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Monday 27 July 2026

GM China restructuring delivers seven straight profitable quarters

General Motors reported seven consecutive profitable quarters in China in its second quarter 2026 results, even as the market remains defined by an intense price war that has pressured...

Monday 27 July 2026

German automakers cuts prices in China as EV rivals pressure luxury sales

Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi have been cutting prices in China since early 2026 as inventory rose and the premium market shifted toward new energy vehicles led by Chinese brands. The...

Monday 27 July 2026

Aluminum gains ground as high copper prices push substitution across industries

Aluminum substitution for copper gained momentum in 2026 as elevated raw material costs and cost-cutting pressure spread across the auto, power and appliance sectors. The shift was...

Monday 27 July 2026

Column: Enterprise AI asset is learning loops, not models

For the past two decades, enterprise information governance has focused on protecting data through classification, encryption, backups,...

Monday 27 July 2026

GIGAIPC eyes retail, manufacturing and healthcare as edge AI adoption accelerates

GIGAIPC, an edge AI and industrial computing subsidiary of Gigabyte Technology, is set to begin trading on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Market on July 27. The company plans to deepen its...

Monday 27 July 2026

Industrial PC orders rise on edge AI demand

Industrial PC vendors are seeing order momentum strengthen as edge AI and physical AI applications spread beyond data centers into factories...

Monday 27 July 2026

Commentary: Why are Chinese automakers finding it so hard to cut dependence on CATL?

China's new energy vehicle (NEV) supply chain has risen rapidly, with an operating model that differs sharply from the century-old mainstream automakers in Europe, the US, Japan, and...

Monday 27 July 2026

Sovereign AI promises independence, but often deepens reliance on US vendors, Stanford report says

Stanford researchers say the global push for sovereign AI is producing a paradox for governments seeking digital independence. The latest report from Stanford HAI argues that offerings...

Monday 27 July 2026

Apacer 2Q26 profit tops full-year record on memory shortage

Memory module maker Apacer Technology posted record quarterly profit in the second quarter of 2026, lifted by the memory shortage and surging prices. Net profit reached NT$2.7 billion...

Monday 27 July 2026

Taiwan's AIDC is turning a decade of AI manufacturing know-how into a business model

Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has spent nearly a decade pushing AI adoption, moving from smart manufacturing...

Monday 27 July 2026

AI agents reshape smart cars as auto industry shifts toward AIDV

As the global electric vehicle (EV) market enters a growth adjustment phase, the auto industry is shifting from "electrification" toward...

Sunday 26 July 2026

Samsung and Hyundai target Silicon Valley AI roundtable

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-Yong and Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Eui-Sun are reportedly moving to join the advisory network of the global AI leaders' gathering "Silicon Valley...

Sunday 26 July 2026

Alphabet's purchase commitments surge past US$800 billion amid AI infrastructure expansion

Alphabet disclosed in its latest quarterly filing that its purchase commitments and other contractual obligations had climbed to US$811 billion as of the end of June, underscoring...

Saturday 25 July 2026

Samsung, SK, Hyundai join Jensen Huang and Korea's President Lee at San Francisco AI Summit

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and a delegation of the country's most powerful business leaders convened with NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang in Silicon Valley this week,...

Saturday 25 July 2026

Qualcomm expands Galaxy AI partnership as Samsung adopts Snapdragon across new device lineup

Qualcomm is expanding the reach of its Snapdragon platform across Samsung Electronics' Galaxy ecosystem, with Samsung's latest foldable smartphones, smartwatches and next-generation...

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