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Friday 8 May 2026

Power Win builds lithium battery circular economy with SEA push

Power Win said it is expanding its lithium battery recycling business as demand from energy storage and electric vehicles (EVs) surges and geopolitical tensions elevate scarce metals...

Friday 8 May 2026

PlayNitride pivots to MicroLED optical interconnects as Samsung TV strategy shifts

MicroLED applications are expanding across automotive, wearable, and display markets, but the sector is facing mounting pressure. Following...

Friday 8 May 2026

Column: The sim-to-real problem—why robots that pass every test still fail on the floor

Simulators are robotics' most seductive shortcut. Spin up a virtual environment, generate millions of training trajectories at near-zero cost, tune the weather, reposition the obstacles,...

Thursday 7 May 2026

MediaTek opens AI R&D data center in Taiwan with Nvidia DGX SuperPOD

MediaTek announced the opening of a new research and development data center at the Tongluo Science Park in Miaoli, Taiwan, aimed at supporting growing demand for edge AI and cloud...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Gemtek sees no end to high-end optical demand, 1.6T mass production set for 4Q26

Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology, following the launch of its 800G linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) optical module in 2025, announced on April 6 that it has successfully...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Meta seeks to challenge Google, Amazon, and TikTok Shop with consumer AI agents

Meta is reportedly developing AI agents for consumer use, including an agentic shopping tool for Instagram and an OpenClaw-like agent known within the company as "Hatch". The efforts...

Thursday 7 May 2026

SpaceX targets AI chip independence with US$119 billion Texas Terafab

Elon Musk is rapidly expanding his ambitions beyond rockets and electric vehicles (EVs), positioning SpaceX at the center of a vertically integrated artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Pentagon deploys 100,000 AI agents, escalating algorithm warfare with China

The Pentagon has deployed more than 100,000 AI agents through its GenAI.mil platform, marking a broader shift toward algorithm-driven warfare and expanding the US military's push into...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Alphabet's global debt blitz underscores explosive AI funding boom across tech industry

Alphabet has significantly expanded its global borrowing program to finance artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, raising nearly US$17 billion through euro- and Canadian dollar-denominated...

Thursday 7 May 2026

APMIC's Traditional Chinese model ACE-1 ranks in global top 5 after Taiwan sovereign AI evaluation

APMIC announced that its Traditional Chinese language model ACE-1 ranked in the global top 5 overall and secured the top spot on a "Taiwan values" metric in a language-model evaluation...

Thursday 7 May 2026

ByteDance's Doubao tests paid AI tiers to challenge ChatGPT subscriptions

China's AI market has expanded rapidly through free and low-cost offerings, but rising computing costs and deeper enterprise adoption are beginning to reshape the sector's business...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Yotta Data Services reportedly weighs IPO as India's AI infrastructure race accelerates

Yotta Data Services is considering an initial public offering in Mumbai that could raise as much as US$900 million, according to sources familiar with the matter, as reported by Bloomberg...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Exclusive: China's automakers leap forward in next generation of car architecture

As the global auto industry shifts toward software-defined vehicles (SDVs), the evolution of electronic and electrical architectures has...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Commentary: The real AI war may be the models nobody sees

The global race in large AI models continues to intensify, with Chinese state-backed capital accelerating its push into the sector. According...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Taiwan brings 16 firms to AI EXPO Korea to pitch full AI supply chain to South Korea

Taiwanese companies showcased end-to-end AI infrastructure and applications at AI EXPO Korea 2026, aiming to address South Korea's urgent demand for high-performance computing, data...

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