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Tuesday 18 August 2026

Tech blocs of the new Cold War: US pushes allies to pick a side

The intensifying US-China technology rivalry is moving beyond export controls and semiconductor restrictions. What comes next could...

Tuesday 18 August 2026

SpaceX, Nvidia push space AI from lunar exploration toward orbital data centers

As SpaceX accelerates its push into space-based AI data centers and Nvidia brings Jetson GPUs into lunar exploration missions, the race...

Tuesday 18 August 2026

WeRide weighs expansion into Australia, Japan, South Korea, and SEA

Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide is considering expansion into Australia, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia as it steps...

Tuesday 18 August 2026

European industrial suppliers gain from AI data center buildout

European makers of vacuum pumps, heat exchangers, and industrial gases are seeing new demand from the rapid buildout of AI factories, according to Bloomberg. The shift is...

Tuesday 18 August 2026

OpenAI revenue chief to exit as company advances IPO preparations

OpenAI said its revenue chief, Denise Dresser, will step down after less than a year in the role, adding another senior departure as the artificial intelligence company moves through...

Tuesday 18 August 2026

South Korea telcos pass KRW1 trillion in first-half AI data center revenue

South Korea's three major telecom operators generated more than KRW1 trillion (approx. US$706 billion) in combined artificial intelligence data center revenue in the first half of...

Monday 17 August 2026

Taiwan Mobile lifts 2026 profit outlook on AI data center push

Taiwan Mobile has raised its full-year 2026 operating profit growth outlook to 7% to 9%, excluding the impact of its planned Systex...

Monday 17 August 2026

Phison CEO sees years of NAND shortage, AI growth chance

Phison Electronics CEO Pua Khein-Seng said the company is seizing a once-in-a-lifetime chance to transform into a high-growth business as AI agents drive massive demand, keeping NAND...

Monday 17 August 2026

Record orders, yet profits squeezed: Asia-Pacific electronics supply chain caught in cost crunch

Global Electronics Association survey data show that demand across the global electronics manufacturing industry maintained steady...

Monday 17 August 2026

LG-Nvidia physical AI partnership speeds up as robotics chief reportedly heads to South Korea

Less than a week after LG Group and Nvidia signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU), Madison Huang, Nvidia's senior director...

Monday 17 August 2026

Giant warns rising bicycle parts costs will pressure margins

Giant said rising raw material prices and price hikes for components from Japanese supplier Shimano, starting from August 2026, will...

Monday 17 August 2026

Nvidia closing in on US$100B credit guarantee deal for OpenAI's Ohio data center

Nvidia is approaching an agreement to provide credit guarantees of around US$100 billion for OpenAI's 10GW data center in Ohio, among the largest AI infrastructure projects ever, according...

Monday 17 August 2026

AMD eyes Taalas: will the system ditch HBM, advanced packaging, and 3D stacking?

The AI compute landscape was jolted in February 2026 by Taalas, a Canadian startup founded by former AMD and NVIDIA architect Ljubisa Bajic. Emerging with an unconventional "Model-Based"...

Monday 17 August 2026

LG, Nvidia step up humanoid push with robot data factory

Nvidia's Madison Huang is set to visit LG Electronics' Yangjae R&D campus in Seoul on August 18 to inspect the company's robot data...

Monday 17 August 2026

China battery makers rework costs as lithium prices fall and taxes rise

China's lithium battery industry is entering a new phase of cost restructuring as falling lithium carbonate prices, uncertain supply conditions and higher taxes squeeze manufacturers'...

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