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Monday 15 September 2025
Google eyes Nvidia's turf with new TPU-as-a-service model

In a significant strategic pivot, Google is preparing to move its custom-built Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) beyond its own cloud infrastructure—marking...

Monday 15 September 2025
Weekly news roundup: Tech giants pivot and partner as AI demand collides with geopolitical reality
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of September 8–September 14.
Monday 15 September 2025
FTC investigates AI chatbots as suicide cases rise among minors
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into seven companies developing consumer AI chatbots amid concerns about an increase in suicides among minors....
Monday 15 September 2025
Ant Group debuts humanoid robot R1 in Shanghai, with cooking and caregiving skills
Shanghai-based Ant Lingbo Technology, a subsidiary of Ant Group, has introduced its first humanoid robot, the R1, at the Inclusion Conference in Shanghai. The robot demonstrated its...
Monday 15 September 2025
Taiwan’s quantum push under review as progress slows
Ever since Academia Sinica announced a 5-qubit superconducting quantum computer in January 2024, and National Tsing Hua University unveiled a photonic quantum computer capable of...
Friday 12 September 2025
Taiwan Mobile CIO: AI sparks 'reversing specialization' evolution, driving B2C- to- B2B shift
As generative AI matures, the traditional division of labor within enterprises is undergoing a profound transformation. At Taiwan Mobile's D.E.E.P. Tech Day 2025 on September 9, 2025,...
Friday 12 September 2025
Oracle rides AI wave with massive contracts and bullish outlook
Oracle is rapidly shaking off its reputation as a laggard in cloud computing, with new AI contracts and a strong outlook pushing its growth plans into overdrive.
Thursday 11 September 2025
Eric Schmidt’s secret Taiwan visit mixed AI talent scouting with defense strategy
Former Alphabet Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt secretly visited Taiwan in 2025 with a primary focus on scouting AI talent for the US Democratic Party during the presidential election campaign,...
Thursday 11 September 2025
Momo's August revenue rises 4.4% MoM, iPhone upgrade wave to potentially boost sales recovery
Momo reported consolidated revenue of NT$8.49 billion (approx. US$279.9 million) in August, marking a 4.4% month-over-month increase. However, since the beginning of 2025, monthly...
Thursday 11 September 2025
South Korea's UVC unveils AI-driven digital twin platform to challenge Siemens
As the manufacturing and logistics industries shift from mechanical automation to AI-driven autonomy, South Korea-based digital twin provider UVC has launched a smart manufacturing...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Kakao to integrate ChatGPT into KakaoTalk in strategic partnership with OpenAI
South Korean internet giant Kakao has announced a partnership with OpenAI to embed the ChatGPT chatbot into its messaging app, KakaoTalk. The integration aims to provide seamless...
Saturday 6 September 2025
US software industry thrives on reinforcing ecosystem Taiwan can hardly match
Taiwan's economy has long been anchored in hardware manufacturing, leaving its software sector struggling to scale and offering limited career prospects for engineers. Industry experts...
Friday 5 September 2025
Pathologist shortage spurs AIxMed's push toward AI-assisted diagnosis
When Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linko, New Taipei, recently offered a monthly salary of NT$650,000 (approx. US$21,145) to recruit a pathologist, it sparked widespread debate...
Friday 5 September 2025
Taiwan’s new digital minister pushes software industry to go global with products, not projects
Taiwan's NT$600 billion (US$19.53 billion) software service industry must shift from project-based contracts to scalable products if it hopes to reach global markets and achieve trillion-dollar...
Friday 5 September 2025
Salesforce cuts nearly half of its customer support team through AI agents, reshaping enterprise operations
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff revealed that the company has reduced its customer support workforce from 9,000 to 5,000 employees in the past eight months by implementing artificial...