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Thursday 16 July 2026

Gotion High-Tech expects 1H26 profit to more than triple on market gains and expansion

Gotion High-Tech said its first-half earnings are set to rise sharply, a result that could matter for battery investors and electric-vehicle...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Jensen refutes Vera Rubin's delay, continuing Nvidia's running rebuttal of the rumor mill

Nvidia co-founder and chief executive Jensen Huang used a developer event in Tokyo on July 15 to reject reports that manufacturing...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Apple reportedly explores AI chip acquisitions as it races to strengthen its infrastructure

Apple is exploring acquisitions of semiconductor companies to accelerate development of AI server chips, reflecting mounting pressure to improve the computing infrastructure behind...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Nvidia doubles down on the land of the rising GPU, wiring Blackwell into Japan's science, banks, factories and cars

Nvidia has laid out a sweeping expansion of its Japanese footprint. The company is moving beyond one-off supercomputer wins to embed...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Japan's enterprises and startups adopt Nvidia open models for specialized AI

Japan's companies and research institutions are turning to Nvidia's Nemotron open models to build AI tailored to local language, industry,...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Nvidia's Huang says AI agents are tools, not humanlike beings

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI agents should be treated as tools, not as humanlike beings, in a recent conversation with LangChain founder Harrison Chase. He said the latest...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Acer Gadget posts record second-quarter revenue on AI PC and e-commerce demand

Acer Gadget, the Acer Group subsidiary, reported record second-quarter self-reported revenue and said its two core businesses kept shipments moving in June and the first half of 2026...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Foxconn shows Model A and Model B EVs in Japan through CDMS push

Foxconn recently displayed its Model A and Model B electric vehicles in Tokyo, as the Taiwanese manufacturer stepped further into Japan's EV market. The vehicles were shown for the...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Anthropic eyes autumn IPO to beat OpenAI and DeepSeek to public markets

Anthropic PBC is lining up investor meetings ahead of a potential mega-IPO that could value the Claude maker at US$1 trillion or more, a move that would let it beat both OpenAI and...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Taiwan power device makers gain from automotive inventory buildup and order shifting

Semiconductor supply chains remain tight, and Taiwan power device suppliers say the automotive market, after two years of inventory digestion, is now building up extra stock to avoid...

Thursday 16 July 2026

China's top seller of AI compute has emerged without owning the GPUs

Beijing Approach AI Technology Co., or Approaching.AI, raised more than CNY1 billion within six months by selling AI tokens generated...

Thursday 16 July 2026

AI, ICT projects, and 5G upgrades power Taiwan telecom trio's strong June results

Taiwan's three major telecom operators delivered stronger June 2026 results than a year earlier, supported by robust demand for ICT services, continued 5G migration and expanding digital-service...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Column: From K-Semiconductor to AI superpower —How South Korea is taking its next chip leap

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung unveiled the country's Three Mega Projects for AI and Semiconductors in late June 2026, an ambitious...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Chip inflation drives phone prices higher, clouds 2027 demand

Rising chip costs are adding pressure to consumer electronics, with memory prices expected to stay elevated through at least 2027 and weighing heavily on downstream manufacturers and...

Thursday 16 July 2026

US eyes looser robotaxi rules as China sets national standard

US regulators are considering dropping steering-wheel requirements for fully driverless vehicles, while China is moving a mandatory national safety standard for Level 3 and Level 4...

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