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Jul 29, 2026 chipsmoney

Chip stocks crash in Seoul while DRAM contract prices climb 20 to 30 percent

On July 28, 2026, the semiconductor selloff turned brutal in Seoul: SK Hynix closed 14.65% lower and Samsung Electronics fell 13.4%, dragging the KOSPI to its biggest one-day drop since March, in the fourth straight losing session for chip stocks globally. Investors were spooked by reports of China's progress on domestic chipmaking equipment including DUV lithography, circular financing unease, and stretched valuations. Meanwhile third-quarter DRAM contracts are settling 20 to 30% higher this month, as AI memory demand keeps prices climbing.

Jul 27, 2026 robotics

Hyundai rebrands as a physical AI company with Nvidia and Waymo in tow

At the San Francisco AI Summit on July 25, 2026, Hyundai Executive Chair Chung Eui-sun unveiled a strategy to transform Hyundai Motor Group into a physical AI company spanning autonomous vehicles, robotics, AI factories and connected urban infrastructure. Concrete pieces include a Robot Reference Platform built with Nvidia, a strategic partnership with Waymo, and Boston Dynamics working with Google DeepMind. It fits a broader Korean push that includes Samsung's roughly $260 billion fab plan and $36 billion for HBM factories.

Jul 24, 2026 robotics

Samsung commits $13 billion to humanoid robots with production planned this year

On July 21, 2026, Samsung Electronics created the Robotics Experience (RX) Business Promotion Office, reporting directly to the CEO and led by robotics veteran Dongkun Lee, with plans to invest 19 trillion won (about $13 billion) in humanoid manufacturing facilities in Gumi, South Korea, and start producing humanoids within this year. The first robots go onto Samsung's own production lines in H2 2026 to collect data, on the way to AI autonomous factories by 2030.

Jul 20, 2026 cultureproducts

Unicode locks final Emoji 18.0 designs ahead of September release

Unicode has locked the final artwork for all nine Emoji 18.0 additions ahead of the standard's September 15, 2026 release: Cracking Face, Leftwards Thumb, Rightwards Thumb, Monarch Butterfly, Pickle, Lighthouse, Meteor, Eraser, and Net With Handle. Android is expected to get them in late 2026 and iOS in early 2027. The flaming rock emoji is now officially the meteor, while the blue ice streak returns to being the comet.

Jul 18, 2026 roboticsmoney

Walden Robotics leaves stealth with a $300 million seed at a $1.1 billion valuation

Walden Robotics emerged from stealth on July 15, 2026 with a $300 million seed round at a $1.1 billion valuation, a billion-dollar price tag before a Series A. The company spun out of Toyota Research Institute in January 2026, is led by MIT professor Russ Tedrake, and raised from co-leads Deviation Capital and Toyota alongside Nvidia, Boeing, Samsung Ventures and CoreWeave Ventures. Its robots, humanoid upper bodies on wheeled bases rather than bipeds, have been working real shifts at a Toyota plant in North America since February.

Jul 14, 2026 productspolicy

Samsung Health ultimatum: consent to AI training on your data or lose sync

A toggle called 'Consent to the Use of Health Data for AI Training and Modelling' is rolling out in Samsung Health as of July 13, 2026, per Android Authority and 9to5Google. Decline it and you cannot sync health data to your Samsung account, and data already stored there gets deleted unless Samsung is legally required to keep it. Covered data includes activity, sleep, medications, medical records and menstrual cycle data, and training may involve human review.

Jul 13, 2026 chipsinfrastructure

Samsung pulls its first Yongin megafab forward to 2029 on AI memory demand

Samsung Electronics confirmed on July 13, 2026 that it plans to begin operating its first Yongin chip fab in 2029, one to two years ahead of the original 2030-31 schedule, to keep up with surging AI memory demand. The compressed timeline requires site preparation in the second half of 2026 and construction in 2027. The plan surfaced the same day Korean chip stocks had their worst session in years, with SK Hynix down over 15%.

Jul 13, 2026 chipsmoney

SK Hynix goes from record Nasdaq debut to record 15% crash in one weekend

On Friday, July 10, 2026, SK Hynix ADRs closed their Nasdaq debut up 13%, the largest foreign listing in US history. On Monday, July 13, the company's Seoul shares fell more than 15%, the biggest one-day drop in its history, as profit-taking, a below-consensus Q2 profit forecast and a US-Iran risk-off wave hit at once. Korea's KOSPI plunged 8%, tripping a circuit breaker for the seventh time this year, and Samsung dropped about 10%.

Jul 7, 2026 chipsmoney

Samsung posts record $58.4 billion quarterly profit, topping Nvidia

On July 7, 2026, Samsung Electronics reported about 89.4 trillion won ($58.4 billion) in Q2 2026 operating profit, up roughly 19x year over year and the largest single-quarter operating profit any technology company has ever reported, topping Nvidia's $53.5 billion record. The driver is AI memory: HBM demand has outrun supply for three straight quarters, with DRAM prices up 44% and NAND up 53% in the quarter.