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Wednesday 4 February 2026

Alphabet reportedly plans major Bangalore expansion, bolstering India's AI ambition

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, is planning a significant expansion in India, potentially taking millions of square feet of new office space in Bangalore's Whitefield...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Tesla's dry electrode breakthrough revives 4680 battery ambition

Tesla, a company that straddles autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence-driven robotics, and the global energy transition, has long insisted that its future would hinge on its...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

China's tech giants transform Lunar New Year into AI showdown

This year's Lunar New Year holiday is shaping up as an intense AI competition for China's tech industry. Unlike previous campaigns driven by payment platforms or e-commerce red envelope...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

AMD beats estimates, flags softer 1Q26 momentum

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported fourth-quarter results and a first-quarter revenue forecast that exceeded analyst estimates, but its...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Supermicro’s AI boom comes with a risk: one customer, 63% of revenue

Supermicro reported record quarterly revenue while acknowledging that a single customer accounted for 63% of its sales. The company is now implementing a strategy to diversify its...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

NXP abandons low-margin bets to chase the software-defined car

In an earnings call held on February 3, NXP Semiconductors NV reported fourth-quarter revenue of US$3.34 billion, representing a 7% increase year-on-year and a 5% sequential rise....

Wednesday 4 February 2026

AMD delivered the numbers—just not the surprise the AI market wanted

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025, reporting its highest annual revenue to date. While the company met or exceeded...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Alibaba's Quark glasses escalate China's push against Meta and Samsung

Alibaba Group's launch of its Quark artificial intelligence glasses has intensified competition in the global market for AI-powered wearables, as Chinese technology companies step...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Samsung SDI posts heavy loss in 2025, pins recovery hopes on energy storage

Samsung SDI, one of South Korea's three major battery makers, posted a steep operating loss in 2025 as the global market for electric vehicle batteries slumped. The company reported...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Taiwan-US sign Pax Silica Declaration to boost trusted AI and advanced robotics

The sixth US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD) recently concluded with the signing of a joint statement on the Pax Silica Declaration and US-Taiwan Cooperation...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Aito's surge lifts Seres to front of China's EV race

After Huawei transferred the "Aito" brand and related patents to Seres for CNY2.5 billion (approx. US$359 million), Seres has rapidly...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

PC price hikes in 2026 challenge IC design houses to rely on spec upgrades

Major PC brands and chip suppliers have recently warned that price increases for PC products in 2026 are likely unavoidable. Rising costs of memory and many other components continue...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

China leads the humanoid robot supply chain, with 2026 sales forecast to jump

Morgan Stanley is bullish on China's humanoid robot market, forecasting sales to surge 133% year-over-year to 28,000 units in 2026. As supply-chain costs decline and mass production...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Nvidia's Jensen Huang joins Dassault Systèmes event to unveil 3D universe vision

Dassault Systèmes opened its annual flagship conference, 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026, on February 3 in Houston. Building on the launch of its seventh-generation development framework...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Taiwan's paper-counting academic culture is being challenged—here's why

Taiwan has long measured academic success through publication volume, a metric that has driven intense competition with China in research output. But National Science and Technology...

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