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Friday 15 May 2026
US-China ties shift toward balancing tech pressure with controlled competition
The US is signaling a shift toward constrained high-intensity competition with China, seeking to preserve technological advantage while creating mechanisms to allow limited economic...
Friday 15 May 2026
Column: The new space arms race is being fought with AI, lasers, and autonomous satellites
The emerging space arms race toward 2030 is no longer defined simply by the number of satellites nations can launch into orbit. Increasingly, it is being shaped by breakthroughs in...
Thursday 14 May 2026
Sony launches Xperia 1 VIII in bid to reclaim ground in premium smartphone market
Sony announced on May 13 that it will launch the Xperia 1 VIII flagship phone as it seeks to reclaim market share amid intensifying competition in the premium smartphone segment. The...
Thursday 14 May 2026
NSK-NTN merger to create the world's largest bearing maker
Japan's NSK and NTN have agreed to pursue a merger that would create the world's largest bearing maker, as rising costs, slowing demand, and Chinese competition push Japan's industrial...
Wednesday 13 May 2026
Trump frames China summit around trade as US companies seek regulatory relief
US President announced aboard Air Force One that his meeting with China's president would center on bilateral trade, with economic and commercial topics set to dominate discussions...
Tuesday 12 May 2026
China AI model boom pulls smartphone supply chain into ecosystem battle

China's generative AI sector is seeing another wave of aggressive fundraising, with leading large language model (LLM) developers rapidly...

Tuesday 12 May 2026
Apple, Qualcomm and MediaTek take different paths as TSMC capacity stays tight
TSMC is facing fierce customer competition and supply shortages as demand surges for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing chips, forcing fabless chipmakers to consider...
Monday 11 May 2026
AI inference boom fuels memory race, with Samsung in pursuit
AI-driven demand and new product cycles are accelerating competition among major memory makers, creating pressure across storage and component supply chains. Production is running...
Monday 11 May 2026
Emtar: Building the 6G Satellite 'Brain' with Canadian Support

As Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite competition intensifies, satellite communication has evolved from a terrestrial supplement into a core infrastructure for AI and cloud...

Saturday 9 May 2026
Power chip shortages deepen as AI server demand and GaN battles escalate

Global power semiconductor suppliers are entering a new upcycle marked by tightening supply, rising prices, and intensifying technology...

Saturday 9 May 2026
China's robots move from half-marathon to triathlon
Chinese robots, which recently demonstrated their ability to complete a half-marathon, are now entering a new stage of competition. The focus is shifting from flat-ground endurance...
Thursday 7 May 2026
China token prices rise while US hyperscalers flood AI infrastructure
Generative AI demand is intensifying the global race for computing power, widening the gap between China and the US in AI infrastructure investment. Yet while US hyperscalers continue...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Intel targets entry-level advanced packaging, draws interest from Google and Amazon
Over the past decade, market assessments of Intel have largely been confined to a single lens: execution in advanced process technology. By that metric, Intel has struggled, with delays...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Gen5 SSD race shifts to power and AI: Micron, YMTC diverges
As demand for PCs and edge AI accelerates, the consumer SSD market is entering a transition to the PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) era. For notebooks — long a core OEM segment — power...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
China EV exports hit 22% in 1Q26, April surge highlights overseas growth shift
As the global electric vehicle market enters a phase of structural adjustment, China's new energy vehicle makers are increasingly relying on exports to sustain growth and expand their...