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Monday 17 August 2026
Modi pledges more chip plants, mass AI training, and an export push in Independence Day address
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used India's 80th Independence Day address from the Red Fort on August 15 to tie semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence training, and trade...
Saturday 15 August 2026
Taiwan Gold Card approvals for finance professionals top 1,000
Taiwan has approved more than 1,000 Employment Gold Cards for finance professionals as the government broadens its push to attract overseas talent and develop Taiwan into an Asian...
Thursday 13 August 2026
India's state of Odisha sweetens chips, renewable energy incentives to court ISM projects

Odisha's state cabinet has approved a third amendment to its Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy, adding fresh capital support...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Sodium batteries get 28-month tax window in China

Chinese authorities have announced that sodium-ion batteries will be exempt from consumption tax from September 2026 through the end...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Exclusive: US makers accelerate sodium battery plans as shared lithium-ion lines draw investment
US battery makers are moving more quickly into sodium-ion technology to gain production flexibility, fresh capital, and reduced exposure to lithium supply shocks. Industry sources...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
Tesla FSD faces key EU review over regulations and transparency

Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system has entered a critical stage in seeking European Union (EU) market approval, but the review...

Tuesday 11 August 2026
Air freight tightens in Asia as tariff-driven ocean demand fades

Entering the third quarter, the air freight market has split along regional lines, with Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and...

Tuesday 11 August 2026
Memory crunch pushes Apple toward China—and into Washington's security dilemma

Apple's unusual interest in testing CXMT memory and redirecting part of its procurement toward China has rattled Washington, given...

Monday 10 August 2026
From fabs to feedstock: Washington moves electronics supply-chain controls upstream

A cluster of measures signed and drafted since late July has shifted the center of gravity in US supply-chain policy away from finished...

Monday 10 August 2026
China’s new renewable rules drive a surge in hydrogen investment
China’s tighter renewable-energy compliance rules have opened the way for green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green methanol to be included in the country’s minimum renewable-energy...
Friday 7 August 2026
Taiwan raises 2027 central government spending to NT$3.6 trillion
Taiwan's central government said it would lift 2027 spending to NT$3.6 trillion, as President Lai Ching-te outlined a budget plan aimed at boosting industrial upgrading, technological...
Thursday 6 August 2026
US locks down tungsten and battery scrap exports as great-power minerals race intensifies
Washington has moved to keep tungsten waste and recycled battery material inside its own borders, a step that underscores how deeply critical-minerals policy has become entangled with...
Thursday 6 August 2026
US weighs Chinese optical transceiver ban, putting AI data center supply at risk

The Trump administration is preparing to extend US technology restrictions deeper into the artificial intelligence supply chain, with the...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
China revamps EV battery reuse rules, cuts whitelist firms by 70%
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has abolished all clauses related to cascade utilization in its rules governing used power batteries dismantled from...
Monday 3 August 2026
Pat Gelsinger joins xLight in bid to bring TSMC into US-made lithography project
US semiconductor policy is moving deeper into the most critical layers of advanced chipmaking, with former Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger again emerging as a central figure. After...