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Wednesday 1 October 2025
OpenAI posts US$7.8b operating loss despite US$4.3b revenue in 1H25
OpenAI's revenue in the first half of 2025 reached US$4.3 billion, already surpassing its full-year 2024 revenue. However, due to persistently high R&D expenditures, the company...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
China's Zhaoxin unveils KH-50000 server chip in direct shot at AMD
Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor has unveiled the Kaisheng KH-50000 server CPUs, aiming squarely at AMD's EPYC line. Debuting at Alibaba Cloud's Apsara Conference 2025, the chips were...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Trump, Xi talk 'tech truce' as Oracle takes over TikTok's US future
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call on September 19, a conversation Trump later called "very productive" and " very good ." The call has sparked...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
CoreWeave inks US$14.2 billion AI cloud deal with Meta, signaling surge in AI infrastructure demand
CoreWeave, a cloud computing services provider, disclosed in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on September 25 that it has entered into a new order form with Meta Platforms...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Kioxia and SanDisk launch new Japan facility amid rising AI demand for advanced memory chips
Kioxia and its long-time partner SanDisk announced on September 30 that their new chip factory in northern Japan has officially begun operations, a strategic move to meet the surging...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
OpenAI prepares AI-generated short-video app with TikTok-like interface
OpenAI is reportedly developing an independent app that will feature a vertical video feed similar to TikTok, but with all content generated by artificial intelligence. According...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
OpenAI CEO rumored to secure AI chip and server supply in low-key visit to Taiwan
OpenAI is intensifying efforts to expand its artificial intelligence computing infrastructure, relying heavily on Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain. On September 30, OpenAI CEO...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Techman Robot eyes US plant amid Section 232 tariff impact on robotics
Techman Robot chairman Shi-chi Ho highlighted that rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, from large language models (LLM) to vision-language models (VLM),...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Cohere hits US$7 billion valuation, deepens AMD partnership
Canadian artificial intelligence startup Cohere has secured an additional US$100 million in funding, elevating its valuation to US$7 billion. The company also announced an expanded...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
SK Telecom launches independent AI company with US$3.5 billion investment plan over 5 years
SK Telecom (SKT) has established an internal independent company, AI CIC, to consolidate and expand its AI business, accelerating AI innovation. The company plans to invest KRW5 trillion...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi accelerates abroad, eyeing Southeast Asia and Australia
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service, gaining traction in China, is fast-tracking expansion abroad with Southeast Asia and Australia as its next targets. Halton Niu, GM of Overseas...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Apple supplier BOE expands beyond displays with robotics and AI software unit
BOE Technology, a major Apple display panel supplier, has established a wholly owned subsidiary to expand into robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) software. Sina and...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Passive component inventories fall in 4Q25 as AI power revolution fuels growth
Despite lingering uncertainties, passive component manufacturers are gradually reducing inventory levels, according to the supply chain sources. The steady rise in AI application...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang outlines AI industry shifts and Nvidia's strategic vision in detailed podcast interview
In a recent 110-minute discussion on the BG2 Pod podcast, Nvidia Corporation CEO Jensen Huang addressed critical developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and the future...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Rising AI glasses challenge next-generation smartphone designs
The AI glasses jointly launched by Meta and Ray-Ban have been selling well. With strong promotion from other major brands such as Google and Samsung Electronics, AI glasses are now...