Global supply chain: Emerging tech, businesses

Emerging tech, businesses news coverage

IN THE NEWS

Monday 17 August 2026

LG, Nvidia step up humanoid push with robot data factory

Nvidia's Madison Huang is set to visit LG Electronics' Yangjae R&D campus in Seoul on August 18 to inspect the company's robot data...

Monday 17 August 2026

China battery makers rework costs as lithium prices fall and taxes rise

China's lithium battery industry is entering a new phase of cost restructuring as falling lithium carbonate prices, uncertain supply conditions and higher taxes squeeze manufacturers'...

Monday 17 August 2026

Anthropic, OpenAI's looming mega-IPOs heat up AI revenue race

Anthropic and OpenAI are turning their AI rivalry into a revenue race, with both companies posting sharp growth, gaining enterprise...

Monday 17 August 2026

Apple reportedly builds China-specific AI model with Alibaba as Qwen partnership deepens

Apple has trained a large language model (LLM) specifically for the Chinese market with support from Alibaba, according to Reuters, marking a shift from its previous reliance...

Monday 17 August 2026

WaveSplitter returns to profit as AI optics demand lifts 1H revenue

WaveSplitter posted NT$477 million (US$14.95 million) in consolidated revenue in the first half of 2026, up 47% from a year earlier,...

Monday 17 August 2026

Hermes Testing's 1H26 profit more than triples on rising AI testing demand

Hermes Testing Solutions (HTSI), a semiconductor testing solutions provider, stated that continued growth in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing...

Monday 17 August 2026

OCP APAC 2026: When AI starts running the hardware that runs it

The tech industry has long been fixated on one persistent bottleneck: the physical limitations of high compute in the AI era. But what if the industry's focus, rather than pouring...

Monday 17 August 2026

Topoint's high-end drill bits hit 56% share ahead of schedule, aims to double capacity by end of 2028

Printed circuit board (PCB) drill bit manufacturer Topoint Technology stated during its second-quarter 2026 earnings call that strong...

Monday 17 August 2026

AI server growth is lifting Taiwan ODM revenue, but margins now face the harder test

Taiwan's top six original design manufacturers are seeing AI servers become the main revenue engine in 2026, but the boom is also bringing heavier exposure to expensive GPUs, CPUs,...

Monday 17 August 2026

Weekly news roundup: AI expansion fuels supernodes, post-HBM memory, liquid cooling and supply-chain shifts

This week's most-read stories traced the AI boom across the stack, from supernodes and next-generation memory to liquid cooling, solar power, telecom services and PCB demand. Below...

Monday 17 August 2026

Stripe reportedly agrees to buy AI routing startup OpenRouter for more than US$7 billion

Stripe has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, a startup that helps businesses switch between artificial intelligence (AI) models, for more than US$7 billion,...

Monday 17 August 2026

LG, Nvidia deepen ties on humanoid robots, AI factories, and vehicles

LG said on Wednesday that it is developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot with Nvidia technology, a move that could influence how factories, vehicles, and service robots...

Monday 17 August 2026

India roundup: India's electronics push gains momentum as water, China ties and chip incentives collide

India's electronics and AI infrastructure ambitions are accelerating, but mounting environmental...

Monday 17 August 2026

DFI accelerates edge AI rollout in 2H26 with ‘Right Compute’ strategy

Industrial PC (IPC) maker DFI held its second-quarter 2026 earnings conference on August 14, reporting a sharp improvement in profitability as its embedded, intelligent automation...

Monday 17 August 2026

Solomon posts record 2Q26 profit as AI vision, robotics orders surge

AI vision specialist Solomon Technology Corporation reported strong financial results for the second quarter of 2026, with quarterly profit reaching a record high. Solomon chairman...

1/1216 pages