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Thursday 30 July 2026

BMW secures US battery supply with two-stage plan as AESC site stalls

BMW has put a two-stage battery sourcing plan in place to protect supplies for its South Carolina electric vehicle operations as AESC's US cell plant has faced delays tied to foreign...

Thursday 30 July 2026

Volkswagen backs EU tariffs on Chinese PHEVs as market pressure builds

Volkswagen AG has reversed course on European trade protection and now supports possible EU tariffs on Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles, after opposing such measures three years ago...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Coretronic Intelligent Logistics plans AI logistics demo at AI Wave Show 2026

Coretronic Intelligent Logistics said generative AI and agentic AI technology are pushing smart logistics beyond process automation and toward autonomous decision-making. The company...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Faraday lifts revenue on ASIC and MCU demand as AI delays push projects back

Faraday Technology reported stronger-than-expected second quarter 2026 results, with consolidated revenue rising to NT$3.31 billion and net profit reaching NT$200 million. The ASIC...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Aewin expands AMD EPYC 9006 server lineup for AI, storage and enterprise workloads

Aewin Technologies has introduced a four-product server lineup built around AMD's newly launched EPYC 9006 processor family, targeting...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Nvidia's Jensen Huang warns US officials about banning Chinese open-weight models

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang once again voiced his support for open-weight and open-source AI, a form of model that has caught official...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

China's GenAI race shifts to open source ecosystems

The global GenAI race has remained intense, with major US players including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAI investing heavily. But with Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

White House reportedly approaches final framework for reviewing frontier models

The US government is said to be close to creating a final version of a voluntary framework for evaluating AI companies' advanced models before they are released to the public. A finalized...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Moonshot AI reportedly eyes more Nvidia Blackwell chips for Kimi K4 despite US export curbs

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is planning its next frontier model, Kimi K4, and is seeking additional access to Nvidia's advanced...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

China chip substitution accelerates as chill effect looms

China's semiconductor self-reliance push has notched new gains, with Chinese AI giants expanding purchases of domestic AI chips and facing direct pressure from Beijing to use more...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Analysis: How Xiaomi's range-extended EV push could redraw China's supplier map

Xiaomi is preparing to unveil a new car technology platform on July 30, signaling a deeper move into the range-extended electric vehicle...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 secures Day 0 support from Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Ascend

China's two major AI computing ecosystems moved quickly to support Kimi K3 after Moonshot AI released the large language model as open...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

AI researchers urge international safeguards as industry pushes for mechanisms to slow frontier AI

More than 1,100 employees and executives from leading artificial intelligence companies have called for an international framework that could deliberately slow frontier AI development...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

TDK and LG Innotek form partnership on physical AI sensors

TDK and LG Innotek are joining forces to develop sensors for Physical AI, a move that could shape future robotics and automation products used worldwide. The collaboration combines...

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Joby and Virgin Atlantic plan UK air taxi service by late 2026

Joby Aviation said at the Farnborough International Airshow that it had reached a multi-year exclusive partnership with Virgin Atlantic...

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