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Thursday 13 August 2026
Column: Forecasting the planet, one foundation model at a time

Typhoons and extreme heat have dominated headlines since the summer of 2026, while heavy rain and drought have alternated with increasing...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
Google DeepMind open-sources WeatherNext after hurricane forecast breakthrough
Google DeepMind said it has open-sourced the code and weights for WeatherNext, its weather AI model that predicted hurricane tracks one day earlier than traditional systems. In research...
Friday 7 August 2026
Taiwan advances efforts to become global drone hub with non-China supply chain edge

Amid the escalation of geopolitical tensions and extreme weather events, Taiwan has stepped up efforts to become a global hub for drone...

Saturday 18 July 2026
China positions AI weather-warning system MAZU as a public good for the Global South, targeting 30 countries in five years
China used the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to reframe its AI-driven weather early-warning system, MAZU, from a domestic meteorological tool into...
Tuesday 14 July 2026
Treading the market slowdown: IT panel demand cools as Taiwan display makers pivot to AI

As early inventory stocking by brand customers winds down, China's 618 Shopping Festival delivers weaker-than-expected sales, and LCD...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
TASA upgrades TRITON weather satellite data with NOAA collaboration
The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) announced on June 30 that the wind data product generated by TRITON, Taiwan's first domestically developed weather satellite, has been upgraded to Version...
Friday 10 April 2026
GlobalWafers' 12-inch line to run full in 2Q26 as wafer utilization rises
GlobalWafers reported March and first-quarter 2026 revenue that underscores transient operational disruptions with global implications: March consolidated revenue reached NT$5.45 billion...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Waymo's Gen6 shift targets cost and climate barriers to autonomous taxi rollouts
Alphabet's Waymo has refocused competition from pure perception advances to real-world feasibility and business model viability with its sixth-generation autonomous driving hardware...
Sunday 8 February 2026
Record Japan blizzard threatens AI chip supply chains
A record-breaking blizzard driven by extreme weather has battered Japan's northern Aomori Prefecture, dumping snow at more than two and a half times the historical average. The storm...
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Nvidia launches open models to speed weather forecasting

Nvidia, on January 26, unveiled a new family of open-source AI models aimed at making weather forecasting faster and less expensive as...

Friday 9 January 2026
Demand for smartwatches rises unexpectedly, even with early 2026 cold wave
A sudden temperature drop in early 2026 has led to a notable increase in demand for smartwatches and fitness bands, alongside rising sales of warming home appliances in Taiwan, according...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Taiwan's rocket dreams take flight: new facility breaks ground on space sovereignty
Taiwan marked a key milestone in its space development ambitions on July 27, 2025, with the official opening of a new rocket assembly plant and refurbished launch control center in...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
TiSPACE VP01 suborbital rocket launch postponed until July 12 due to typhoon
The test launch of the VP01 suborbital rocket by private Taiwanese rocket manufacturer and launch service provider Taiwan Innovative Space (TiSPACE) scheduled for July 6, 2025, at...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
ATW Tech bets big on hydrogen energy storage as new growth engine beyond networking
Taiwan's increasingly frequent extreme weather events and rising peak electricity demand have made backup power solutions crucial, particularly for high-consumption industries like...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Huawei’s AI weather model among top performers in China tests
China’s weather agency is testing more than a dozen artificial intelligence models in an effort to enhance its forecasting, with a system from Huawei Technologies Co. showing...