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Thursday 8 October 2026
India's chip packaging plants start exporting, but scale, skills, and subsidies test the next phase
India's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) sector has moved from inaugurations to its first export shipments. The challenge now is scale. The new plants are small, still...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Taiwan bans imports of China-made fiberglass silicone sleeves
Taiwan has ordered a halt to imports of China-made fiberglass silicone sleeves, saying that opening the market to such products would cause a major adverse impact on related indust...
Thursday 8 October 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic push Australia on AI rules
Senior executives from US artificial intelligence (AI) companies OpenAI and Anthropic flew to Sydney to attend a hearing and answer questions from Australian officials, as both firms...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Fed could hike again before year-end as liquidity is watched
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 1 quarter point in September, and with the standoff between the US and Iran still unresolved and US inflation remaining elevated, markets expect...
Thursday 8 October 2026
27 Samsung, SK Hynix veterans joined China's CXMT, study shows
An investigation by a South Korean lawmaker's office revealed that former Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix personnel who transitioned to Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies...
Thursday 8 October 2026
UK weighs Chinese EV tariffs amid fears of EU exclusion, retaliation from Beijing

Chinese automakers are expanding rapidly in the UK, with their growing presence beginning to influence government policy as well as market competition...

Tuesday 6 October 2026
South Korea keeps sovereign AI contest on track, adds KRW4.7T frontier program after hours of confusion
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said its Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project will run to completion as originally planned. The statement reversed, within hours, a vice...
Monday 5 October 2026
Bessent expects US-China AI incident channel as Washington leans on voluntary oversight
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington and Beijing are likely to agree on a way to alert each other when artificial intelligence goes wrong, signaling that AI safety is...
Monday 5 October 2026
Nuri launch takes center stage at AEROTEC 2026 as Hanwha moves from rocket manufacturing to launch operations
With South Korea preparing for the fifth launch of its Nuri rocket, the country's space ambitions took center stage at AEROTEC 2026, the second International Aerospace Technology Exhibition...
Monday 5 October 2026
US appoints new AI czar, task force; seeks balance between safety, competition
The US Trump administration has appointed a new AI czar and task force, which will have 120 days to report on AI's risks and opportunities and recommend the federal government's role...
Monday 5 October 2026
SDC, LGD seek longer tax credits, cash refunds for OLED investment amid intensifying China competition
Samsung Display (SDC) and LG Display (LGD) are calling on the South Korean government to strengthen tax incentives for OLED investment and research as intensifying competition from...
Monday 5 October 2026
South Korea's AI chip budget goes unspent through August
South Korea's government is pushing to join the "global top three AI powers," but the AI semiconductor development program led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR)...
Monday 5 October 2026
Japan to finalize AI growth investment plan this year
Japan plans to detail the first five years of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's more than JPY370 trillion (US$2.3 trillion) 14-year investment initiative, which is designed to spur investment...
Monday 5 October 2026
Tesla leads Taiwan registrations as it advances FSD road tests
Tesla ranked first in Taiwan's new-car registrations in September and said it is continuing the approval process for its Full Self-Driving (Supervised), or FSD (S), driver-assistance...
Friday 2 October 2026
Anthropic aims for mid-November IPO as it juggles relationship with Trump administration
Anthropic is reportedly eyeing an IPO as early as mid-November that could become the biggest IPO to date. The AI startup's run-up to the listing coincides with a shaky relationship...