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Thursday 7 May 2026
ByteDance's Doubao tests paid AI tiers to challenge ChatGPT subscriptions
China's AI market has expanded rapidly through free and low-cost offerings, but rising computing costs and deeper enterprise adoption are beginning to reshape the sector's business...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
Low-cost cruise missiles drive a new drone cost race
Rapid changes in battlefield tactics have made drones central to "economic attrition warfare," shifting the focus from technical performance to cost and scale. The implications are...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Column: US drone industry learns from Ukraine's low-cost, rapid production
"The drone is not the weapon. The infrastructure to build it is." This statement, made by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 31, 2026, encapsulates the direction of recent...
Sunday 22 March 2026
Column: Drones redefine warfare, and the US wants to control who builds them
Drones are rapidly transforming modern warfare, offering relatively low-cost alternatives to traditional weapons while driving changes across defense supply chains. Small unmanned...
Friday 6 March 2026
Apple's US$599 MacBook Neo uses A18 Pro, partly due to supply constraints

Apple's newly introduced MacBook Neo, a low-cost laptop priced from US$599, uses the A18 Pro chip instead of the newer A19 Pro, according...

Thursday 5 March 2026
Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo tests a new low-cost play in the PC wars
Apple has introduced a US$599 MacBook Neo, its lowest-priced laptop ever, in a direct bid to expand competitiveness in the global PC industry. The new model targets budget Windows...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
US reverse-engineers Iran's Shahed drone to reshape asymmetric warfare with AI-powered LUCAS swarms
In late February 2026, the US and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran, deepening an already entrenched Middle East stalemate. During Operation Epic Fury, the US military...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Taiwan lacks autonomous command system for drone swarm tactics
The US military's first deployment of low-cost suicide drones has become a standout feature in its recent operation against Iran, demonstrating that while individual units are inexpensive,...
Monday 2 March 2026
US deploys LUCAS drone in Iran strike, mirroring Iran's Shahed-136 combat entrance

US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that in its February 28 airstrike on Iran, it deployed for the first time the LUCAS (Low-Cost Uncrewed...

Thursday 26 February 2026
DeepSeek shuts out Nvidia, AMD in V4 move tied to US chip tensions
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab that unsettled global markets with its low-cost models last year, has withheld early access to its upcoming V4 flagship from US chipmakers, breaking with...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Pentagon selects 25 vendors for attack drone program

The US Department of War has invited 25 companies to compete in the first phase of a major initiative to deploy low-cost, weaponized one-way attack...

Wednesday 24 December 2025
Taiwan advances 'dream memory' R&D beyond DRAM for AI era
Once a low-cost commodity underpinning global computing, dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) has become a strategic chokepoint as AI-driven demand reshapes supply chains. With prices...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Ezcon teams with hardware partners to boost smart building demand amid housing market cooldown
Smart building solutions provider Ezcon has announced the launch of its fully integrated smart building solution, developed in conjunction with major partners Intel, Aopen, Advantech,...
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Apple's first budget MacBook powered by iPhone chip, set for 2026
Apple Inc. is gearing up to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac designed to compete with Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs. Targeted...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Taiwan-US attack drones partnership eyes mass production by 2026
The Russia-Ukraine war has fundamentally reshaped modern warfare, and recent Pentagon concerns about missile stockpiles have underscored a strategic shift. Future conflicts are expected...