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Tuesday 17 March 2026

Samsung cautious on memory expansion amid concerns over 2028 supply glut

Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division is concerned that the current memory supercycle, driven by supply shortages, could last only one to two years before the market turns downward...

Tuesday 17 March 2026

Alibaba forms 'Token Hub' unit to consolidate AI teams

Alibaba Group Holding is reorganizing its artificial intelligence operations, creating a new business unit to integrate its AI services and development efforts as the Chinese technology...

Tuesday 17 March 2026

China exposes GEO content poisoning grey market, raising new doubts over AI model trustworthiness

Generative AI is becoming a primary search gateway, but the credibility of its underlying content sources is under increasing scrutiny. China has exposed a grey market industry chain...

Tuesday 17 March 2026

SK Hynix dethrones Samsung as South Korea's most desired employer

South Korea's largest job platform Saramin has named SK Hynix the top "most desired large company" for the first time, displacing perennial leader Samsung Electronics. The shift reflects...

Tuesday 17 March 2026

Inter Battery 2026: Global battery market still centered on LFP

Rapid growth in global electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage demand is accelerating shifts in the battery industry landscape. South Korea's three major battery makers, LG Energy...

Tuesday 17 March 2026

China's Hua Hong reportedly develops 7nm process — breakthrough or bottleneck?

Chinese foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor is reportedly preparing a 7nm chip manufacturing process, a development that could mark a significant shift for China's second-largest contract...

Monday 16 March 2026

Sony CIS yield issue raises Apple supply risks, opens door for Samsung

Sony's core semiconductor business, CMOS image sensors (CIS), has reportedly encountered yield challenges in recent production. Industry...

Monday 16 March 2026

DRAM prices surge 180% as HBM competition shifts to profitability

DRAM and NAND flash prices have soared by as much as 180% since the Lunar New Year, amid worsening memory chip supply shortages that are expected to persist at least until late 2027...

Monday 16 March 2026

Samsung gives humanoid robots a hand with new dexterity-focused Hand Lab

Samsung Electronics is targeting one of the hardest engineering challenges in humanoid robotics: building a dexterous robotic hand. The company recently created Hand Lab, a dedicated...

Monday 16 March 2026

AW 2026:Sentient AI emerges as a new industrial safety layer

The automation landscape showcased at Automation World (AW) 2026 marks a profound shift: security and safety are no longer merely compliance metrics, but the foundational layer of...

Monday 16 March 2026

Analysis: Alibaba Qwen talent exit highlights ByteDance's push in multimodal AI

A core researcher behind Alibaba's Qwen large language model has left the company and is reportedly joining ByteDance's AI research unit Seed, Chinese media reported. The move underscores...

Monday 16 March 2026

Analysis: OpenClaw sparks China's AI agent wave, economists see new compute boom

AI agent technology is gaining momentum in China's tech sector, driven by the open-source platform OpenClaw and a trend known locally as "raising lobsters". The phenomenon is drawing...

Monday 16 March 2026

Analysis: BYD eyes F1 entry as it moves from gas engines to electric muscle

As Formula One (F1) prepares to introduce new power unit regulations in 2026, the sport faces its most dramatic technical transformation...

Monday 16 March 2026

Chip inflation spreads as Samsung, Nexchip raise foundry prices and material costs surge

China-based wafer foundry Nexchip recently announced that starting June 1, 2026, it will raise foundry prices by 10% to ensure stable product supply and sustainable long-term partn...

Monday 16 March 2026

Visionox starts 8.6-gen OLED equipment orders, intensifying China–Korea race for IT displays

Visionox has reportedly begun equipment procurement for an 8.6-generation OLED production line, a move that could challenge Samsung Display's (SDC) early lead. SDC gained an advantage...

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