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Monday 25 May 2026

GoPro takeover talks highlight China's growing clout in cameras

GoPro's takeover talks are putting a spotlight on a broader shift in handheld cameras, as the market moves from rugged action devices toward creator-focused gimbal and 360-degree products increasingly shaped by Chinese brands

BYD and Chery lead China's advance into Europe's EV market

Monday 25 May 2026

Huawei reveals post-Moore semiconductor roadmap targeting 1.4nm-equivalent chip performance

Monday 25 May 2026

Huawei bypasses 3D NAND limits with 122TB AI SSD packaging breakthrough

Monday 25 May 2026

DeepSeek makes 75% API discount permanent, intensifying global AI price war

Monday 25 May 2026

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Monday 25 May 2026

Japan's Axelspace plans mid-2026 SpaceX launch for next-gen Earth observation constellation

Japanese space startup Axelspace has formally announced plans to launch up to seven next-generation GRUS-3 Earth-observation microsatellites in as early as July 2026 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket operated by SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, significantly expanding the company's commercial satellite constellation

Monday 25 May 2026

CATL weighs stake in AI startup deepSeek

According to several people familiar with the matter, Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), the world's largest maker of electric-vehicle (EV) batteries, is in talks to participate in a major financing round for the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek. The prospective investment highlights how China's AI boom is forging new alliances among technology firms, industrial companies, and energy providers, all competing to build the infrastructure required for the next generation of computing

Monday 25 May 2026

India-based Cyient Semiconductors raises US$30 million to scale power chips for global AI markets

Cyient Semiconductors has secured a total of about US$30 million in financing from Edelweiss-managed funds and co-investors, comprising a US$10 million equity investment at a valuation of roughly US$500 million alongside structured debt. The deal bolsters its capital base to scale its power semiconductor and custom silicon offerings for global AI markets

Monday 25 May 2026

Nvidia's Vera CPU push lifts LPDDR outlook for Samsung, SK Hynix

Nvidia's decision to sell its Vera CPU as a standalone chip could create a new source of demand for low-power DRAM, adding another pressure point to the already tight memory supply chain

Monday 25 May 2026

China launches OpenHarmony robot OS for humanoids and AI robotics

China has unveiled what developers describe as the country's first robot operating system built on OpenHarmony, underscoring Beijing's broader push to establish a domestic software and hardware ecosystem for humanoid robots, industrial automation, and embodied AI systems

Monday 25 May 2026

Interview: Low-cost Chinese AI servers are redrawing the global infrastructure map

Geopolitics and price are reshaping who builds the world's AI infrastructure. Across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, governments and enterprises are increasingly turning to Chinese server makers as an affordable alternative to US-dominated tech ecosystems — driven partly by budget constraints and partly by a deliberate push to avoid dependence on any single power

Monday 25 May 2026

India's electronics manufacturers seek higher-margin businesses as smartphone slowdown shrinks profits

India's electronics manufacturing industry, which has emerged as the world's second-largest mobile phone production hub after China, is facing growing pressure as slowing smartphone demand and rising component costs erode profitability, prompting manufacturers to expand into higher-margin sectors such as defense, industrial electronics, and medical devices

Monday 25 May 2026

Exclusive: G2 Lithium battery rivalry heats up—US taps 4th-gen LFP to crack China's patent wall

The US is shifting from ternary batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) toward lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for both energy storage and automotive applications. This is one tactic the US is using to circumvent Chinese patents. However, fourth-generation LFP technology is also subject to China's lithium battery export restrictions

Monday 25 May 2026

Analysis: Lisa Su moves on China — and Nvidia's CUDA moat

For AMD CEO Lisa Su, the current moment presents an opening that Nvidia does not have. Nvidia's high-end chips have repeatedly faced scrutiny and export restrictions in China, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang only recently confirmed in May that Nvidia once held as much as 95% market share there. That dominance has since been reset, with the bulk of that share ceding to domestic rival Huawei

Monday 25 May 2026

Huawei targets AI optical networking with InP chip startup investment

Huawei is expanding deeper into AI optical networking and silicon photonics (SiPh) through a new investment in an indium phosphide (InP) optical chip startup, as rising AI data center demand accelerates upgrades across the global optical communications industry

Monday 25 May 2026

Singapore launches physical AI testbed at Punggol Digital District

Singapore will launch a new testbed at the Punggol Digital District (PDD) later in 2026 to research, test, and deploy physical artificial intelligence (AI) systems, as the government seeks to accelerate the adoption of robotics and embodied AI in real-world environments. The initiative is being led by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), JTC, and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) in collaboration with eight industry partners

Monday 25 May 2026

Manus eyes US$1 billion buyback after Beijing blocks Meta deal

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus is reportedly evaluating a US$1 billion fundraising round to buy back control of the company from Meta Platforms, in response to Chinese authorities ordering the company to withdraw from Meta's more than US$2 billion acquisition deal

Monday 25 May 2026

Samsung Electro-Mechanics secures large silicon capacitor supply contract

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco)'s KRW1.5 trillion (approx. US$990 million) silicon capacitor supply contract with a major global company could reshape component supply for AI servers, GPUs, and HBM worldwide, promising denser integration and more stable power delivery in data centers, autonomous vehicles, and mobile devices as demand for high-performance computing grows and supply chains

Monday 25 May 2026

China's EV price war gives way to rising costs

China's electric-vehicle market is entering an unfamiliar phase: cars are getting more expensive

Monday 25 May 2026

Samsung's China exit shows Korean brands under pressure

Samsung Electronics' retreat from China's TV and home-appliance market is raising broader questions for South Korean industry, as Chinese companies gain ground in consumer electronics, autos and memory chips

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