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ABF substrate, produced by Ajinomoto Fine-Techno, a subsidiary of the Japanese seasoning company Ajinomoto, is used as the base material for essentially all premium and AI chips made by Intel, AMD and Nvidia. The company, best known for its dashi soup stock seasoning, now sits at a key bottleneck point in the AI semiconductor supply chain.
A 'Second Chance Points: 13' figure in a basketball box score was captured differently in a search snippet and on the live page. Because the value on the same URL fluctuated between 13 and 10, there is no longer a basis for identifying what the notation referred to in the original article.
The Audi Q7 has been confirmed to have received a 100% score in Euro NCAP's 'post-crash safety' category. Among vehicles publicly tested under Euro NCAP's new 2026 protocol, the Q7 is the only one to achieve a perfect mark in this category.
On October 16, President Lee Jae-myung was unable to finish the final sentence of his commemorative address at the Buma Democratic Uprising memorial ceremony, wiping away tears. It is only the second time a president has attended the ceremony since it was designated a national commemoration day in 2019.
Busan city held the final presentation of its third Data & AI Utilization Competition at HJ Convention Center on October 16, naming six outstanding projects out of 666 submissions. Of the six, four were selected for awards, split into two grand prizes and two excellence prizes.
Laptops equipped with Nvidia's AI PC platform 'RTX Spark' officially launched on October 16 starting at $2,599 (about 3.64 million won). Beginning with a launch event at COEX in Seoul the same day, products from six manufacturers — ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MS and MSI — are hitting the market.
On October 16, 2026, the US Nasdaq index fell 573 points, about 2.15%, from the previous session — its largest drop of the week. The decline reflected the combined effect of AI debt concerns and oil prices surpassing $100, and the index also closed the week lower.
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix saw their shares fall 21.1% and 26.6% respectively within about a week of posting record-high earnings. SK Hynix declined for seven consecutive sessions starting October 6, with an intraday circuit breaker triggered, as an unusual disconnect between earnings and share prices continues.
The US Nasdaq fell 2.15% in the October 16 (local time) session, while WTI crude recorded $101.41 per barrel the same day. According to a fact-check report, all three components of this headline were confirmed against at least two independent sources and market data.
In the October 16 (local time) session, hit by an AI stock selloff and surging oil prices, the Nasdaq fell 2.15%. WTI crude settled at $101.41 per barrel, its highest level since September 17.