Qualcomm plans to raise chip prices by a double-digit percentage from September 1, passing higher supplier costs into a smartphone market already strained by memory shortages and AI-related competition for semiconductor capacity.

Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group used the San Francisco AI Summit to outline separate artificial intelligence (AI) expansion plans spanning semiconductors, autonomous driving and robotics.

Tesla's push into humanoid robots signals the company's effort to offset a cooling electric vehicle market and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers. The strategy could help reshape its growth outlook, but it also raises the stakes for execution, scale, and cost reduction.

Taiwan's proposed legislation governing unmanned systems remains stalled as competing political parties continue to debate multiple versions of the bill. For the drone industry, however, prolonged uncertainty over the regulatory framework poses a greater challenge than the legislation itself.

Apple is pressing Samsung Display (SDC) and LG Display (LGD) for steep price reductions on OLED panels for the iPhone 18 series as rising memory and storage costs increase handset production expenses.