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Tuesday 4 August 2026

ispace turns to H3 for 2028 mission as Japan builds domestic lunar transport stack

Japan's effort to localize lunar transportation is gaining momentum as the government and private sector seek to reduce reliance on...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

RichWave says Wi-Fi 7 momentum stays strong in 2H26

RichWave Technology said at a recent earnings call that Wi-Fi 7 adoption continues to rise rapidly, with strong demand from telecom...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Roborock beats Samsung, LG to win over 70% of South Korea's robot vacuum market

Roborock Technology has grown from its roots in China to become the world's leading robot vacuum brand, securing the top spot in the global market for three years in a row and beating...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Taiwan targets NT$500 billion space industry by 2031 as U.S. cooperation expands

Taiwan's Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) has launched its TASA iSPARK startup incubation center to accelerate commercialization of space technologies and strengthen the country's space...

Monday 3 August 2026

Memory makers lift capex as Kioxia holds spending to defend NAND lead

Major memory suppliers are increasing capital spending as AI-related demand from U.S. technology companies accelerates, but Kioxia is keeping investment comparatively tight. According...

Monday 3 August 2026

CSCC opens Pingtung R&D center to target battery, semiconductor supply chains

China Steel Chemical Corporation has opened a new research and development center at its Pingtung plant as it expands into lithium battery anode materials, advanced carbon materials,...

Monday 3 August 2026

CXMT closes in on LPDDR6 mass production, challenging Samsung, SK Hynix

CXMT is nearing the end of research and development validation for LPDDR6, bringing it closer to mass production of next-generation mobile DRAM and intensifying competition with Samsung...

Monday 3 August 2026

MA-tek sells Shanghai unit, expands AI market push in Japan and the US

MA-tek announced on July 31, 2026, that it will sell 80% of its Shanghai subsidiary for about CNY1.9 billion (US$281.4 million), as...

Monday 3 August 2026

Renesas plans to phase out Takasaki factory production and expand R&D focus

Renesas Electronics plans to gradually end production at its Takasaki factory in Japan over the next two to three years while strengthening...

Monday 3 August 2026

TSMC Kumamoto fab faces first major quake test with chip-material supplies secured

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan's Kyushu region on July 28, drawing attention to the recovery of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's Kumamoto plant,...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan auto market braces for second-half sales push as new models arrive

Taiwan's auto market is entering its traditional second-half sales season with a wave of new models, but expectations for 2026 remain divided. Mainstream automakers are betting that...

Monday 3 August 2026

South Korea accelerates LEO satellite ambitions, targets sovereign communications network by 2035

As Starlink's subscriber base has surpassed 12 million and rivals such as OneWeb and Amazon's Project Kuiper continue expanding their constellations, South Korea only officially launched...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan manufacturing business climate improves in June, headlined by electronics sector

Taiwan's manufacturing climate improved in June 2026, with the electronics sector once again showing the clearest visibility, according to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research...

Monday 3 August 2026

Agentic AI exposes urgent legal accountability gaps, South Korean scholar warns

Agentic AI is reshaping how work is delegated among intelligent systems, yet legal frameworks have failed to keep pace with the growing...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan steps up investment in AI startups, compute infrastructure

The AI boom has been lifting Taiwan's upstream, midstream and downstream supply chains, but the country's application development remains...

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