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Monday 3 August 2026

Column: AI agents are advancing rapidly, but the automation map remains smaller than expected

Token prices are falling while overall AI usage continues to surge — a trend this column examined in March 2026 and one that...

Friday 24 July 2026

Japan, Korea, and Taiwan face fresh 10-12.5% US tariffs under forced-labor Section 301 action

Much of Asia's manufacturing base is now subject to new US import duties of 10% to 12.5% after the White House finalized a Section 301 action against 60 economies, citing their failure...

Thursday 23 July 2026

Wistron chairman says US manufacturing is unavoidable

Wistron has opened its D1 AI smart factory in Fort Worth, Texas, beginning volume production of Nvidia GB300 compute boards in the US for the first time. The move underscores the push...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Hyundai labor unrest ripples through Kia, GM Korea supply chains

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Thursday 16 July 2026

Samsung's Honam semiconductor investment faces union pushback as 80% oppose project

As Samsung Electronics pushes ahead with a major semiconductor investment project in South Korea's Honam region, including Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, labor-management relations...

Tuesday 14 July 2026

Column: Digital AI and Physical AI follow the same growth logic

At a humanoid robotics summit in Tokyo in May 2026, I saw a consulting firm's global labor automation map for Physical AI. After returning, I recreated the same map using the firm's...

Tuesday 14 July 2026

Taiwan childcare subsidies face skepticism as survey shows limited birthrate impact

Taiwan's latest population policy push faced immediate skepticism despite a broad childcare package unveiled on May 27, while an Academia Sinica survey found only 12% of respondents...

Monday 13 July 2026

US chip factory buildout faces possible delays as labor shortage nears 157,000 by 2030

A shortage of skilled workers could slow construction of new US semiconductor plants, raise costs, and limit chip output for global...

Sunday 12 July 2026

Greenfiltec revenue climbed 19% in 1H26 on stronger AMC filter shipments

Greenfiltec said June 2026 consolidated revenue rose to NT$56.04 million (US$1.74 million), lifting first-half 2026 consolidated revenue to NT$311 million. That was up 14.87% in June...

Friday 10 July 2026

European startup unveils humanoid robot design, real-time learning system

UMA, a Physical AI company, unveiled the design of its first humanoid robot at Machina Summit and introduced Real-Time Learning, an...

Tuesday 7 July 2026

Taiwan pushes care robots as eldercare shortages expose legal gaps

Taiwan is accelerating efforts to bring care robots into eldercare as labor shortages deepen, while lawmakers and regulators continue to debate how the devices should be classified...

Sunday 5 July 2026

Why enterprise AI in manufacturing is stuck at the pilot stage

At a late-June industry forum, experts from Taiwan's TPIsoftware, the Institute for Information Industry (III), and Phison Electronics...

Friday 3 July 2026

UBTech CEO says robots will take over most physical jobs in 20 years

UBtech Robotics founder and CEO Jian Zhou said at the company's 2026 global launch event that humanoid robots will gradually take over most physical and repetitive work within the...

Thursday 25 June 2026

JD.com targets 700,000 workers for retraining as robots reshape logistics

Founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com Qiangdong Liu said at the 2026 APEC Business Leaders China Forum that logistics and delivery work will gradually be handled...

Tuesday 23 June 2026

GM robot rollout after 1,000 layoffs fuels UAW complaint and labor tensions

General Motors' move to install collaborative robots at its Factory Zero plant has sharpened concerns about automation, jobs, and worker safety, while also signaling a broader shift...

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