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Friday 21 August 2026
Apple's VR retreat deepens with rumored layoffs in its Vision team
Apple's spatial computing ambitions are narrowing rather than disappearing, but the direction is increasingly clear: fewer people are building VR headsets, and more are building AI-driven...
Friday 21 August 2026
Research Insight: 2028 key year for optical interconnects in AI racks
Optical communications will likely enter AI server racks in 2028, DIGITIMES analyst Joyce Chen said on August 20 at a semiconductor industry forum in Taipei, as rising AI cluster scale...
Friday 21 August 2026
HP Korea localizes AI strategy with Upstage in healthcare, finance
HP Korea is sharpening its localized AI strategy through a partnership with large language model (LLM) startup Upstage, and has already moved into AI transformation (AX), eyeing demand...
Friday 21 August 2026
Goertek reports higher revenue and profit in 1H26
Chinese electronics manufacturer Goertek reported higher revenue and profit for the first half of 2026, supported by growth in its smart acoustic products and continued investment...
Friday 21 August 2026
Chinese robots pivot to AI models as Unitree, UBTECH shift hardware focus to 'brains'

The battlefield for Chinese humanoid robotics is shifting from motors, joints, and mechanical structures toward AI large models. As embodied...

Friday 21 August 2026
Anthropic venture acquires Casper Studios to expand enterprise AI services
Ode with Anthropic, an Anthropic venture arm, said it has acquired Casper Studios, a move that expands its enterprise artificial intelligence services as companies worldwide look for...
Friday 21 August 2026
800VDC adoption in AI data centers is set to reshape power chip demand
A shift to 800VDC power architectures in next-generation AI data centers is gathering pace, with implications for GPU planning, power semiconductor demand, and rack design. Many vendors...
Friday 21 August 2026
Taiwan export orders near US$98 billion in July, with US as top buyer
Taiwan's export orders climbed by US$207.3 billion, or 52.5%, in the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to data released on August 20 by the...
Friday 21 August 2026
Stripe weighs US$7 billion OpenRouter deal to expand AI model routing
Stripe is in acquisition talks to buy AI startup OpenRouter for more than US$7 billion, according to reporting by Bloomberg and Axios. The price would be more than...
Friday 21 August 2026
Alibaba's 45% AI cloud jump masked by 75% capex surge and margin squeeze
Alibaba Group's June quarter is the clearest statement yet that the company now runs as an AI infrastructure business with an e-commerce cash engine attached, rather than the other...
Friday 21 August 2026
Unitree chief says humanoid robots are not yet ready for mass real-world work
Unitree Technology's soaring debut underscored investor enthusiasm for humanoid robots, but the company's founder said the industry still faces key limits before machines can perform...
Friday 21 August 2026
Alibaba guides AI cloud revenue toward US$10 billion run-rate next quarter
Alibaba is signaling that its most capital-intensive bet yet — a three-year, CNY380 billion (US$56.33 billion) buildout of AI compute — is starting to compound into a self-reinforcing...
Friday 21 August 2026
US ban on robot dogs clears the way for Taiwan's Swancor
To safeguard national security and the development of the AI supply chain, the US has banned imports of advanced humanoid robots. Against that backdrop, Taiwan-based Swancor unveiled...
Friday 21 August 2026
Elice to build South Korea's first warm-water-cooled AI data center, unveils coding agent
South Korean AI infrastructure provider Elice Group is expanding on two fronts, adding enterprise AI transformation (AX) solutions while building what it says will be the country's...
Friday 21 August 2026
China's humanoid robot shipments hit 40,000 in the first half of 2026
China shipped more than 40,000 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, lifting its share of global shipments to 97%, according to a development report released on August 20 at the...