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Saturday 4 July 2026

Tesla tops Taiwan imports in June 2026, cuts Supercharger rates

Tesla led Taiwan's imported-car market in June 2026, posting 4,369 new registrations and surpassing its highest-ever quarterly delivery pace, as the company said its local owner base...

Saturday 4 July 2026

Machvision's June revenue hits another record due to AI demand

Machvision posted another record monthly revenue in June 2026, as surging demand for AI servers, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced packaging continued to lift orders for...

Saturday 4 July 2026

SoftBank targets AI cloud market with 10GW US rental plan

SoftBank Group (SBG) and telecom subsidiary SoftBank said they will set up a new company in the US in July 2026 to rent out AI computing...

Saturday 4 July 2026

Anthropic tightens controls as Chinese firms route around Claude restrictions

Anthropic is stepping up efforts to block unauthorized access to Claude after reports that Chinese companies, including Ant Group and ByteDance, have used overseas entities, cloud...

Friday 3 July 2026

Ubtech's U1 companion robots test whether China is ready for AI intimacy

Ubtech has launched the U1 series, its first mass-produced full-size bionic humanoid robot line, under the U World sub-brand, testing China's...

Friday 3 July 2026

Apple plans five iPhone launches to capture market share amid component shortages

Apple is reportedly planning to launch at least five new models by this time next year, with the company expanding its foldables' production...

Friday 3 July 2026

Turn Cloud shifts to AI infrastructure

Turn Cloud Technology is accelerating its transformation from a solution as a service (SolaaS) provider into an AI infrastructure provider...

Friday 3 July 2026

China's Z.ai ramps up AI rivalry with Anthropic, OpenAI via GLM-5.2

Chinese AI company Z.ai, also known as Zhipu AI, is escalating its challenge to US leaders Anthropic and OpenAI with the release of...

Friday 3 July 2026

South Korea bets on southwest semiconductor cluster, but key hurdles remain

South Korea on June 29 unveiled a large-scale investment plan for the country's Honam region in the southwest, which mainly covers the city of Gwangju and North and South Jeolla provinces,...

Friday 3 July 2026

Microsoft launches US$2.5 B unit to guide enterprise AI adoption using embedded engineers

Microsoft unveiled plans for a new business unit called "Microsoft Frontier Company," which is aimed at helping large organizations move beyond pilot projects and turn AI investments...

Friday 3 July 2026

Wistron chair urges Taiwan to shift beyond manufacturing mindset in AI era

Wistron chairman Simon Lin said artificial intelligence (AI) is improving the quality of professional talent, noting that tasks that...

Friday 3 July 2026

Xiaomi and Huawei turn phone AI into a system-level fight for user workflows

A public spat between Xiaomi and Huawei over large models has exposed growing anxiety in China's phone AI market this year, while Apple,...

Friday 3 July 2026

Exclusive: Chinese automakers pursue overseas production to shape future vehicle standards

China's automakers are pushing more aggressively into overseas manufacturing as electric vehicle (EV) growth meets weaker margins, tougher competition, and rising trade barriers. The...

Friday 3 July 2026

Analysis: China moves against oversized EV batteries to address fiscal and supply-chain concerns

China's state media is increasingly framing large-capacity electric vehicle (EV) batteries as a policy issue, not just a market trend. The messaging points to two priorities: reducing...

Friday 3 July 2026

India and Japan deepen economic security ties at New Delhi summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held her first summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 2, during a three-day visit that both governments framed...

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