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Friday 19 June 2026

EU fast-tracks US tariff deal, adds three Trump safeguards

The European Union has rushed through a US-EU tariff agreement after US President Donald Trump demanded that Brussels complete the...

Friday 19 June 2026

China chip supply chain feels squeeze from AI server MLCCs to 8-bit MCUs

China's semiconductor supply chain is showing fresh signs of pricing strain, with microcontroller unit (MCU) makers and passive component suppliers facing rising costs, tighter capacity,...

Friday 19 June 2026

Singapore becomes a startup melting pot— who's coming, who's staying, and why

Plug and Play's Wayne Soh on the shifting flows of Chinese, Indian, and Taiwanese founders through the city-state.

Friday 19 June 2026

Commentary: G7 AI fight moves to who controls frontier model access

The G7 debate over AI has moved beyond regulation and safety pledges into a harder fight over frontier model access: who can use the...

Friday 19 June 2026

Samsung Foundry to make Claros power-management chips for AI data centers

Samsung Electronics' foundry business has signed a strategic manufacturing collaboration with Claros, a US power-management startup,...

Friday 19 June 2026

Nvidia leads China assisted-driving chip market; Horizon Robotics rises to second

China's assisted-driving chip market is becoming more concentrated, with Nvidia leading in assisted-driving domain controller chip installations and Horizon Robotics...

Friday 19 June 2026

Research Insight: Fukuta expands small power modules as drones and robot dogs drive growth

As global EV market growth slows, motor makers that once relied on EV power systems are moving faster to find new growth engines. Fukuta...

Friday 19 June 2026

Df-OS targets traceability gap in India's electronics manufacturing

India's air-conditioner supply chain may be becoming an early test case for a broader electronics manufacturing challenge: how to trace products, components, process data, and defects...

Thursday 18 June 2026

AI data center boom drives Taiwan passive component makers to record sales

Demand in the passive components market is recovering significantly, lifting operating momentum at Taiwan's two leading suppliers, Yageo and Walsin Technology. Average book-to-bill...

Thursday 18 June 2026

NIO founder warns China's auto market could shrink by 20% this year

Nio founder and chairman William Li warned at the 2026 China Auto Chongqing Summit that China's auto industry has entered its "most brutal final stage," saying 2026 passenger-vehicle...

Thursday 18 June 2026

BMW opens Neue Klasse reservations early; car business margin forecast unexpectedly cut in half

Although BMW's Neue Klasse BEV lineup is receiving strong market feedback and demand, it is also facing challenges due to weakness in the Chinese auto market and the conflict in the...

Thursday 18 June 2026

AI chip boom strains probe card supply, Taiwan test interface maker weighs prepayment deals

MPI Corporation, a major probe card supplier, said AI demand is tightening supply across the probe card market and extending order visibility, with the company considering a prepayment...

Thursday 18 June 2026

Unitree IPO tests China's bet on low-cost humanoid robots

Unitree Robotics is heading toward a Shanghai listing with a pitch drawing attention well beyond China: humanoid robots can be built...

Thursday 18 June 2026

SpaceX acquires Cursor to bolster xAI and court AI developers

SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding tool developer Cursor for US$60 billion, in a deal that underscores how competition in the AI...

Thursday 18 June 2026

G7 AI talks reveal trust gap behind US model power

The world's most powerful AI companies entered the G7 summit in France this week with a message for democratic governments: frontier AI needs global rules, but those rules are increasingly...

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