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Saturday 28 February 2026

Quanta posts record 2025 profit, eyes AI-led growth in 2026

Stronger-than-expected results from Nvidia were reflected in its manufacturing partners. Quanta reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings per...

Saturday 28 February 2026

UK self-driving startup Wayve secures US$1.2 billion to expand robotaxi plans

Wayve, the UK-based autonomous driving startup, has raised US$1.2 billion in a Series D funding round, pushing its valuation to US$8.6 billion. The round was led by venture capital...

Friday 27 February 2026

Wiwynn's AI products exceed 50% of sales in 2025, revenue and profit double

US cloud service providers (CSP) continue to invest heavily in artificial intelligence (AI), with Nvidia's latest fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings report showing record-high revenue,...

Friday 27 February 2026

Meta AI chief maps two growth paths as US$100 billion bet accelerates recursive AI and real-world agents

Since mid-February, Meta Platforms has unveiled multi-year strategic partnerships with leading chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, underscoring an ambitious US$100 billion capital expenditure...

Friday 27 February 2026

Anthropic loosens AI safety rules amid industry competition and Pentagon dispute

Anthropic PBC, a leading AI developer, has released the third version of its Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP), updating its voluntary framework for mitigating catastrophic AI risks...

Friday 27 February 2026

Nobel laureate John Martinis explains quantum computing's industrial revolution from lab to fab

As AI dominance drives computing costs to unprecedented heights, a surprising truth is emerging at the front of quantum technology: the future of AI may depend not on replacing classical...

Thursday 26 February 2026

BizLink sees HPC and semiconductor revenue surpass 50% with AI data center upgrade wave

As generative AI drives rapid expansion in data centers and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, the importance of interconnect technology is evolving from traditional...

Thursday 26 February 2026

Nvidia constrained in China as local AI players strengthen market position

Nvidia's ability to sell high-performance AI chips in China has been sharply limited by US export licensing rules, which have restricted shipments of its H20 and H200 products. The...

Thursday 26 February 2026

Chinese automakers surge in Europe as plug-in hybrids outpace diesel

Europe's auto market stumbled at the start of 2026. Overall vehicle sales fell 3.9% in January from a year earlier, as most major manufacturers reported declines and consumer demand...

Thursday 26 February 2026

Amazon's potential US$50 billion OpenAI investment highlights escalating AI arms race and financial pressure

OpenAI is reportedly negotiating one of the largest private financing rounds in tech history, with Amazon considering a US$50 billion investment. The potential deal underscores the...

Thursday 26 February 2026

CyberLink hits 12-year revenue high on AI creation boom, defying 'SaaS apocalypse' concerns

Taiwan-based multimedia software developer CyberLink reported its strongest revenue performance in nearly 12 years for 2025, driven by robust demand across its consumer creation and...

Thursday 26 February 2026

Yageo posts 82% profit jump in 4Q25 on AI-driven product mix

Taiwanese passive component giant Yageo reported a strong operational rebound in the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by continued growth in demand related to artificial intelligence...

Thursday 26 February 2026

Japan's EV market faces a reckoning as Mazda embraces NACS

As the global EV industry consolidates around a handful of charging standards, Mazda has made its choice.

Thursday 26 February 2026

Cloud AI's ripple effect: A comeback for 8-inch wafers

The boom in cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) is reverberating far beyond the most advanced chipmaking nodes.

Thursday 26 February 2026

DeepSeek shuts out Nvidia, AMD in V4 move tied to US chip tensions

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab that unsettled global markets with its low-cost models last year, has withheld early access to its upcoming V4 flagship from US chipmakers, breaking with...

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