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Tuesday 28 April 2026
ASE signs cybersecurity MOU with national institute to shore up semiconductor defenses
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and the National Institute of Cyber Security signed a memorandum of understanding on April 28 to establish a joint cyber defense, intelligence...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Taiwan payment firm targets small merchants to push non-cash transactions past NT$10 trillion
Systex Fintech said it will focus on onboarding small merchants who currently transact in cash to help drive the island's non-cash transaction value from NT$6 trillion in 2023 toward...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
China blocks Meta-Manus deal, signaling tougher stance as unwinding poses complex fallout
China's decision to block and unwind Meta Platforms' acquisition of AI startup Manus is reverberating across the global technology sector, highlighting Beijing's increasingly assertive...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Commentary: What Amap reveals about AI navigation, data control
AI-powered navigation platforms such as China's Amap are forcing a rethink of how convenience, competition, and data governance intersect. The debate in Taiwan over Amap's near-real-time...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
AetherAI wins FDA and IVDR nods for digital pathology platform as it eyes global expansion
Amid rising global cancer rates and a shortage of pathology staff, Taiwan-based AetherAI says its FDA- and IVDR-certified digital pathology platform could ease diagnostic bottlenecks...
Monday 27 April 2026
DeepSeek cuts API prices 90%, sets new global low for LLM services
DeepSeek's 90% cut to fees for input cache hit, which occurs when the model reuses previously computed results for identical or similar inputs instead of recomputing them, across its...
Monday 27 April 2026
Column: Where does robot training data come from?
Across both sides of the Pacific, robot startups and leading laboratories have reached a consensus over the past year that model architecture is no longer the sole focus. Data has...
Monday 27 April 2026
Meta and Alibaba blur social media and e-commerce boundaries
The rise of generative AI has blurred the boundaries between the social media and e-commerce industries, driving a shift in their business models that has been exemplified by recent...
Friday 24 April 2026
EU targets Android access rules, putting Gemini integration edge at risk
European regulators are preparing to push Google to open up core Android operating system functions, potentially allowing rival AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude to access the...
Friday 24 April 2026
Microsoft and Meta announce workforce reductions amid heavy AI investment
Microsoft and Meta have recently announced job cuts or buyouts impacting possibly 23,000 jobs. The staff reductions come as the tech giants funnel massive resources into building out...
Friday 24 April 2026
MODA encourages Taiwanese firms to invest in computing power; Foxconn submits project proposal
The government has included AI computing infrastructure within the scope of major digital public construction projects, using tax incentives to boost private-sector investment. Minister...
Friday 24 April 2026
Taiwan expands industry collaboration to advance unmanned vehicle R&D
Taiwan's military-industrial sector, led by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST), recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan's...
Friday 24 April 2026
OpenClaw's growing pains: innovation outpaces enterprise security
OpenClaw's meteoric rise from a niche hacker project to a globally adopted AI agent platform has created a widening gap between its innovative capabilities and the security demands...
Thursday 23 April 2026
Apple reshapes AI strategy by doubling down on Siri and privacy
As OpenAI and xAI pivot toward enterprise markets inspired by Anthropic, and as OpenClaw sparks new visions for agent-based AI, Apple has finally set a clear AI focus for its 2026...
Thursday 23 April 2026
Rockwell Automation flags key AI challenges, unveils three-step strategy for Taiwan's shift to autonomous manufacturing
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly moving beyond pilot projects to large-scale deployment in manufacturing, but many Taiwanese firms remain constrained by data, infrastructure,...