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Monday 14 July 2025

South Korea advances self-driving commuter bus with risk prediction model

South Korea's autonomous driving technology has entered the proof-of-concept stage. Their PanTa-G self-driving bus operates in Pangyo and has so far served over 55,000 passengers and...

Monday 14 July 2025

As Nvidia soars, Taiwan's AI OEMs outpace TSMC in growth

Nvidia's landmark surge to a US$4 trillion market capitalization on July 10 has reverberated across the global tech landscape—but nowhere more profoundly than in Taiwan. As Nvidia...

Monday 14 July 2025

US judges diverge on AI but land on same legal ground

Meta Platforms and Anthropic secured separate legal victories in copyright disputes over using books to train artificial intelligence models, with federal judges ruling the practice...

Monday 14 July 2025

Taiwan launches smart robotics talent program to compete with semiconductor sector

Taiwan is positioning robotics as a national growth engine, with Premier Cho Jung-tai naming it a top strategic priority alongside semiconductors and drones. To accelerate progress...

Monday 14 July 2025

Trans-sun Materials' revenue rises 4.6% month-over-month in June 2025 on AI demand

Trans-Sun Materials Technology, a Taiwan-based electronic functional materials manufacturer, posted June revenue of NT$116 million (approx. US$3.98 million), up 4.64% from May but...

Monday 14 July 2025

Taiwan's CAEC surges 877% on chip industry battery demand

Taiwan's Changs Ascending Enterprise Co. (CAEC) posted June revenue of NT$48.6 million (approx. US$1.5 million), up 877% from a year earlier, as semiconductor manufacturers adopted...

Monday 14 July 2025

Hyundai sets 2028 goal for AI-integrated software-defined vehicles

Hyundai Motor, South Korea's largest automaker, has announced plans to release its first production vehicle equipped with end-to-end (E2E)...

Sunday 13 July 2025

South Korea races to catch up in global humanoid robot competition

AI is already driving cars, writing papers, and coding computers. Society has now upgraded to humanoids and is on track to potentially become the norm.

Sunday 13 July 2025

China plots desert AI hub with 115,000 Nvidia chips, skirting US export bans

China plans to build at least 39 data centers in the desert regions of Xinjiang and Qinghai, outfitted with over 115,000 Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs. These advanced chips have been under...

Sunday 13 July 2025

Despite exchange rates hurting June revenue, Laster Tech's 1H25 still posts record high

Despite foreign exchange fluctuations and seasonal factors decreasing June revenue, LED automotive lighting module manufacturer Laster Tech still achieved a record-high consolidated...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Trump's 30% tariff threat to EU and Mexico comes with fine print

President Donald Trump unleashed his latest tariff ultimatums, declaring a 30% rate for Mexico and the European Union, as his trade agenda continues to keep allies off balance and...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Chipmakers bet on premium smartphones to weather 2H25 headwinds

Despite a generally negative outlook for the second half of the year, Largan, a key market indicator, stressed during its earnings call that the demand momentum for new flagship smartphones...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Google brings Gemini AI to Wear OS, boosting Samsung's new smartwatch and foldables

Google is bringing its Gemini artificial intelligence model to smartwatches running Wear OS, marking a significant expansion beyond smartphones...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Hyundai weighs 3rd EV factory in Europe to bypass tariffs, build local edge

Hyundai Motor is considering the construction of a third electric vehicle (EV) plant in Europe as part of its broader strategy to capitalize on the region's EV recovery and offset...

Friday 11 July 2025

Google DeepMind spinoff Biotech moves AI-designed drug to human trials

The biotechnology sector is hailing a major milestone as Isomorphic Labs, a startup incubated by Google DeepMind, prepares to enter human trials with a drug candidate designed using...

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