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Sunday 28 June 2026
Smartwatch sales return to growth as AI and health features lift demand
Smartwatch sales slowed in 2024, but global demand has returned to growth in 2025, and first-quarter 2026 sales are still rising year on year. For consumers worldwide, the shift suggests...
Sunday 28 June 2026
CALIN shifts into land, sea, air and space markets as Starlink samples move forward
CALIN is expanding its business beyond traditional optics, aiming to serve land, sea, air, and outer-space applications to support growth as older product lines mature. The Taiwan...
Saturday 27 June 2026
ShunSin sees CPO potential, adds TSMC veterans as independents
ShunSin, a Foxconn-affiliated packaging and testing company, held its 2026 annual general meeting, with chairman Shang-Yi Chiang presiding. Chiang said ShunSin will leverage its packaging,...
Saturday 27 June 2026
Taiwan motorcycle maker SYM's profit falls in 2025 despite record market share
SYM said its 2025 results held up despite global tariff shifts and supply-chain disruption, highlighting resilient motorcycle sales in Taiwan and overseas. For global readers, the...
Saturday 27 June 2026
AI-driven chip demand tightens air and sea freight capacity and lifts rates
AI and semiconductor shipments are tightening global freight markets, with air cargo space in short supply and US-bound sea routes crowded. Lower fuel surcharges may ease some costs,...
Saturday 27 June 2026
DrayTek's revenue slide drags into 2026, company pins hopes on Wi-Fi 7 and cybersecurity
Taiwan networking equipment maker DrayTek held its shareholders' meeting on June 26, acknowledging its 2025 business and financial reports along with its profit distribution plan.
Saturday 27 June 2026
MediaTek frames orbit compute and NTN as next strategic R&D priorities
MediaTek hosted MARC Workshop 2026 on June 24 through the MediaTek Advanced Research Center (MARC), recognizing the year's university-industry collaboration outcomes while outlining...
Friday 26 June 2026
Taiwan IPC maker IEI Integration's margin fell to 28% in Q1, but rebound is coming
IEI Integration said its first-quarter margin was squeezed by higher component costs and a changing product mix, but it expects a second-quarter rebound as high-end video conferencing...
Friday 26 June 2026
Acer's distribution arm bets on MacBook Neo, software to offset weak PC demand

Acer channel arm Weblink International remains upbeat on the second half of 2026, even as the PC industry looks increasingly likely to see...

Friday 26 June 2026
Seres' US$25bn wipeout tests the price of Huawei's EV halo
Seres Group, once the clearest listed proxy for Huawei's EV ambitions, has lost more than CNY180 billion (US$25 billion) in A-share market value from its peak, despite strong sales...
Friday 26 June 2026
Global intelligent eyewear market surges as AR and smart glasses gain ground
Global demand for intelligent eyewear is rising fast, with shipments jumping 83% in the first quarter of 2026, according to Counterpoint Research. For readers worldwide, the shift...
Friday 26 June 2026
Groundhog Technologies wins world's first telecom GenAI order, eyes LEO satellite optimization market
Groundhog Technologies is eyeing opportunities in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite applications by targeting the satellite resource optimization market, according to chairman David...
Friday 26 June 2026
Taiwan revives NT$210 billion drone procurement plan amid industry hopes and concerns
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has revived a NT$210 billion (approx. US$6.6 billion) special bill for unmanned vehicle procurement after the Legislative Yuan in May 2026 stripped...
Friday 26 June 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google turn to deployment engineers as AI focus shifts to enterprise use
AI companies are racing to hire forward deployed engineers, or FDEs, as the industry shifts from model-building to implementation. For global readers, the trend signals that the next...