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Thursday 21 May 2026

South Korea bets on KIST, LG to catch up in humanoid robots

South Korea has launched a five-year public-private project to build a domestic AI humanoid robot platform, bringing together KIST, LG affiliates, universities, and a hospital as the...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Iron Force eyes North America production, AI server cooling shipments in 2Q26

Iron Force Industrial saw short-term pressure in its operations during the first quarter of 2026, due to tariff swings in the US-China trade war, adjustments to its product mix, and...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Analysis: Why Taiwan's telcos aren't following the US playbook on satellite

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have formed a joint venture to expand direct-to-device (D2D) satellite service and eliminate mobile coverage dead zones across the US, prompting scrutiny...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Samsung averts strike with last-minute labor deal, but deeper divisions remain

With less than an hour remaining before a planned strike was set to begin, Samsung Electronics and its labor union reached a tentative agreement late on May 20, narrowly avoiding what...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan Wi-Fi router industry, 1Q 2026: Steady recovery, rising value, and telecom-led demand

Wi-Fi 7 upgrades and cost pressures coexist as Taiwanese Wi-Fi router shipments rose 1.1% sequentially in the first quarter of 2026.

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Tech Forum 2026: Physical AI poised to accelerate autonomous driving and robotics, analysts say

Physical AI is set to reshape autonomous driving and robotics. At the DIGITIMES Tech Forum 2026, held ahead of COMPUTEX 2026, analysts said advances in perception, decision-making,...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

FarEasTone named Amazon Leo distributor in Taiwan, targets 2027 launch

FarEasTone Telecommunications has signed a formal cooperation agreement with Amazon Leo, Amazon's low-Earth-orbit satellite network service, to become its authorized distributor in...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Gaia Motors rolls out Rapide 3 electric three-wheeler network across Taiwan

Gaia Motors has launched a nationwide channel rollout in Taiwan for its Rapide 3 electric three-wheeler, expanding the vehicle's availability from enterprise fleets to broader commercial...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Exclusive: Automakers turn to Taiwan for faster vehicle electronics development

A quiet but consequential shift is underway in the global automotive industry's race toward electrification and software-defined vehicles. Executives in Taiwan's automotive-electronics...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

South Korea's defense chips 99% import-dependent as photonic supply chain crisis looms

Photonic semiconductors have become indispensable to modern defense — prized for their ultra-high-speed data processing, high capacity, low power consumption, and exceptional...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Samsung braces for major strike after bonus talks collapse

Samsung Electronics faces a major labor disruption after its union said about 48,000 workers would walk off the job on May 21, beginning...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan to boost AI and strategic-industry spending to increase competitiveness

Taiwan's cabinet announced plans to expand public spending on AI and other strategic industries to protect the island's high-tech manufacturing lead, strengthen economic security and...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taipei fires back as Trump repeats chip theft claim

Trump has once again accused Taiwan of "stealing" the US semiconductor industry — his second such broadside in as many months.

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan suppliers look past Tesla as China's robot makers scale up

Tesla remains a bellwether for humanoid robots, but its delayed production timeline is prompting Taiwanese suppliers to reassess where...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

South Korea sounds alarm on manufacturing hollow-out as AI server boom lifts Taiwan

As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, demand for data centers is rapidly redrawing the export map of nations.

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