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Friday 17 July 2026

Japan steps up sovereign AI ambitions as Noetra launches multimodal AI project, plans infrastructure of 27,500 Nvidia Rubin GPUs

Noetra has launched full-scale R&D for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model, a move that could shape the future of AI robots, industrial automation, and so-called physical...

Friday 17 July 2026

Moonshot's free Kimi K3 matches Anthropic's Opus 4.8, closing the gap between open and proprietary AI

Chinese AI developer Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 on July 16, a 2.8-trillion-parameter model the company bills as the first open model in the roughly 3-trillion-parameter class, pushing...

Friday 17 July 2026

Micron locks in automotive supply agreements as vehicle tech grows smarter

Micron Technology said it has completed strategic customer agreements with several tier 1 suppliers and ecosystem partners serving the global automotive industry, including Qualcomm,...

Friday 17 July 2026

China auto sales slump deepens as exports face rising trade scrutiny

China's passenger vehicle market posted its sharpest slowdown in years in the first half of 2026, with private passenger car sales falling 20% year on year, according to the China...

Friday 17 July 2026

AI-driven chip price increases put automakers on alert as shortages stay limited

Semiconductor suppliers have begun rolling out one to two rounds of price increases and tighter allocations in the first half of 2026 as demand from GenAI, geopolitical tensions and...

Friday 17 July 2026

CPU demand rebounds in AI data centers as TSMC stands to benefit across architectures

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held its second-quarter 2026 earnings conference on July 16, where chairman and CEO...

Friday 17 July 2026

Hotai Leasing sees Taiwan auto market stabilizing as leasing demand grows

Hotai Leasing said on July 15 that Taiwan's auto market is expected to return gradually to normal growth in 2026 after tariff uncertainty, vehicle shortages, and tight financing pressured...

Friday 17 July 2026

Capacity reservations and inventory buildup reshape component makers' 3Q26 outlook amid persistent shortages

Global investment in AI infrastructure continues to accelerate, yet component shortages across the supply chain have not eased as previously expected. Instead, tightening availability...

Friday 17 July 2026

Volkswagen's cuts lay bare Europe's deeper auto industry crisis

Volkswagen, the world's second-largest automaker, has expanded production cuts and layoffs, drawing scrutiny to the pressures facing...

Friday 17 July 2026

US EV market steadies after federal tax credits expire as prices and charging remain hurdles

The US electric vehicle market showed signs of stabilizing in the second quarter of 2026 after federal clean-vehicle tax credits expired in September 2025, although sales remained...

Friday 17 July 2026

KAI and Hyundai target joint AAM development to close South Korea's aircraft body gap

South Korea is accelerating efforts to build an advanced air mobility industry, but the sector is still struggling to produce a workable aircraft body. As US and Chinese rivals move...

Friday 17 July 2026

Aurora Group expands enterprise AI services with 12 workplace use cases

On July 15, Aurora Group expanded its enterprise AI push, unveiling 12 use cases through Aurora Cloud and GPI for companies looking to match AI tools with specific business problems...

Friday 17 July 2026

Memory suppliers push prices higher as Apple and automakers face tighter supply

Memory suppliers have regained pricing power as AI-driven stockpiling and advance capacity bookings tightened supply for consumer electronics and automotive customers. The shift has...

Thursday 16 July 2026

AI hardware boom lifts Taiwan's rail and CCL suppliers; optical module tells messier story

Taiwan's technology supply chain delivered another month of strong year-over-year revenue growth in June 2026, led by suppliers tied directly to AI server infrastructure, even as the...

Thursday 16 July 2026

DeepSeek eyes US$70 billion valuation and Shanghai IPO as Apple Intelligence enters China

DeepSeek is preparing a new fundraising round and a possible Shanghai listing as surging computing costs force one of China's best-known...

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