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Saturday 27 September 2025

Humanoid robots still 10 years away from homes, says Agility Robotics co-founder

Despite market anticipation for the deployment of humanoid robots in home applications, significant safety risks still remain. Because of this, Jonathan Hurst, co-founder of US-based...

Friday 26 September 2025

Tariffs, visas, and strikes: South Korea's auto industry in disarray

South Korea's largest automotive parts manufacturer Hyundai Mobis is grappling with consecutive strikes at its production subsidiaries, forcing partial shutdowns at Hyundai Motor...

Friday 26 September 2025

Southern Taiwan Science Park rides AI wave to surpass NT$1 trillion revenue in 1H25

Driven by the global AI boom, the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) surpassed the NT$1 trillion revenue mark in the first half of 2025. The total operating revenue reached NT$1.38...

Friday 26 September 2025

Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek pivot toward AI accelerators as 3nm era closes

The 2025 generation of flagship smartphone chips will mark the final run for 3nm processors — closing a chapter in semiconductor...

Friday 26 September 2025

Taiwan-based top auto groups roll out strategies to drive market rebound in 4Q25

Taiwan's auto industry is experiencing a tough 2025, with tariffs and weak consumer demand clouding the outlook. Nevertheless, the country's three leading automotive groups —Yulon,...

Friday 26 September 2025

Ennostar advances AI optical communication with X-Celeprint partnership to promote SiPh integration

Ennostar, a Taiwan-based developer of optoelectronic semiconductors, is actively expanding its presence in the AI optical communication market. It has announced a collaboration with...

Friday 26 September 2025

TGS 2025: GenAI takes center stage in game development

The largest Tokyo Game Show in history, TGS 2025, opened on September 25, 2025, for a four-day run, drawing massive crowds eager to experience the latest in gaming technology. A standout...

Friday 26 September 2025

IRA subsidies near deadline, exposing tensions in US EV strategy

A major chapter in US clean energy policy is nearing its end. Federal subsidies for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act...

Friday 26 September 2025

Commentary: Huawei's EV blitz tests Xiaomi's viability

On September 24, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun confessed on Weibo that launching both cars and chips at once was like "supporting two children through college." The pressure, he said, was...

Friday 26 September 2025

CoreWeave expands OpenAI partnership to US$22.4 billion with latest US$6.5 billion deal

CoreWeave announced on September 25, 2025, that it has signed an expanded agreement with OpenAI valued at up to US$6.5 billion. The deal will provide infrastructure to support the...

Friday 26 September 2025

SAP and OpenAI launch partnership to bring AI to Germany's public sector

SAP and OpenAI have announced a partnership to introduce "OpenAI for Germany," an initiative aimed at integrating artificial intelligence into the country's public sector. The program,...

Friday 26 September 2025

Asus and Apple see shipment gains in sluggish PC market; Dell faces sharp decline

Hopes for a strong PC market recovery in 2025 are fading fast. While the market had predicted a surge in sales driven by the end of Windows 10 support and the arrival of new AI-enabled...

Friday 26 September 2025

China exceeds EV goals ahead of schedule amid looming market shakeout

As China nears the conclusion of its 14th Five-Year Plan in 2025, one of its standout industrial success stories — electric vehicles — now faces a turning point. After...

Thursday 25 September 2025

US blocks Taiwan-made Giant bicycles over forced labor concerns

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against Giant Manufacturing, Taiwan's leading bicycle maker and parent company of the Giant brand,...

Thursday 25 September 2025

Alibaba Cloud rolls out Qwen3 series, eyes AI OS future

Alibaba Cloud opened the 2025 Apsara (Yunqi) Conference in Hangzhou with a broad rollout of large models and AI products, underscoring its ambition to reshape the global AI landscape...

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