Team of Seogwipo City in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. The group emerged from a challenge SK chemicals posed at the Solveathon idea competition, held alongside the Social Value Festa and hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Bringin Launches Euro Business Accounts for Self-Custodial Bitcoin

Tallinn, Estonia – October 06, 2026 -- Bringin has opened an invite-only beta of euro business accounts that allow companies to hold, accept and pay in Bitcoin and stablecoins while retaining full owner control of their coins. The accounts run SEPA payments from a virtual IBAN issued in the company's own name, extending a consumer platform that has already processed more than €15 million.

Fifteen businesses already test cross-border Bitcoin payments in the beta

The beta includes 15 companies spanning Lightning payment tool providers, mining-rig sellers and Bitcoin conference organizers, all using the service for cross-border payments and instant Bitcoin-to-euro conversion. Bringin for Business is available to companies across 30 European countries.

Gnani AI Expands Ascent Partner Program to GCC Contact Centers

Dubai – October 06, 2026 -- Gnani AI has expanded its Ascent partner program into the Middle East, bringing a Conversation AI suite that already handles more than 50 million calls daily across 200-plus global enterprises to GCC contact centers.

Three regional partners anchor the Middle East rollout

Rise, a National Holding Group company, along with iSteer and Gibraltar Technologies have joined Ascent to deploy Gnani AI's Voice AI, Agent Assist and AQM/Speech Analytics tools with Arabic language fine-tuning and resident deployment options for regulated clients. Gnani AI said it has already onboarded multiple banking and insurance customers in the UAE in recent months for Conversation AI-led digital transformation.

Solana Foundation Launches Open-Source DvP Settlement With J.P. Morgan Input

New York – – October 06, 2026 -- Solana Foundation launched Solana DvP, an open-source delivery-versus-payment escrow program that compresses securities settlement from one to two days into a single atomic transaction settled in seconds.

Solana DvP replaces bespoke smart contracts with one standard settlement rail

Released under the MIT license, the API provides atomic settlement, isolated escrow, and enforced deadlines for institutional trades on Solana's public blockchain. Until now, institutional onchain trades relied on custom-built smart contracts rather than a shared standard.

DIGITIMES Launches News Feed API, Revamps Intelligence Hub

Taipei – October 06, 2026 -- DIGITIMES has rolled out two intelligence-service upgrades aimed at enterprises tracking fast-moving shifts in the global technology supply chain, including a redesigned DIGITIMES Intelligence hub and a new DIGITIMES News Feed API that delivers licensed full-text reporting as structured enterprise data.

News Feed API turns two decades of reporting into machine-readable JSON data

The DIGITIMES News Feed API makes more than 20 years of technology supply chain reporting available in JSON format for the first time. Enterprises can scope coverage by company, technology, industry topic, or a customized Keyword Watchlist, feeding content directly into dashboards, alerting systems, internal knowledge bases, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines. A two-week evaluation trial is offered once coverage scope is confirmed.

Guardian Data Doubles NJ Capacity With New Moonachie Facility

Moonachie, N.J. – October 06, 2026 -- Guardian Data opened a 42,000-square-foot facility at 150 Carol Place in Moonachie, New Jersey, doubling the company's processing capacity in the state as it ended an 11-year run in South Hackensack.

Guardian processes over 3 million assets annually for 400-plus customers

The secure data destruction, data center services, and IT packing and logistics provider began receiving shipments at the new site with no service interruption. The facility supports IT asset processing and added depot services, giving ITADs, VARs, MSPs, and other partners outside the region local operational support in the New York and New Jersey market. Guardian said the site has room for new services as customer demand evolves.

LG Electronics to Supply Cockpit System for Renault's First Commercial SDV

Seoul – October 06, 2026 -- LG Electronics will supply an integrated cockpit solution for Renault Group's New Trafic E-Tech Electric, marking the automaker's first mass-produced commercial vehicle built on a software-defined vehicle (SDV) architecture. The vehicle has won the International Van of the Year award.

LG combines instrument cluster and infotainment into a single control platform

The solution merges the instrument cluster, which displays vehicle speed, RPM and warning indicators, with the infotainment system handling navigation and media playback. This consolidation replaces the dozens of dedicated electronic control units (ECUs) found in conventional vehicles with a centralized software architecture, a shift that also enables over-the-air feature upgrades.

Applied Intuition Partners with Honda on SDV Platform Development

Sunnyvale, Calif. – October 06, 2026 -- Applied Intuition, Inc. has partnered with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. to accelerate development of the automaker's next-generation software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform.

Applied Intuition's Vehicle OS software will speed Honda's in-house SDV development

Under the agreement, Applied Intuition will deploy its Vehicle OS software to accelerate Honda's internal development of a centralized, upgradable and highly personalized SDV platform. The collaboration pairs Honda's engineering teams with Applied Intuition's software teams across Japan and Silicon Valley to build a full-vehicle SDV platform supporting Honda's next-generation vehicle architecture.

SeAH Besteel Commercializes Special Steel for Robot Reducers

Seoul – October 06, 2026 -- SeAH Besteel has commercialized a proprietary special steel for robot reducers, the mechanical joints that convert high-speed motor output into precise robotic motion, breaking a reliance on a concentrated group of foreign suppliers for this core material.

Ultra-clean refining pushes gear backlash toward zero

The steel is engineered for the flexspline, the component that transmits motor power within a reducer. SeAH Besteel applied a vacuum degassing system during refining to eliminate non-metallic inclusions that cause micro-cracks, producing an ultra-clean steel intended to maximize fatigue life under continuous robotic movement.

Coral Beach Resort Sharjah First Hotel to Deploy Power Knot Biodigester

Sharjah – October 06, 2026 -- Coral Beach Resort Sharjah has become the first hotel in the emirate to commission and operate an LFC biodigester from Power Knot LLC, marking a new step in the hospitality sector's response to food waste regulation in the United Arab Emirates.

Four-star resort adopts on-site digestion technology under government pilot

The beachfront property, which overlooks the Arabian Gulf and operates four restaurants, swimming pools, a spa, tennis courts and water sports facilities, installed the system as part of the Sharjah Commerce & Tourism Development Authority's Food Waste Carbon Pilot Implementation. The program targets reduced food waste and lower environmental impact across hotels and resorts in the region.