Google is discreetly restarting its smart glasses project. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has given minimal details, but assures that the progress is exciting.
Despite stricter AI chip export controls under the Trump administration, over US$1 billion worth of Nvidia's high-end GPUs have reportedly entered China through black-market channels in just three months, raising doubts about the efficacy of US trade restrictions.
Taiwan's six major industry groups recently joined forces to form an AI and robotics alliance, with the intention of integrating member companies' strengths to accelerate AI robotics development in Taiwan. The alliance connects upstream and downstream supply chains and uniquely brings together the electronics and machinery sectors.
Acer Group has further expanded its portfolio of publicly listed subsidiaries, as Shine Passion Engineering, reinvested in by its smart service arm Acer Synergy Tech, received regulatory approval on July 24 for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Taipei Exchange (TPEx).
Flex raised its full-year forecast after posting record first-quarter earnings, fueled by soaring demand for data center infrastructure amid accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence technologies.
Foxconn is developing Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin server architecture and securing custom chip orders from cloud providers, reinforcing its market-leading position as artificial intelligence infrastructure spending continues despite mixed industry sentiment.
Since the pandemic-driven surge ended in mid-2022, Chromebook shipments have steadily declined. According to notebook supply chain sources, Chromebook shipments fell to 17.5 million units in 2024, below both Google's and the market's expectations. However, driven by renewed demand from government and education projects, overall shipments are expected to recover, reaching an estimated 19 million to 19.5 million units in 2025.
South Korean AI semiconductor startup Rebellions has inked a strategic partnership with system-on-chip (SoC) design house CoAsia SEMI to co-develop and commercialize AI chiplets and software solutions targeting global data center applications.
China's open-source artificial intelligence sector has made significant new strides. Alibaba has updated its Qwen3 series of large language models, outperforming OpenAI GPT-4o, DeepSeek V3, and Moonshot AI's Kimi K2 models in mathematics and programming tests, drawing considerable attention from the AI development community.
Acer Taiwan defied a broader PC market downturn in the first half of 2025, as currency headwinds and tariff risks weighed on consumer demand. COO Chang Shih-hsin said the company remains optimistic about the second half, citing strong commercial-sector momentum as the key driver.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a surprise appearance at a US Federal Reserve regulatory meeting, stating that AI will completely reshape social structures. He predicted that AI would fully replace jobs, including customer service, and warned that AI could exacerbate fraud risks, urging relevant industries to be on guard.
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