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Thursday 27 August 2026
Apple sets September 9 event for foldable iPhone and iPhone 18 Pro debut
Apple said it will hold its fall product launch event on September 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific timei. The presentation, titled "Surprise and shine," will be hosted by the new chief executive...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Apple, Huawei foldables to collide in September, lifting ultra-thin glass, hinge and cooling demand
Huawei and Apple are set to intensify competition in foldable smartphones in September, accelerating demand across a supply chain spanning foldable OLED panels, ultra-thin glass, hinges,...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Research Insight: US humanoid supply chains pivot away from China as Taiwan moves from parts to actuator modules
As the humanoid robot supply chain moves closer to mass-production readiness, Taiwan's precision manufacturing sector is gaining new opportunities to enter the US market, according...
Thursday 27 August 2026
WRC 2026 signals a new humanoid robot race as competition shifts from bodies to embodied AI models
The 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC 2026) has concluded in Beijing. While the commercial prospects of humanoid robots remain a subject of debate, they once again took center stage...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
BOE, 3M expand materials partnership as foldable OLED competition intensifies
BOE Technology Group and 3M have opened a joint research laboratory in Beijing that covers optical films, optically clear adhesives, structural adhesives and advanced materials development...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Samsung, Intel widen AI chip battle into memory, packaging
Samsung Electronics and Intel are pushing into each other's core businesses as AI semiconductor competition shifts from individual chips to full-system integration. South Korean reports...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
TSMC, Intel, and Samsung battle over backside power delivery below 2nm
As competition in advanced semiconductor manufacturing moves below the 2nm node, the battleground is no longer just shrinking transistors; it has expanded to how power is delivered...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
AI infrastructure boom drives Taiwan export orders, exposing power bottleneck, net-zero tech needs

Global artificial intelligence infrastructure buildouts and rising capex by cloud service providers pushed Taiwan's July export orders...

Tuesday 25 August 2026
Applied Materials executive says data centers set new AI competition standard

Commenting on the current surge in artificial intelligence (AI), Erix Yu, group vice president of Applied Materials and president of...

Monday 24 August 2026
German auto industry hardens stance against Chinese competition
Germany's top auto industry lobby, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), is overhauling its strategy as it hardens its stance on China. The group has said China...
Monday 24 August 2026
Analysis: SK Hynix pushes beyond HBM with HBF and CPO
SK Hynix is moving on several fronts as it pushes deeper into system-level memory competition. From high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and high-bandwidth flash (HBF) to a recently published...
Monday 24 August 2026
Alibaba plans HKD80 billion share placement to fund AI expansion
Alibaba Group Holding said it plans to raise HKD80 billion (US$10.2 billion) through the placement of newly issued shares to non-US investors outside the US, a move that could bolster...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Xiaomi's AI strategy moves beyond models as MiMo becomes the intelligence layer across human-car-home ecosystem

As competition in artificial intelligence shifts from model development toward real-world deployment, Xiaomi is betting that its advantage...

Tuesday 18 August 2026
WeRide weighs expansion into Australia, Japan, South Korea, and SEA

Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide is considering expansion into Australia, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia as it steps...

Monday 17 August 2026
India roundup: India's electronics push gains momentum as water, China ties, chip incentives collide

India's electronics and AI infrastructure ambitions are accelerating, but mounting environmental...