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Tuesday 19 May 2026
Jury clears OpenAI of Musk's claims, paving way for US$1 trillion IPO
A jury has ruled in OpenAI's favor in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk that laid bare the personal feud between the world's richest man and the AI company's leadership. The jurors found...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
TDK expands bonding equipment investment, launches first mass production of nanocomposite materials
Japanese electronic components manufacturer TDK will make its largest-ever capital investment in fiscal 2026, running from April 2026 to March 2027, to address surging demand related...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Lens Technology's Ju Teng bid puts China's notebook supply chain in focus

Lens Technology is seeking control of Ju Teng International Holdings in a deal that could cost as much as US$337 million, expanding the...

Tuesday 19 May 2026
Taiwan backs humanoid robotics, materials innovation with fresh R&D grants
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded subsidies to three research and development projects, approving NT$100 million (US$3.16 million) for Solomon's humanoid robot Vision-Language-Action...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Analog Devices reportedly closes in on US$1.5 billion cash bid for Empower Semiconductor
Analog Devices Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire Empower Semiconductor for about US$1.5 billion in cash, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A formal...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
AMD gains Beijing spotlight: China courts Lisa Su for AI chip ties
Shortly after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang left China following a delegation led by US President Donald Trump, Beijing officials swiftly announced a meeting with Advanced Micro Devices...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Chipmakers rejoice as Googlebook entry heats up AI PC race
Google's announcement for the upcoming Googlebook, which tightly integrates Gemini features, signals that it is no longer limiting its PC strategy to the Chromebook line and is pushing...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Google and Blackstone reportedly plan AI cloud venture to expand TPU business
Alphabet's Google and Blackstone are planning to launch a new artificial intelligence cloud company that would use Google's proprietary AI chips to compete in the fast-growing AI infrastructure...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Liquid cooling spreads beyond AI GPUs as memory and network cards join adoption wave
Nvidia's fanless Vera Rubin AI server racks, slated for mass production in the second half of 2026, are expected to accelerate global adoption of liquid cooling across server components,...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
China doubles down on AI-driven manufacturing upgrade
Chinese officials have renewed calls to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) more deeply into manufacturing as Beijing seeks to modernize traditional industries, strengthen industrial...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
China's AI token boom fuels push for national compute network

China is accelerating plans for a national computing power network as artificial intelligence (AI) token usage surges, casting AI compute...

Tuesday 19 May 2026
Baidu says AI is now the majority of its business
Baidu said its core AI businesses became the majority of the company's revenue in the first quarter of 2026, driven by rapid growth in AI cloud infrastructure, expanded foundation-model...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Analysts divided on Baidu's AI monetization as cloud growth offsets ad weakness
Analysts offered mixed assessments of Baidu after the Chinese internet company posted first-quarter revenue that topped market expectations, with some pointing to stronger AI monetization...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Australia orders six China-linked investors to divest 17% stake in Northern Minerals
Australia directed six China-linked investors to sell their combined 17% stake in rare earths miner Northern Minerals within two weeks, as reported by The Wall Street Journal...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Anthropic debuts Claude for Legal to embed generative AI into law firm workflows
Anthropic launched Claude for Legal, a specialized version of its Claude generative AI designed to integrate directly with law firms' existing tools and workflows, the company announced...