Global supply chain: Emerging tech, businesses

Emerging tech, businesses news coverage

IN THE NEWS

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Commentary: US delays DeepSeek blacklist, exposing AI export-control dilemma

The US has held back from adding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT, and more than 100 other entities to a key trade blacklist, underscoring Washington's struggle to...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

US AI export crackdown on Anthropic sparks global push for sovereign AI

A letter dated June 12 from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei marked the most aggressive federal regulatory intervention targeting a leading generative...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Snap unveils Specs AR glasses as AI wearables market expands

Snap unveiled its new Specs augmented reality (AR) glasses at the Augmented World Expo on June 16. Its offering comes at a time when...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

WinWay buys California property to support US expansion in AI and HPC

WinWay Technologies has bought real estate in California for US$2.28 million to create a local manufacturing and office base, a move that underscores how Asian suppliers are expanding...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Inside DeepSeek's US$7.4 billion funding raise: China's AI champion keeps investors close and control closer

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first external funding round, raising more than CNY50 billion (approx. US$7.4 billion) in a deal that values the large-language model developer...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Bull and Foxconn to build Nvidia's latest AI servers in Europe

Bull, the French computing company, and Foxconn announced Tuesday that they will manufacture systems based on Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Tong Yang sees steadier auto parts demand as tariff and conflict risks ease

Tong Yang Group said global auto parts demand could stabilize in the second half of 2026 as tariff uncertainty eases and Middle East tensions cool, a shift that may help restore order...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Li Auto's new automotive chip and what it says about China's EV market

Li Auto announced details of its new Mach M100 chip, a self-developed 5nm chip focused on autonomous driving, on June 15. This development...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Alibaba moves Qwen AI into robotics with first embodied intelligence suite

Alibaba Group has unveiled its first suite of artificial intelligence (AI) models for robots, taking its Qwen family beyond chatbots and software agents into machines that can navigate,...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Lithium carbonate prices recover as battery costs face fresh pressure

Lithium carbonate prices are beginning to recover as demand from China's power batteries and the global energy storage market strengthens...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

SpaceX to acquire Cursor in US$60 billion stock deal after blockbuster IPO

SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the San Francisco company behind AI coding agent Cursor, in an all-stock deal valuing the startup at US$60 billion, giving Elon Musk's newly...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

PCIM 2026: How high-voltage infrastructure is unifying AI and e-mobility sectors

Semiconductor manufacturers, market analysts, and engineering departments have long tracked the clean energy transition through siloed vertical markets. For example, they will calculate...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Poland turns to Taiwan to build up chips as Foxconn seals EV assembly deal

Poland is seeking major Taiwanese investment to strengthen its manufacturing base, a shift that could reshape Europe's supply chains...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Nvidia highlights role of optical networking as Coherent breaks ground on Texas AI chip facility

AI infrastructure is increasingly dependent on light, and more of that technology is being built in Texas. Coherent's new Sherman expansion, backed by public and private funding, could...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Xiaomi Auto veteran says Tesla's EV edge starts on factory floor

Xiaomi Auto is putting manufacturing and supply chain control at the centre of its electric vehicle strategy, with former Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory head Song Gang saying Tesla's real...

1/1139 pages