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Tuesday 31 March 2026
Apple's removal of vibe coding apps sparks debate over security and competition
Apple has removed and restricted several vibe-coding or AI-driven app development tools from its App Store, escalating tensions with developers over platform rules and the future of...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
BYD faces tougher market with rising sales, falling profits
BYD on March 27 released its audited 2025 results, according to disclosures compiled by Sina Finance, showing steady revenue growth but a notable decline in profitability...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Samsung SDI expands LFP cathode supply chain to target US AI data center ESS market
Samsung SDI is actively expanding its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery material supply chain to capture opportunities in the US energy storage system (ESS) market, driven by growing...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
South Korea's ENERZAi partners with Advantech to expand global edge AI market
South Korean edge AI software startup ENERZAi, which has developed a 1.58-bit ultra-low bit quantization technology, is collaborating closely with Taiwan industrial PC leader Advantech...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reframes AI compute as a token-minting revenue machine
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on the Lex Fridman Podcast that computing is undergoing a structural shift — from a "storage system," where data is pre-defined and retrieved, to...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Microsoft: AI agents key to easing enterprise capacity and workload pressures
AI Expo Taiwan 2026 opened with a focus on AI agents, a shift that could reshape global workplaces by turning assistants into autonomous "digital colleagues." Microsoft Taiwan's Vic...
Monday 30 March 2026
Kioxia outlines supply strategy, stresses new 2027 capacity won't disrupt NAND market balance
As generative AI (GenAI) shifts from large-model training to large-scale inference, Japanese NAND giant Kioxia forecasts continued price increases for NAND and SSD products. Despite...
Monday 30 March 2026
Commentary: US chip security act ends China's special AI chip supply
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed the Chip Security Act, signaling a decisive move to restrict high-performance computing exports amid rising tech tensions with China...
Monday 30 March 2026
Huawei PanguLM lead exits, reviving model controversy

Huawei's AI leadership is facing renewed turnover. Wang Yunhe, director of Huawei Noah's Ark Lab and a key architect behind PanguLM, has...

Monday 30 March 2026
Phison and Intel go hybrid to keep China's AI lobster craze from burning out
The recent craze for OpenClaw "lobster raising" in China has sparked massive token consumption, with Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) calling it the first killer app of AI agents...
Monday 30 March 2026
SoftBank secures US$40 billion loan to fund OpenAI investment
SoftBank Group Corp. has secured a US$40 billion bridge loan to support its ongoing investment in US artificial intelligence developer OpenAI, marking one of the largest dollar-denominated...
Monday 30 March 2026
Taiwan broadens strategic industry list to include AI, quantum, and SiPh
Taiwan's premier Cho Jung-tai has unveiled a new list of 13 strategic industries. The lineup includes silicon photonics (SiPh), quantum technology, and unmanned vehicles. Quantum technology...
Monday 30 March 2026
Advantech urges industry restructuring as physical AI faces vertical integration limits
Advantech vice president Magic Pao warned at AI EXPO 2026 that edge AI's imminent rapid exponential growth will reshape enterprise computing and safety worldwide. While cloud generative...
Monday 30 March 2026
Thermoplastic composites see growing applications in EVs and humanoid robots
Thermoplastic composites have emerged as key materials in manufacturing worldwide, as production trends toward lightweighting and automation. With competition in the field now intensifying,...
Monday 30 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI, supply chains, new entrants intensify global chip race
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 23-27, 2026: