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Tuesday 1 July 2025
AI smart glasses heat up: Taiwan's chipmakers move in as big tech revives wearables
Meta's surprise success with its Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2024 reignited industry confidence in headworn devices. The result: a renewed wave of investment and innovation from big...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
German robotics firm NEURA unveils advanced humanoid robot amid industry shifts
At the Automatica 2025 exhibition in Germany, NEURA Robotics introduced its third-generation humanoid robot, the 4NE1 Gen-3, marking a significant step in Europe's evolving robotics...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
The new era of unmanned cybersecurity: CyCraft warns of AI-driven cyber threats, calls for automated defenses
Benson Wu, CEO and co-founder of Taiwan-based CyCraft Technology, has cautioned that generative AI tools pose a significant threat by enabling malicious actors to launch more sophisticated...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Taiwan startups struggle with low volumes, but right partnerships unlock global scaling
Despite low production volumes often discouraging Taiwanese manufacturers from working with startups, Sam Lam, founder of venture capitalist MESH Ventures and the second son of Quanta...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Sharp to divest smartphone camera module business to Foxconn subsidiary for JPY2.4 billion
Sharp announced on June 30 that it will sell its smartphone camera module business, including SAIGON STEC CO., LTD. (SSTEC), to Fullertain Information Technologies Ltd. – B.V.I.,...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Chinese AI robotics leader Unitree Robotics reportedly aims for IPO by year-end
The competition in humanoid robotics is intensifying between the US and China, with several Chinese AI robotics companies emerging strongly amid this contest. Among them, Hangzhou-based...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Mesh Ventures maps out post-phone AI future with smart wearables, spatial techs
Mesh Ventures, the early-stage VC firm co-founded by Sam Lam, son of Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam, is marking its 10th anniversary with a renewed focus on four compute-intensive...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
China race ahead with brain-computer interface fuel by chips, trials, policy support
With rapid advances in AI and semiconductors, brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is becoming a critical front in global tech rivalry. In China, a growing number of firms are...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Boeing cuts aircraft demand forecast for next 20 years; Airbus remains optimistic
Boeing has revised its forecast for aircraft demand over the next 20 years downward, indicating a possible deceleration in order momentum. Meanwhile, manufacturers of aerospace components...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Zuckerberg announces Meta 'Superintelligence' effort, more hires
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a major restructuring of the company's artificial intelligence (AI) group, including a commitment to developing AI "superintelligence,"...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Brain-computer interface goes legit in China: new standards clear path to clinical use
China has introduced its first official standards for non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) medical devices, signaling a shift from fragmented academic research to formal regulatory...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal
Apple Inc. is considering using artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic PBC or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, sidelining its own in-house models in a potentially...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Chinese TV brands surge as LG adopts three-pronged strategy to stabilize market share
Despite the growing competitive threat from Chinese brands such as Hisense, TCL, and Xiaomi in recent years within the TV and end-display industry, South Korean companies continue...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
WinWay emerges as world's top test socket supplier in the AI boom
WinWay Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of semiconductor test interface solutions, has emerged as the world's largest supplier of test sockets, riding the wave of accelerating...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Xiaomi and rivals eye the mind-reading frontier: AI glasses evolve from smart to sentient
Xiaomi unveiled its first AI smart glasses on June 26, describing the device not merely as a wearable but as a next-gen personal intelligence terminal. Equipped with the Xiao Ai voice...