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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalled selected organic cheeses sold under L'Ancêtre, Farm Boy and Life Smart on October 14 over possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The products were distributed nationally.
The U.S. Commerce Department agreed to amend GlobalFoundries’ existing CHIPS award. The change reallocates up to $955 million in incentives to manufacturing investments at its Malta, New York, and Burlington, Vermont facilities; the total award does not increase.
IBM and Siemens announced a new research collaboration to advance design and manufacturing methods for IBM’s three-dimensional nanostack transistor architecture. The work combines IBM’s semiconductor-device research with Siemens’ expertise in electronic design automation, process simulation and lithography optimization.
A Censuswide survey published by IBM on October 14 found that 80% of EMEA respondents said an AI incident had reached their board or C-suite in the previous year. Among the organizations reporting an incident, 40% said they changed AI governance policy or frameworks in response.
Intel announced container-based Inference Microservices software for serving large language models on Intel Xeon processors. Each container serves one model behind an OpenAI-compatible API and detects its host processor at startup to select Intel’s validated profile for that model and hardware.
Microchip Technology added the POL-05-20S-T, a radiation-tolerant gallium nitride (GaN) point-of-load power converter for space systems. The company says the device supports 20 A continuous output current and targets high-current FPGA, microcontroller and ASIC voltage rails.
The committee put January–September information and communications services at AZN 3,257.1 million, up 11.1% in real terms year over year. Software development and consultancy services grew 32.2% in real terms.
The Canadian government announced an additional C$500 million over five years for the Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative. The new funding brings total federal support for the program to C$700 million; it supports business AI adoption and commercialization of Canadian-made solutions.
The United Kingdom and Canada announced a renewal of their cooperation on frontier AI security. The partnership brings together the countries’ AI research and security-evaluation capabilities to examine emerging risks and capabilities.
The State Statistical Committee counted 1,776,800 employees as of September 1. Average monthly nominal salary in January–August was AZN 1,173, up 7.2% year over year.
The conference planned for Abuja in December will promote a joint approach spanning human, animal, agricultural and environmental health.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall warning on October 9 after Kevin's Natural Foods Turkey Gravy was found to contain mustard that was not declared on its label.
