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Wednesday 29 July 2026

AI, memory clients lock in long-term orders for Leading Technology

Leading Technology, the IC substrate arm of PCB giant Zhen Ding Technology Group, is pressing ahead with plans for a Hong Kong listing as AI and memory customers sign long-term supply...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

China rejects US AI model theft claims, says American firms distill Chinese models too

China's Ministry of Commerce has rejected US allegations that Chinese artificial intelligence companies used model distillation to acquire capabilities from advanced US AI models,...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Chinese brands seize 25% of Europe midsize SUV sales as BEV demand surges

New-car registrations in Europe's midsize and large SUV market reached 476,000 in the first five months of 2026, nearly tripling from four years earlier. As the market expands rapidly,...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

EU leaders prepare first dedicated AI summit as tech sovereignty gains urgency

The European Union is preparing to hold its first dedicated leaders' summit discussion on artificial intelligence before year-end,...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

PwC says AI, scale are driving a new global M&A phase

PwC said on July 27 that global mergers and acquisitions are entering a new phase shaped by artificial intelligence, larger transactions, and capital reallocation. The firm expects...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

SK Telecom bets on AI infrastructure to regain core status in SK Group

SK Telecom is moving to reposition itself as an AI infrastructure platform as it tries to recover its standing inside SK Group. The South Korean carrier's shift comes as domestic telecom...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

South Korea and AMD sign AI semiconductor pacts to build heterogeneous computing base

South Korea has signed two memorandums of understanding with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to strengthen its AI semiconductor ecosystem and accelerate heterogeneous computing infrastructure...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

South Korea unveils US$950 billion AI partnerships with Nvidia, Samsung, SK Group

South Korea announced a US$950 billion package of AI cooperation initiatives in Silicon Valley on July 24, 2026, as President Lee Jae-Myung led a delegation of government and business...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Nvidia says smuggling is a 'nonstarter' as Taiwan arrests its employee in GB300 server scheme

A senior sales manager allegedly helped route GB300-equipped servers through Japan and Hong Kong over three years, in a scheme prosecutors value at up to $300 million

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Nvidia invests in Ilya Sutskever's SSI, providing access to Vera Rubin compute platform

Nvidia has made a strategic investment in Safe Superintelligence Inc. and announced a long-term partnership with the secretive AI lab founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, giving...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Automotive chip demand surges in 2Q26 on EV reset

Automotive chip demand surprised to the upside in the second quarter of 2026, with industry players saying the market could stay hot...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

China speeds up 4 new cars a day, intensifying shakeout

China's blistering pace of new-car launches — expected to average four new vehicles a day in the first half of 2026 — is...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

LG wins Nvidia certification for 600kW CDU and lands North America data center project

LG Electronics said on July 27 that its 600kW coolant distribution unit has received Nvidia certification after passing more than 100 standardized AI factory technology validations...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Eiso raises NT$300M to accelerate AI, aerospace, defense PCB expansion

Printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer Eiso Enterprise has completed its annual fundraising plan. To strengthen working capital for...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Smart glasses ignite AI device battle as China nears 80% global brand share

Smart glasses are emerging as a major next-generation consumer device as breakthroughs in generative AI and large language models (LLMs) reshape the wearable market. Once constrained...

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