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Wednesday 11 June 2025
Uber acquires Crown Taxi in Taiwan
Uber has announced its first fleet acquisition in Taiwan by purchasing long-time partner Crown Taxi. The ride-hailing giant plans to introduce an integrated operating model combining...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China's 10 rare earth powerhouses driving 70% of global supply

In April 2025, China imposed new export restrictions on seven critical mid-to-heavy rare earth elements—samarium (Sm), gadolinium (Gd),...

Tuesday 10 June 2025
UK is in 'Goldilocks' moment, says Nvidia CEO
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised the UK for its top-tier artificial intelligence (AI) talent and described the country as being in a "Goldilocks" position for AI advancement. However,...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Qualcomm seals Autotalks deal, expands V2X chip output with Samsung Foundry
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), a unit of Qualcomm Inc., has finalized its acquisition of Israeli vehicle-to-everything (V2X) chipmaker Autotalks, reinforcing its push into connected...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
OpenAI annualized revenue doubles to US$10B, eyes profitability by 2029
OpenAI's annualized revenue reached US$10 billion as of June 2025, nearly doubling from US$5.5 billion at the end of 2024, according to reports from CNBC, the
Tuesday 10 June 2025
WWDC 2025: Cosmetic upgrades, but AI questions linger
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025, held on June 9, marked the debut of a new design language called "Liquid Glass" and introduced updates across its software platforms,...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
San Fu unveils seven strategies to ride semiconductor wave and expand overseas
Taiwan-based San Fu Chemical unveiled a broad seven-point strategic roadmap at its annual shareholder meeting on June 9, 2025, signaling the company's intent to deepen its footprint...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Tesla rewires its battery strategy with US-made LFP pivot
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now refocused on company operations after stepping back from government affairs, has unveiled plans to build a fully vertically integrated battery supply chain...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Flex joins MIT's 'New Manufacturing' initiative, aims to reinvent US industry with AI and global sustainability labs
Flex, the Texas-based global manufacturing and supply chain services firm, has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 's newly launched Initiative for New Manufacturing...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Edge AI stalls, cloud AI soars: a new divide in Taiwan’s chip industry
Taiwan's IC design firms remain optimistic about the long-term trajectory of artificial intelligence (AI), but their outlook for the second half of 2025 has turned markedly cautious...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Ren Zhengfei breaks silence on Huawei's AI and chip strategy
As a new round of China–US trade talks took place in London, the United States held firm on restrictions targeting China's access to advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips,...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
DeepMind VP urges Taiwan to prioritize software over LLM training
Ed Chi, vice president of research at Google DeepMind, recently visited Taiwan and delivered remarks urging the island to reconsider its approach to AI development. In a public speech,...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
US-China trade talks rekindled in London: rare earths, export curbs, Nvidia chips in focus
US-China trade talks resumed in London on June 10, extending a new bilateral economic and trade consultation mechanism launched with more than six hours of discussions the day before...
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Taiwan chip designers bet on edge AI, with robotics leading the charge

While most of today's AI chip business is concentrated in cloud computing, industry leaders are increasingly turning their attention...

Tuesday 10 June 2025
Taiwan's May exports hit record US$51.74 billion on AI server boom and US tariff dynamics
Taiwan's total export value in May 2025 soared to a record US$51.74 billion, surpassing the US$50 billion mark for the first time and marking a 38.6% year-over-year increase. According...