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Tuesday 19 May 2026
Jury clears OpenAI of Musk's claims, paving way for US$1 trillion IPO
A jury has ruled in OpenAI's favor in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk that laid bare the personal feud between the world's richest man and the AI company's leadership. The jurors found...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
XPeng introduces mass-produced Robotaxi built on in-house AI chips
XPeng unveiled its first mass-produced robotaxi on Tuesday, marking a major milestone in China's rapidly accelerating race to commercialize Level 4 autonomous driving.
Tuesday 19 May 2026
AEM targets semiconductor and AI markets, begins sampling anti-warpage film and PTFE materials
Flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) manufacturer Asia Electric Material (AEM) said that its long-term investment in new product development has begun to yield results, with the company's...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
TDK expands bonding equipment investment, launches first mass production of nanocomposite materials
Japanese electronic components manufacturer TDK will make its largest-ever capital investment in fiscal 2026, running from April 2026 to March 2027, to address surging demand related...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Taiwan backs humanoid robotics, materials innovation with fresh R&D grants
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded subsidies to three research and development projects, approving NT$100 million (US$3.16 million) for Solomon's humanoid robot Vision-Language-Action...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Mexico's new tariffs raise stakes for Taiwanese manufacturers
Mexico is overhauling its trade barriers, and Taiwanese manufacturers with operations there are only beginning to understand what that means for their bottom line.
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Analog Devices reportedly closes in on US$1.5 billion cash bid for Empower Semiconductor
Analog Devices Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire Empower Semiconductor for about US$1.5 billion in cash, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A formal...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
AMD gains Beijing spotlight: China courts Lisa Su for AI chip ties
Shortly after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang left China following a delegation led by US President Donald Trump, Beijing officials swiftly announced a meeting with Advanced Micro Devices...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Chipmakers rejoice as Googlebook entry heats up AI PC race
Google's announcement for the upcoming Googlebook, which tightly integrates Gemini features, signals that it is no longer limiting its PC strategy to the Chromebook line and is pushing...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Google and Blackstone reportedly plan AI cloud venture to expand TPU business
Alphabet's Google and Blackstone are planning to launch a new artificial intelligence cloud company that would use Google's proprietary AI chips to compete in the fast-growing AI infrastructure...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Liquid cooling spreads beyond AI GPUs as memory and network cards join adoption wave
Nvidia's fanless Vera Rubin AI server racks, slated for mass production in the second half of 2026, are expected to accelerate global adoption of liquid cooling across server components,...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
GM settles for US$12.75 million over selling driver data as privacy rules reshape auto intelligence
General Motors (GM) agreed to pay US$12.75 million to California prosecutors and to delete most collected driving data within 180 days after state authorities found the automaker illegally...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
China doubles down on AI-driven manufacturing upgrade
Chinese officials have renewed calls to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) more deeply into manufacturing as Beijing seeks to modernize traditional industries, strengthen industrial...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
China's AI token boom fuels push for national compute network

China is accelerating plans for a national computing power network as artificial intelligence (AI) token usage surges, casting AI compute...

Tuesday 19 May 2026
Baidu says AI is now the majority of its business
Baidu said its core AI businesses became the majority of the company's revenue in the first quarter of 2026, driven by rapid growth in AI cloud infrastructure, expanded foundation-model...