Alphabet has agreed to acquire Intersect, a provider of data center and energy infrastructure solutions, in a cash deal valued at US$4.75 billion plus the assumption of debt, the company said on December 22, 2025. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to customary regulatory and closing conditions.

The South Korean government will pursue a dual-track strategy to become one of the world's top three AI powers, advancing both upgrades to domestically produced neural processing units (NPU) and support for advanced graphics processing units (GPU), while also accelerating the development of 6G networks.

Competition in the GPU industry ultimately comes down to developer ecosystems. Against that backdrop, Moore Threads' inaugural MUSA Developer Conference (MDC 2025) on December 20-21 marked a clear pivot away from headline benchmarks toward ecosystem depth.

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, better known as Foxconn, is rapidly expanding its manufacturing footprint in India, hiring tens of thousands of workers at a new iPhone plant near Bengaluru and laying the groundwork for what sources familiar with the project describe as a factory-city model similar to those it previously built in China, according to the Economic Times.

QNAP Systems officially listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter stock exchange on December 22, 2025, but faced reports of a suspected hacker intrusion on its first day. The company quickly clarified that the incident stemmed from maintenance negligence involving a single user device and was not due to any systemic security vulnerability in its myQNAPcloud service platform.

Nvidia is reportedly planning to resume shipments of its second-most powerful artificial intelligence chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, underscoring how the US chipmaker is navigating shifting export controls while testing the limits of political approval in Washington and Beijing.

The 8K TV market, once seen as the hallmark of premium products, is rapidly fading as major manufacturers cease launching new models. Currently, Samsung Electronics remains the primary player in the 8K TV space, while the 8K Association, which it spearheads, is shrinking swiftly.

Cybercriminals are turning the holiday shopping season into a lucrative target, exploiting peak online transaction periods with automated attacks, counterfeit domains, and underground promotions of stolen data, according to Fortinet's 2025 Holiday Cyber Threat Report.

China's AI race in 2025 has moved beyond brute-force model scaling. The contest now hinges on capital efficiency, infrastructure strength, and control of traffic gateways—a dynamic Wallstreetcn.com likens to a modern-day "Three Kingdoms" standoff.

Optical and electrical inspection equipment supplier Test Research Inc. (TRI) held an online investor conference on December 16, 2025, stating that, benefiting from continued strong demand for networking servers, semiconductors, and automotive electronics, its 2025 revenue is confirmed to hit a record high. The company expects 2026 order momentum to remain strong, significantly reducing the impact of traditional seasonality, with full-year operations expected to continue setting new highs. Gross margin is projected to remain firmly in the 55–60% range.

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