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Thursday 21 August 2025

Volkswagen deepens China bet with Xpeng in global E/E Race

European and Japanese automakers are increasingly turning to Chinese carmakers to navigate the accelerating transformation of vehicle electronics and electrification in the world's...

Thursday 21 August 2025

Analysis: Can Chinese EVs win over Taiwan? Safety, data, and supply chain remain key questions

Reports that Chinese automaker BYD may enter the Taiwanese market through indirect channels have sparked widespread debate, reflecting...

Thursday 21 August 2025

OpenAI weighs infrastructure services as part of evolving business model

OpenAI is weighing a future move to monetize its AI infrastructure by renting out data center capacity to other companies, with CFO framing the idea as a potential revenue stream...

Thursday 21 August 2025

Quanta unit Techman brings AI humanoids to smart factories, mass production set for 2026

Techman Robot, a unit of Quanta Computer, has introduced its first AI humanoid robot, the TM Xplore I, with mass production scheduled for 2026. Unlike legged humanoids, the wheeled...

Thursday 21 August 2025

Wiselink posts record-high 2Q25 revenue with growth from anti-fraud, fintech businesses

Wiselink has seen its revenue for the second quarter of 2025 surge by 60% year-over-year to NT$634 million (approx. US$21 million), marking a new record high for the company as it...

Thursday 21 August 2025

AI-driven work hour reduction sparks rare consensus between tech leaders on universal basic income

Artificial intelligence is increasingly automating jobs, raising concerns about rising unemployment and wealth inequality. Scholars and tech leaders advocate for a universal basic...

Thursday 21 August 2025

Samsung could benefit from US approval of lower-spec Nvidia Blackwell chips for China

Industry analysts say Samsung could start supplying 12-layer HBM3E to Nvidia in the fourth quarter of 2025. But shipments for Nvidia's...

Thursday 21 August 2025

European luxury car brands reeling as China tightens tax policy

As global automakers battle for dominance in an increasingly competitive Chinese market, European luxury brands are facing unprecedented headwinds. Beyond losing market share to fast-rising...

Thursday 21 August 2025

China and South Korea clash over the future of EV batteries

As the global electric vehicle market begins to cool and Chinese battery giants continue their rapid expansion, South Korea is placing its hopes on next-generation solid-state batteries...

Wednesday 20 August 2025

Meta restructures AI lab into four units, eyes potential job cuts

Meta has reportedly reorganized its recently formed 'superintelligence' lab into four units focused on research, products, infrastructure, and advanced model development, while considering...

Wednesday 20 August 2025

Taiwan pitches AI robotics as next trillion-dollar industry at Intelligent Asia 2025

The 2025 Intelligent Asia smart manufacturing exhibition opened in Taipei on August 20, 2025, with robotics taking center stage. Taiwanese firms unveiled proprietary modules and solutions,...

Wednesday 20 August 2025

PCB giant Zhen Ding plans US$1.1 billion expansion to support AI supply chain

Zhen Ding Technology, the world's largest printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer, announced that its Chinese subsidiary, Avary Holding, has approved a major investment plan for...

Wednesday 20 August 2025

Arm strengthens cloud ASIC ambitions with hire of former AWS executive and top engineers

Arm has brought on Rami Sinno, the former Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive who helped lead development of the Trainium and Inferentia processors, along with senior engineers from...

Wednesday 20 August 2025

Alibaba's Qwen3-Coder captures over 20% market share, challenging Claude Sonnet 4 for top AI coding model

Alibaba Group's AI code-writing model, Qwen3-Coder, has become the world's second most used AI coding tool within a month of its July 23 launch. It holds a significant 20% share of...

Wednesday 20 August 2025

Huawei turns to software to ease pain from China's scarce AI memory

The global race to build ever-larger AI models is intensifying, and the battle is no longer confined to Nvidia's powerful GPUs. Another crucial, though less visible, component has...

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