Tech Flash

Amazon's self-driving subsidiary Zoox announces it will begin testing autonomous vehicles in Dallas and Phoenix, expanding its footprint to 10 US cities. Initial deployment will feature retrofitted Toyota Highlander SUVs with human safety drivers.

Intel is set to launch Core Ultra 200K Plus and 200HX Plus processors, codenamed Arrow Lake Refresh, planned for March or April release, marking Intel's important move to counter AMD competition.

Samsung Electronics announces its 2nm process yield improvement is faster than expected, while disclosing production plans for its Texas Taylor foundry, marking significant progress in advanced chip manufacturing.

Amazon launches Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform specifically designed for healthcare industry, helping medical institutions with patient scheduling, documentation, and identity verification tasks.

Microsoft announces integration of Anthropic's Claude model to support its Copilot Cowork function, marking Microsoft's latest move in the AI assistant space to drive Copilot toward AI agent transformation.

Cisco confirms two security vulnerabilities CVE-2026-20122 and CVE-2026-20128 in its Catalyst SD-WAN Manager product are being actively exploited by attackers; patches have been released.

BYD releases the new Seal 07 model equipped with its latest flash charging technology, enabling charging from 10% to 70% in just 5 minutes, significantly improving pure EV charging efficiency.

Anthropic launches Claude Code Review, a multi-agent system that automatically analyzes AI-generated code, flags logic errors, and helps enterprise developers manage the growing volume of code.

Market research firm IDC describes the current AI memory chip shortage as unprecedented crisis, as tech companies prepare to spend approximately $650 billion on computing infrastructure in 2026, up 80% year-over-year.

Keysight Technologies receives 2026 GTI Innovative Technology Breakthrough Award for its breakthrough in AI and 5G-Advanced convergence, solving the challenge of validating AI-driven devices under real-world network conditions.