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Thursday 21 August 2025
China and South Korea clash over the future of EV batteries
As the global electric vehicle market begins to cool and Chinese battery giants continue their rapid expansion, South Korea is placing its hopes on next-generation solid-state batteries...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Meta restructures AI lab into four units, eyes potential job cuts
Meta has reportedly reorganized its recently formed 'superintelligence' lab into four units focused on research, products, infrastructure, and advanced model development, while considering...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Taiwan pitches AI robotics as next trillion-dollar industry at Intelligent Asia 2025
The 2025 Intelligent Asia smart manufacturing exhibition opened in Taipei on August 20, 2025, with robotics taking center stage. Taiwanese firms unveiled proprietary modules and solutions,...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
PCB giant Zhen Ding plans US$1.1 billion expansion to support AI supply chain
Zhen Ding Technology, the world's largest printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer, announced that its Chinese subsidiary, Avary Holding, has approved a major investment plan for...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Arm strengthens cloud ASIC ambitions with hire of former AWS executive and top engineers
Arm has brought on Rami Sinno, the former Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive who helped lead development of the Trainium and Inferentia processors, along with senior engineers from...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Alibaba's Qwen3-Coder captures over 20% market share, challenging Claude Sonnet 4 for top AI coding model
Alibaba Group's AI code-writing model, Qwen3-Coder, has become the world's second most used AI coding tool within a month of its July 23 launch. It holds a significant 20% share of...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Huawei turns to software to ease pain from China's scarce AI memory
The global race to build ever-larger AI models is intensifying, and the battle is no longer confined to Nvidia's powerful GPUs. Another crucial, though less visible, component has...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
US expands section 232 tariffs to 407 derivative steel, aluminum products
The US Department of Commerce on August 20, 2025, announced the inclusion of 407 additional product categories under Section 232 tariffs, marking the latest effort to bolster domestic...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Taiwan's auto parts sector struggles to survive market freeze as tariff uncertainty lingers
Taiwan's automotive parts industry is facing its toughest challenge in years, as domestic car demand has stalled since April 2025. The sales freeze has rippled through the supply...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
OpenAI launches affordable ChatGPT subscription in India to encourage free users to upgrade
OpenAI has introduced a new subscription tier, ChatGPT Go, tailored specifically for the Indian market and priced at INR399 per month (about US$4.6). The move aims to boost paid subscriptions...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
China's DeepSeek releases V3.1, boosting the AI model's capabilities
DeepSeek announced what appeared to be an update to its older V3 artificial intelligence model on Tuesday, declaring an enhanced version ready for testing.
The V3.1 has a longer...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Taiwan's manufacturing 'Big Six' are quietly building factories of the future

As industrial automation and robotics evolve at breakneck speed, major global automakers and Tier 1 suppliers are swiftly transforming...

Wednesday 20 August 2025
Xiaomi eyes 2027 European expansion following robust EV profitability
Xiaomi's electric vehicle business delivered strong performance in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting the company's strategic focus on premiumization and operational efficiency...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
VinFast restructures with transfer of Novatech shares worth US$1.6 billion to founder
On August 14, 2025, VinFast Auto announced a restructuring plan that will spin off certain research and development assets into a newly formed entity and subsequently transfer ownership...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Xiaomi shifts gears as EV and AI drive growth despite smartphone slowdown
Xiaomi delivered a strong performance in the second quarter of 2025, underscoring its rapid transformation into a more diversified technology company. Growth in its EV, AI, and new...