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Thursday 1 October 2026
OpenAI claims to thwart model distillation attack tied to Moonshot
OpenAI said it detected and blocked an organized adversarial distillation attack, with some activity linked to Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI. The company said it first spotted the...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Qualcomm, Samsung redesign chip packaging as heat limits phone performance
Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics are redesigning how memory is packaged with flagship smartphone processors, as rising chip performance puts greater pressure on the limited cooling...
Thursday 1 October 2026
China Rare Earth Group moves downstream, linking rare-earth magnets to robot direct-drive systems
China Rare Earth Innovation Technology and Beijing-based Direct Drive Tech signed a strategic cooperation agreement on September 29 to jointly develop high-performance magnetic materials...
Thursday 1 October 2026
China's humanoid robot lead widens, with domestic vendors supplying over 95% of global shipments
China's humanoid robot market continued to expand rapidly in the first half of 2026, with shipments exceeding 19,000 units and accounting for about 77.9% of the global total. Chinese...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Nio, Geely turn battery swapping into shared infrastructure as China's EV rivalry changes course
For years, China's EV makers pursued aggressive energy infrastructure expansion, racing to offer faster charging and denser networks.
Thursday 1 October 2026
GPS-free indoor drones target high-rack inspection as smart warehouses expand
The drone market is expanding beyond military applications as commercial demand gains momentum. Following the rollout of drone logistics services for Taiwan's outlying islands, industry...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Samsung Foundry gets boost from HBM4 as 2nm push continues
Samsung Electronics' HBM4 ramp is giving its foundry business a timely boost, as rising demand for the memory product translates into more work for the company's 4nm logic lines.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Jensen Huang wins Van Fleet Award as Nvidia, South Korea trio reunites
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attended the Korea Society's annual dinner in New York on September 28 local time and received the 2026 Van Fleet Award, with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee...
Thursday 1 October 2026
AI boom drives Southern Taiwan Science Park revenue past NT$1.7 trillion in 1H26
The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) posted revenue of NT$1.77 trillion (approx. US$55.66 billion) in the first half of 2026, up 28.57% from the same period in 2025. Growth was...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Trump-Xi talks leave chip policies unchanged; US guards AI advantage while China pursues self-reliance
Following the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, market observers broadly agreed that the talks yielded few surprises. The meeting produced...
Thursday 1 October 2026
ChainSea targets fourth-quarter OTC listing as AI transformation business takes shape
Digital transformation integrator ChainSea Information Integration plans to list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market in the fourth quarter of 2026, with the process expected...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
China auto market cools as Taiwan suppliers brace for 2H26 inventory cuts
China's auto market is under pressure from high oil prices and shrinking subsidies, weakening domestic sales even as exports keep growing. Taiwanese supply-chain companies are responding...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Chief Telecom, Google Cloud launch backup services to bolster cable resilience
Chief Telecom said on September 30 that it is working with Google Cloud to combine international submarine cable resources and deploy Cross-Site Interconnect (CSI) technology. The...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
SK Hynix resumes DDR4, DDR5 packaging orders with Winpac
SK Hynix has resumed outsourcing DRAM packaging to South Korean outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) provider Winpac, reviving a supplier relationship that ended in 2023...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
China's battery race enters post-scale era: Beijing shifts focus to solid-state and quality
One of the most pronounced factors behind China's ferocious rise in the global technology landscape has been its unparalleled strength in the EV sector, where fierce competition over...