Leading Chinese tech companies are adopting the Model Context Protocol (MCP) developed by AI startup Anthropic, which simplifies AI agents' access to third-party online tools, data, and systems. This move is expected to boost commercial use and innovation in AI applications.
Alphabet Inc. reported stellar results driven by AI advancements. Facing competition from ChatGPT, the company maintains its US$75 billion AI infrastructure investment despite rumors indicating Microsoft and AWS are slowing AI investments.
CloudMile Group, a Taiwanese startup specializing in AI-driven cloud services, is extending its reach into Southeast Asia, eyeing rapid growth in AI adoption across the region. In an interview with DIGITIMES Asia, Jeremy Heng, managing director of CloudMile Southeast Asia, shared insights on how different ASEAN nations are shaping their AI ecosystems—with Singapore emerging as a standout leader.
Taiwan-based KingRay Technology has developed a next-generation sensor featuring advanced color night vision capabilities, now fully packaged for deployment in surveillance systems and various unmanned intelligent vehicle cameras.
Amazon and Microsoft have reportedly paused selected external data center lease agreements, impacting third-party colocation centers but not their self-built facilities. The move adds fresh uncertainty to the cloud services market, which is already under pressure from ongoing US-China tariff tensions and infrastructure supply constraints.
IBM's first quarter results for 2025 showed a slight revenue rise to US$14.54 billion, a 0.5% increase year over year and just above analysts' expectations of US$14.4 billion.
OpenAI would be interested in buying Google's Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.
Microsoft is set to release its latest earnings report on April 30, with the market closely watching key topics such as Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI, data center developments, and AI revenue contributions. These have been among the most frequently asked questions during recent quarterly earnings calls.
The rise of edge computing and artificial intelligence is revitalizing Taiwan's software sector, leading to a new wave of startups despite longstanding hurdles. Among the emerging players, O'Prueba Technology—a spin-off from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, founded in 2018—has quickly gained traction through partnerships with major tech firms such as Inventec and Ennoconn. Its growing influence signals a shift in Taiwan's historically hardware-centric ICT industry.
India's competition regulator has issued a ruling that will prevent Google from providing the default operating system for Android TVs in the country. Additionally, Google will cease to be the default application store on these smart TVs, marking a notable shift in the Indian smart TV market.
Alphabet pays Samsung Electronics an "enormous sum of money" every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, according to court testimony, even though the company's practice of paying for installations has twice been found to violate the law.
OpenAI has revealed plans to release an open-source AI model in the coming months, though it is still evaluating the appropriate scale for the release. The announcement comes alongside the launch of Codex CLI, an open-source development tool aimed at reinforcing OpenAI's developer ecosystem. While the move signals a growing push toward openness, the company faces two major hurdles: mitigating potential use by Chinese competitors and preserving its revenue growth trajectory.
As the US-China tariff standoff intensifies, Beijing is signaling a strategic pivot—redirecting retaliation from goods to services and placing America's tech-heavy service sector squarely in its sights.
Taiwanese industries are increasingly feeling the effects of US tariff policies, primarily aimed at China, as disruptions spread across manufacturing exports, customs processes, and e-commerce platforms. At a recent joint press event hosted by CTBC Bank, SAP, and IBM, experts highlighted growing concerns over supply chain instability and rising operational costs.
Google has once again requested permission from the South Korean government to export high-precision map data, marking its third attempt in nearly two decades. The move, confirmed by local media reports including Chosun Biz and ET News, comes amid increasing US trade pressure and raises concerns about the impact on South Korea's domestic digital mapping industry.
As US-China trade tensions escalate and global supply chains restructure, China's shift from exports to domestic sales is becoming a long-term strategy—not a short-term fix. Surging consumer stocks reflect growing investor confidence in the "China for China" model, where local production is tailored to serve local demand.
Electric vehicles are naturally ideal platforms for testing AI technologies. At the same time, the robotics industry is moving beyond 2D control systems into 3D, 4D, and more complex dimensions. The real shift, however, lies in business model innovation, not just technical advancement. Lei Zhang, founder of Hillhouse Investment, highlights this evolution, calling China "not only a leader in technological innovation, but a global powerhouse in business model innovation." A new wave of Chinese entrepreneurs is capturing global attention.
Google has opened its vast network cable system to enterprises through the Cloud Wide Area Network (Cloud WAN) solution. This service allows cross-cloud connectivity with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), meeting the growing demand for advanced networking due to enterprise AI applications.
To protect its workforce amid fierce competition for AI talent, Google DeepMind has introduced a non-compete clause for certain UK employees, preventing them from joining rivals like Microsoft or OpenAI up to one year after leaving the company.
Taiwanese AI startup APMIC has teamed up with the language model research community Twinkle AI to launch a 3B Traditional Chinese inference model that can be used on mobile devices, as well as larger 24B and 70B models. These inference models were created using open source models along with Traditional Chinese corpora, fine-tuning, and distillation technologies.
Dassault Systèmes' digital twin technology, widely used in technology and manufacturing for digital transformation, has also made significant strides in the field of human digital twins. The company aims to drive medical innovation and cutting-edge therapies by integrating digital twin, virtual simulation, AI, and other technologies into heart and brain research, enabling more precise and personalized medical and health management.
South Korean leading tech conglomerates Naver and Kakao have placed artificial intelligence firmly at the core of their future strategies, as evidenced by recent shareholder meetings. However, despite this shared focus, the companies are pursuing markedly different approaches shaped by distinct leadership styles and internal priorities, reports ETNews and ZDNet Korea.
Huawei Chairman Liang Hua said at the Guangdong High-Quality Development Conference in early February that the company's total sales revenue for 2024 surpassed CNY860 billion (approx. US$118.42 billion).
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), smart healthcare and digital health are entering a new era of possibilities. In response, the Taiwanese government is leveraging biomedical big data and AI-driven computing to develop innovative biomedical solutions and foster an industry-academia alliance for smart healthcare.
