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Monday 7 July 2025

CipherLab sees AI boosts orders; sets up Japanese subsidiary to expand operations

CipherLab, a manufacturer of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) solutions, performed well in the first half of 2025, benefiting from large-scale orders from domestic...

Monday 7 July 2025

Nissan reportedly in talks with Foxconn to explore electric vehicle production at Oppama plant

Nissan Motor is engaging in discussions with Taiwan's Foxconn to potentially use its Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture for electric vehicle (EV) production. This move forms part...

Monday 7 July 2025

Taiwan IPC makers bet on AI agents to drive edge computing boom

Taiwan's industrial PC manufacturers see AI agents as the catalyst for widespread AI adoption, expecting the application market to expand significantly over the next two years as...

Monday 7 July 2025

Samsung's 1H25 performance incentive rates: Samsung foundry bonus drops to 0

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division, which oversees its semiconductor operations, has capped its performance bonus for...

Monday 7 July 2025

Xiaomi's 'toys for grown-ups' strategy fuels hype for YU7 EV, smart glasses

Xiaomi's latest breakout products, the YU7 electric vehicle and AI-powered smart glasses, are making waves not just for their functionality, but for how they're being positioned and...

Monday 7 July 2025

Huawei rejects allegations that its Pangu AI model copied Alibaba's Qwen

Huawei has pushed back against claims that its newly open-sourced Pangu Pro MoE 72B model plagiarized Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen (Qwen-2.5 14B), after a technical analysis flagged unusually...

Monday 7 July 2025

'Taiwan Tongues' initiative launches to amplify Taiwan's linguistic voice in global AI models

On July 4, the Taipei-based Information Management Association (IMA) announced the launch of the "Taiwan Tongues" project, a major initiative to build an open, high-quality AI corpus...

Monday 7 July 2025

Integrating elite hires poses challenge for Meta's AI reboot

Meta Platforms has announced the formation of Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), aiming to challenge rivals in the artificial intelligence sector through a substantial recruitment...

Monday 7 July 2025

Intumit sees growth in Japan, eyes SEA amid AI expansion push

As artificial intelligence (AI) providers increasingly offer free tools, Intumit highlights enterprises' preference for secure, comprehensive solutions over open-source variants....

Monday 7 July 2025

Taiwan energy startup eyes AI-powered grid solutions as power demand surges

Energy AIoT startup Thingnario is positioning Taiwan to capitalize on surging electricity demand from generative AI while meeting net-zero targets, bringing together industry and...

Monday 7 July 2025

CMC Chief: Taiwan auto market set to rebound if tariff policy clears

Taiwan's auto market could see a stronger-than-expected rebound in the second half of 2025—provided key policy uncertainties such as tariffs and commodity taxes are resolved...

Monday 7 July 2025

Toyota delays US EV rollout to 2028 amid weak demand and policy shifts

Toyota Motor Corporation has postponed its plan to produce electric vehicles (EVs) at its US factories, shifting focus to gasoline-powered and hybrid SUVs amid changing market conditions...

Monday 7 July 2025

Aeon Motor unveils new Aeontek brand identity, focusing on dual gas-electric development

Aeon Motor unveiled its new Aeontek brand identity on July 4, highlighting that it has entered a new era of gas and electric vehicle development and global deployment. At the same...

Monday 7 July 2025

J Space drives growth for CMC as Taiwan's auto market recovers

China Motor Corporation (CMC) unveiled a new special edition of its popular J Space model on July 2, 2025. Buoyed by strong sales momentum,...

Monday 7 July 2025

China trains AI natives as it closes the algorithm gap with the US

As global competition in artificial intelligence (AI) intensifies, the US-China rivalry has expanded beyond chips and models to include the competition for talent and education int...

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