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Thursday 9 July 2026

Generative AI drives enterprise content automation as Taiwan localization gains momentum

Thursday 9 July 2026

Salesforce Ventures shares AI investment playbook at Asia VC Summit, eyes Taiwan startup

Salesforce Ventures laid out how the AI boom has reshaped its investment strategy over the past three years at the 2026 Asia VC Summit...

Thursday 9 July 2026

PLAUD rides AI hardware-subscription model to US$100 million ARR

Rapid advances in generative AI and AI agents are moving AI beyond software tools into everyday workflows, particularly in voice, meeting, and conversational applications, giving rise...

Thursday 9 July 2026

Compal's Rayonnant expands liquid cooling lineup for AI servers

Compal Electronics subsidiary Rayonnant Technology has launched a full line of coolant distribution unit (CDU) products for AI servers, covering liquid-to-air sidecar, in-rack, and...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Samsung's Jae-yong Lee heads to Sun Valley Conference for likely AI talks

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jae-yong Lee departed for the Sun Valley Conference in the US on July 7, marking his second straight year...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

HVDC power to ramp up in 2H26, as Delta eyes momentum in AI power systems

US cloud service providers (CSPs) are continuing to expand AI-related capex, which has in turn driven up data center server rack specifications and power architectures. As a result...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

AI memory boom turns price hikes into antitrust flashpoint across supply chain

As AI demand drives record price increases in the memory market, the aftermath of such volatility is weighing on the wider supply chain, rippling into downstream industries where manufacturers...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Microsoft starts swapping OpenAI and Anthropic models for its own in apps

Microsoft is reportedly beginning to replace OpenAI and Anthropic models in its software with its own offerings, likely a strategic...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Wistron chair: AI demand remains strong as sovereign AI broadens global market

AI demand is expanding beyond the US as sovereign AI projects gain traction in more countries, Wistron chairman Simon Lin said, arguing...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

CPUs return to AI spotlight as agentic workloads reshape data center demand; Perplexity plans to adopt Nvidia's Vera

As AI workloads pivot toward emerging needs for systems that can perform tasks with a coordinated balance between speed and control, the hardware race is moving beyond GPUs. While...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Volkswagen faces defining test as board weighs sweeping restructuring in face of Chinese competition in its biggest market

Volkswagen is entering one of the most critical periods in its recent history, as its supervisory board prepares to meet on July 9 to discuss a restructuring plan that could include...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Dongfeng Nissan seeks turnaround amid weak Chinese auto market

China's car market is increasingly divided between weak domestic demand and strong overseas growth, with electric vehicles (EVs) pushing further into the Middle East, Europe, and Africa...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Meta enters AI visual race as ByteDance's Seedance reportedly reaches 90% gross margins

Meta has taken its first concrete step into generative visual media, entering a market that is filling rapidly with rivals —...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

China cost cuts put US$1T robotaxi market within reach by 2040

China's falling robotaxi supply chain costs could help push the global autonomous taxi market to US$1 trillion by 2040, with Waymo...

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Beijing's rumored AI model debate signals new era of technology controls

Beijing appears to be edging toward restricting overseas access to its most advanced artificial-intelligence (AI) models, a shift that would mirror recent moves in Washington and signal...

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