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Thursday 23 July 2026
Foxconn's Vietnam arm moves into EV charging equipment
Fulian Precision Technology Component, a Vietnamese subsidiary of Taiwan's Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), has added electric-vehicle charging equipment to its registered business...
Thursday 23 July 2026
SEMICON Taiwan 2026 sees record global participation as AI investment accelerates

Participation in the Global Pavilion at the upcoming SEMICON Taiwan 2026 has reached a new high, with the number of participating countries...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, Part 1: Inside Washington's case against Moonshot AI

The US government is investigating Chinese artificial intelligence developer Moonshot AI over allegations that its Kimi K3 model improperly...

Thursday 23 July 2026
China's research ties weaken as UK, Germany and the US expand cross-border papers

China's research and academic community appears to be drifting away from international collaboration, even as the UK, Germany, and...

Thursday 23 July 2026
LFP battery failures in 210,000 Chinese EVs throw wrench into automakers' plans to reduce reliance on CATL

A quality scandal is spreading around lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries made by China Aviation Lithium Battery (CALB). Ride-hailing...

Thursday 23 July 2026
SpaceXAI reportedly eyes Texas expansion in broader AI infrastructure push

SpaceXAI is laying the groundwork for at least one large-scale AI data center in Texas, a move that could significantly expand its...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung reportedly in talks to invest about EUR1 billion in Mistral AI

Samsung is in talks to invest about EUR1 billion (approx. US$1.14 billion) in French AI startup Mistral as part of a wider fundraising...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Fitch sees AI investment momentum holding, with no signs of supply downturn

Fitch Ratings has adjusted its Taiwan GDP growth forecasts for 2026 and 2027 to 9.4% and 4.8% respectively, up from its earlier estimates...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Nvidia pushes Spectrum-6 Ethernet into gigascale AI factories, tightening grip on network layer

Nvidia is moving to lock down the networking layer of the world's largest AI data centers, unveiling its Spectrum-6 Ethernet switch...

Thursday 23 July 2026
USPACE says AI cut customer service workload by 30% across Taiwan operations
USPACE said on July 21 that it used AI to reduce the workload of a 10-person customer service team by the equivalent of three employees, or 30%, as the Taiwan-based parking and mobility...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Commentary: Intel must show real AI orders to prove its turnaround
Agentic AI is rapidly gaining traction worldwide, while cloud giants and Anthropic are accelerating spending on AI infrastructure. That surge is pulling CPU demand back to the center...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Wistron chairman says US manufacturing is unavoidable
Wistron has opened its D1 AI smart factory in Fort Worth, Texas, beginning volume production of Nvidia GB300 compute boards in the US for the first time. The move underscores the push...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Wistron executives say AI demand is still far from a bubble
Artificial intelligence (AI) may worry investors in global markets, but Wistron executives said the technology's rapid adoption suggests the opposite. They argued that strong enterprise...
Thursday 23 July 2026
01.AI targets Hong Kong IPO in 2027 with enterprise AI pivot
01.AI, the Chinese startup founded by former Google Greater China chief Lee Kai-fu, said it is aiming for a Hong Kong initial public offering in 2027 after restructuring its offshore...
Thursday 23 July 2026
In-depth: Alibaba builds three-layer AI empire across chips, memory and models
Competition in China's AI industry is moving beyond large language models into chips, memory and computing infrastructure. CXMT's planned IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market has put renewed...