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Wednesday 11 June 2025
Apple's WWDC AI pitch overshadowed by research paper critique of rival models
Apple's 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) was supposed to be a turning point for the company's artificial intelligence ambitions. Instead, it has left many in the developer...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Automotive supplier Kian Shen balances growth investments with market uncertainties
Kian Shen Corporation has in recent years become one of the most profitable subsidiaries of its parent, Yulong Motor Group. Beyond benefiting from support from across the corporate...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Xiaohongshu enters open-source AI arena with dots.llm1 model launch

Xiaohongshu—internationally branded as RedNote—has officially entered the open-source AI landscape, joining a surge of Chinese...

Wednesday 11 June 2025
US-China trade talks enter stalemate phase as tariff tensions encroach on tech
US-China trade negotiations resumed in London on June 9, following a joint statement issued in Geneva on May 12. In that agreement, both sides committed to lowering reciprocal and...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
WWDC 2025: Apple's AI lag and challenges in agentic AI development
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025 officially kicked off this week. Weeks before the event, market rumors suggested that Apple Intelligence's progress was far behind...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
US auto imports plunge 70% as carmakers await Trump tariff relief
US automotive imports via sea freight plummeted 70% year-over-year in May following President Donald Trump's April tariff implementation, creating a cliff-edge decline as manufacturers...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Micron ships HBM4 samples to key customers, targets 2026 ramp up
According to a press release on June 10, Micron Technology announced it has begun shipping samples of its 36GB HBM4 with 12-high stacking to multiple customers. The new memory is...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Samsung and Groq to produce world's fastest AI chip using 4nm process, mass production slated for 2H25
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market with a new collaboration alongside Groq, aiming to bring their jointly developed chip...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Rare earth magnet shortage poses risk to India's EV ambitions
A prolonged disruption in rare earth magnet supplies could slow down India's electric vehicle (EV) rollout and impact the broader automobile industry, according to a recent assessment...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
South Korean President unveils US$73.6 billion investment to build homegrown AI
To strengthen South Korea's development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, President Jae-Myung Lee has pledged to invest KRW100 trillion in AI as part of his campaign promise...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Chinese carmakers agree to standardize supplier payment periods
Several of China's state-owned automakers have pledged to standardize bill payment periods for their suppliers to 60 days after authorities raised concerns about supply chain finan...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Qualcomm demonstrates new processor for AI-based smart glasses
Qualcomm Inc., the top maker of smartphone processors, is making a bigger push into smart glasses with low-power components that can run artificial intelligence software.
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Court gives Trump tariffs a lifeline, for now
A federal appeals court has granted the Trump administration's request to keep sweeping tariffs in effect, at least temporarily, a significant victory for the president's trade policy...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
US electric pickup trucks risk bubble burst amid price and range concerns
Electric pickup trucks were once hailed as a major growth engine for the US electric vehicle (EV) industry, with models like Tesla's Cybertruck, Ford's F-150 Lightning, and Rivian's...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Chip talent drain leaves Taiwan's robotics dreams hanging
Beyond AI, the potential explosive growth of the robotics industry requires TSMC to proactively plan its production capacity. However, if Taiwan aims to independently develop a physical...