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Thursday 23 July 2026
Meta's rumored 'Switchboard' router signals a broader industry pivot from raw model power to cost-aware orchestration
Meta Platforms is prototyping an internal AI model router that would steer easy tasks to cheaper models, a move that places the world's largest social-media company inside a fast-growing...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Mobileye expands Stellantis partnership with cloud-enhanced ADAS for future vehicles
Mobileye said in a press release on July 21 that its cloud-enhanced advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology will be integrated into select future Stellantis vehicles launching...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Xpeng shifts toward Physical AI with robotaxi, robot, flying car

Xpeng is transforming into a physical AI supplier over the next 10 years, with robotaxi, humanoid robots, and flying cars as its three...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Johnson Fine eyes 2026-2027 IPO on AI CCL supply chain push

Specialty chemicals maker Johnson Fine Chemical has won approval from the Taiwan Stock Exchange for its listing plan and is now targeting...

Thursday 23 July 2026
ASEAN AI data center power demand seen at 6-7GW
ASEAN countries have become a battleground for global cloud service providers and infrastructure developers. After visiting the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) in mid-2025,...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Jensen Huang says Nvidia and Wistron are mass-producing AI servers like phones
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company is working with Wistron to mass-produce GB300 AI servers like phones as AI spreads across industries and demand surges. He made the remarks...
Thursday 23 July 2026
AVer Information targets commercial drone market with AI vision engine
AVer Information is expanding into the commercial drone market, focusing its research and development on the highest-value segment of the value chain: the artificial intelligence (AI)...
Thursday 23 July 2026
OpenAI faces backlash over Kimi K3 open source criticism
OpenAI's new strategy chief Dean Ball has drawn sharp criticism from Trump administration officials and advisers after posting a lengthy commentary on Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model....
Thursday 23 July 2026
IQE lifts 2026 outlook as AI data centers accelerate indium phosphide demand

IQE has raised its 2026 revenue outlook as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and data centers continues to strengthen,...

Thursday 23 July 2026
ITRI, tech execs tackle AI power and thermal bottlenecks at forum as chip demand soars
As AI computing drives surging electricity demand and heat generation, Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) brought together government officials...
Thursday 23 July 2026
With competitiveness hitting record levels, Taiwan should learn from US in talent retention, urges president
With Taiwan's competitiveness setting a new high, President Ching-te Lai on July 21 called on local companies to learn from the US and work together to retain talent. The remarks came...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Sumitomo Chemical eyes 2028 production of lower-cost solid-state battery electrolyte

Sumitomo Chemical plans to begin mass production of a halide-based solid electrolyte in Japan as early as fiscal 2028, positioning the...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
China ends decade-old battery tax break, signaling a coordinated squeeze on clean-energy overcapacity

China is dismantling the tax shelter that helped build the world's largest battery industry, and the move looks less like a one-off...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Commentary: Gulf state's Sovereign Wealth Fund pours into ASEAN, eyeing stake in AI infrastructure supply chains

ASEAN's AI boom is taking on a dual role as both a "no-man's land" and an international hub from Singapore's perspective, while investors...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 2: Beijing weighs controls on model weights, training data, chip designs

The forthcoming AI dialogue between Washington and Beijing is less a sign of easing tensions than of a changing rivalry. Both governments...