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Tuesday 5 August 2025
Google releases gold-level model variant with Deep Think, showcasing 'parallel thinking'
After the Google Gemini model achieved gold medal standards at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), the company announced the release of Gemini 2.5 Deep Think to its premium...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Boris Johnson says UK once considered competing with Taiwan in chips, but abandoned plan over tech gap
During a keynote address at the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei on August 5, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that he had contemplated enabling the UK to compete with Taiwan...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Tesla China shipments fall again as competition heats up
Shipments from Tesla Inc.'s Shanghai factory slipped back into decline on intense competition in China and global trade uncertainties.
Tuesday 5 August 2025
OCP APAC Summit 2025: Google sees Taiwan as key hub in global AI strategy
Taiwan plays a uniquely strategic role in Google's global operations and its expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to Chris Verne, a longtime Google executive...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
BMW retains composure amid auto tariff turmoil
German automotive giants Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz have each responded differently to fluctuating US tariffs on European automobiles. Of the three, BMW has remained notably...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Green transportation faces major challenges in bid to achieve net-zero emissions by 2025
Cities worldwide are advancing toward the vision of net-zero emissions by 2050. In Taiwan, from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) to local government transportation...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Taiwan Mobile vows to be at forefront of upcoming AI glasses battle
Meta Platforms Inc. recently released its financial report for the second quarter of 2025, highlighting the impressive sales performance of its AI glasses, while Meta's partner, eyewear...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
South Korea's SK On aims to best rivals with next-generation batteries
SK Innovation Co.'s battery unit plans to accelerate development of cutting-edge technologies in partnership with US and European carmakers, its R&D chief said, aiming to win...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Onsemi remains cautious on tariffs, sees recovery in auto and AI segments
Onsemi flagged weak industrial and automotive demand in the second quarter of 2025 but expects modest growth ahead, with AI-related sales providing a boost. CEO Hassane El-Khoury...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Foxconn skips server wars, targets AI data centers with Teco
As product iteration cycles come increasingly under client control and the manufacturing technology gap narrows, competition among electronics manufacturers, including Foxconn, has...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Nvidia partner Hon Hai to expand AI server assembly in the US
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has agreed to sell an EV plant in Ohio for US$375 million, under an arrangement in which the Taiwanese company aims to shift toward assembling AI servers...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Interview: Astera Labs: AI infrastructure enters 2.0 with open AI interconnect options
AI data center chipmaker Astera Labs will showcase its next-gen interconnect technologies at this week's Open Compute Project (OCP) APAC event. In an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES,...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Xiaomi open-sources voice AI model to enter automotive and smart home markets
Xiaomi has launched a 7-billion-parameter version of its open-source voice model, MiDashengLM, which incorporates Alibaba's open-source Qwen 2.5 series. This model focuses on in-car...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Solid-state batteries address three major energy challenges in humanoid robots
The AI-driven humanoid robot market is rapidly heating up, becoming a popular application area for global tech giants and startups alike. Whether in smart manufacturing, logistics...
Monday 4 August 2025
The AI duo: The shared brain behind self-driving cars and humanoid robots
The global surge in artificial intelligence has thrust two of its most compelling frontiers—autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots—into the spotlight. Often described...