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Friday 13 February 2026

Volkswagen leads way as EU replaces China BEV tariffs with minimum price commitment

As the European Union-China trade dispute over battery electric vehicles (BEVs) drags on, the EU is on track to replace punitive tariffs of up to 35% with a "minimum price commitment"...

Friday 13 February 2026

Air cooling will dominate Trainium 3 rollout as Amazon targets 2Q26 production ramp

Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Trainium 3 servers, slated for mass production in the second quarter of 2026, have sharply reduced their planned use of liquid cooling, supply chain sources...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan ICT and medical device sectors join forces to transform home healthcare

As global efforts accelerate the development of home healthcare in a bid to alleviate resource pressures on frontline medical institutions, home care is set to become a core component...

Friday 13 February 2026

Anthropic’s “tutor” for Claude shifts the AI race from scale to ethics

Anthropic has hired Oxford philosopher Amanda Askell to teach its flagship model Claude ethical behavior, a move that reframes the company's competition with other AI labs as a contest...

Friday 13 February 2026

Commentary: NSTC chief’s reform remarks ignite debate over Taiwan’s research metrics

Minister of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Cheng-wen Wu has recently sparked a firestorm across Taiwan's academic community. His blunt critique of long-standing...

Friday 13 February 2026

The Hangzhou AI dark horse that took over accounting workflows

Generative AI is crossing a critical threshold, shifting from an assistive tool to a system capable of directly assuming work. Early in 2026, this shift became visible almost simultaneously...

Friday 13 February 2026

Why Singapore is drawing Taiwanese tech firms and SMEs

As geopolitical dynamics shift, Singapore has emerged as a focal point for Taiwanese and international investment, underpinned by its...

Friday 13 February 2026

Psyonic's plug-and-play robotic hand enters Apptronik's humanoid ecosystem

Robotic end effectors, particularly dexterous hands, have become a critical bottleneck in the commercial deployment of humanoid robots. US start-up Psyonic is addressing this gap with...

Friday 13 February 2026

Anthropic's hive-mind model sets a new pace for AI development

Since the generative AI boom of late 2022, the sector has seen fresh disruption in 2025 and 2026, with startups DeepSeek and Anthropic PBC's Claude Cowork driving waves of change that...

Thursday 12 February 2026

Nvidia CEO praises Foxconn's AI server leadership at company sports event

Foxconn held its annual company-wide sports carnival on February 12, 2026. During the opening remarks, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a video message highlighting the seamless partnership...

Thursday 12 February 2026

Cisco revenue beats expectations, but margin outlook pressured by rising memory costs

Cisco Systems forecast quarterly gross margins below market expectations, citing higher memory chip costs. The weaker margin outlook overshadowed...

Thursday 12 February 2026

BYD launches aggressive 2026 push in Germany, aiming to eclipse SAIC MG and reshape pricing

BYD plans to intensify its push into the German market in 2026 by expanding its dealer network and implementing steep price cuts to target more than 50,000 annual vehicle sales and...

Thursday 12 February 2026

Z.ai unveils GLM-5, advances AI agents and China chip compatibility

Ahead of the Lunar New Year, Chinese AI startup Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) released its open-source model GLM-5, highlighting AI agent capabilities...

Thursday 12 February 2026

Canada prepares safeguards ahead of Chinese EV imports

The first wave of Chinese electric vehicles is expected to enter the Canadian market in February 2026 under a new trade arrangement. But alongside the arrival of lower-cost cars comes...

Thursday 12 February 2026

China dominates 90% of South Korea's EV fast-charger modules

South Korea is moving to domestically produce key components for electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers, as Chinese-made power modules account...

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