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Friday 6 March 2026

Toyota Group's Denso bids up to US$8 billion to acquire Rohm

Japanese auto parts supplier Denso has made a takeover proposal for Kyoto-based chipmaker Rohm in a deal that could reach about JPY1.3...

Friday 6 March 2026

Explainer: Why the Pentagon’s move on Anthropic matters for the AI supply chain

The high-stakes game of chicken between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon escalated into a formal legal war on March 6. Following a week of social media threats and collapsed negotiations,...

Friday 6 March 2026

Europe's automakers brace for energy and logistics shocks from Middle East tensions

Rising tensions in the Middle East are adding a new layer of uncertainty for the global automotive industry, raising the risk that geopolitical...

Friday 6 March 2026

Tata cements EV lead in India as 2026 roadmap targets scale, premium push and charging dominance

Tata Motors is doubling down on electric vehicles as India's energy transition accelerates, leveraging policy protection, aggressive pricing, and localization to defend its 40% EV...

Friday 6 March 2026

Alibaba faces questions over Qwen continuity after sudden departures and structural shift

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s core team behind its Qwen large language model faced renewed turbulence after the abrupt resignation of its original technical lead prompted an emergency...

Friday 6 March 2026

Column: AI reasoning era reshapes compute demand and signals structural growth for semiconductor supply chains

In the second half of 2022, AI underwent a genuine structural inflection point. Frontier models began to demonstrate true generalization and multi-tasking capabilities at scale. Generalization...

Friday 6 March 2026

Taiwan and US to jointly boost investments in five trusted industries

Taiwan's government is actively promoting developments in the "Five Trusted Industry Sectors": semiconductors, AI, military, security and surveillance, and next-generation communications...

Friday 6 March 2026

AW 2026: Wonik Robotics redefines precision dexterity in humanoids

While the global humanoid race has largely focused on bipedal locomotion, Wonik Robotics is doubling down on a bottom-up strategy that prioritizes...

Friday 6 March 2026

Advantech targets 30% global edge AI platform share in new 5-year vision

Advantech has announced a new roadmap for its mid-to-long-term transformation, with chairman KC Liu stressing that that following a year of operational and business adjustments in...

Friday 6 March 2026

Unitree, Leju, and AgiBot showcase humanoid robots at AW 2026

China's leading humanoid robot developers gathered at Smart Factory and Automation World 2026 (AW 2026) in South Korea, where companies...

Friday 6 March 2026

South Korea launches first physical AI data factory to catch up with China's robot data edge

As the robotics industry accelerates, data collection has become a critical factor in driving real-world industrial adoption and realizing true AI factories. South Korean startup Maum.AI...

Friday 6 March 2026

Amtran hits 9-year revenue high in 2025 with product mix optimization

Benefiting from a global market rebound and optimized product portfolio, Amtran Technology's consolidated revenue reached NT$24.6 billion (approx. US$775.4 million) in 2025, up 6.13%...

Friday 6 March 2026

Alibaba’s Qwen loses its architect, stirring questions about China’s AI drive

Alibaba's large language model ambitions have been jolted by an unexpected leadership departure. In the early hours of March 4, the head of Alibaba Group's Qwen artificial intelligence...

Friday 6 March 2026

Foxconn February revenue rises 8% on continued AI server demand

Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) reported consolidated revenue of NT$595.81 billion (approx. US$18.78 billion) for February 2026, down 18.39% from NT$730.04 billion in January,...

Friday 6 March 2026

Exclusive Interview: How Space West is engineering the UK's defense identity

In the high-stakes landscape of the UK's space economy, regional specialization is becoming a matter of strategic survival. While Scotland has staked its claim on launch services and...

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