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Wednesday 5 August 2026
Waymo weighs ending Uber robotaxi role as app control battle intensifies
Waymo is considering leaving its robotaxi partnership with Uber as it seeks to bring ride-hailing service in Austin and Atlanta under the Waymo App starting in 2028. The shift would...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Cloud AI chipmakers race to secure capacity with long-term deals
Cloud AI chip demand remains exceptionally hot, forcing chipmakers to put advanced-node capacity at the top of their agenda. IC design firms say technical strength and cost are no...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
US dominates world's largest AI data centers as China places three in global top 60
The global race to build AI data centers is accelerating. According to Epoch AI's latest AI Data Centers report, more than 60 hyperscale AI data centers have either entered operation...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Roborock breaks free from Xiaomi to lead robot vacuums

Roborock Technology, which started out in Xiaomi's ecosystem, has staged a comeback to become the global leader in robot vacuums. After...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
China robot capital surges past US in global VC boom

Global venture capital has rebounded on the AI boom after the pandemic freeze, with total investment in the first half of 2026 already...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
From chip to grid: OCP CEO George Tchaparian on redefining data center architecture for the AI era
Ahead of the OCP APAC Summit in Taipei, George Tchaparian says co-packaged optics (CPO) gives Taiwan an opportunity to turn its manufacturing and packaging expertise into global...
Tuesday 4 August 2026
China claims 8 in 10 robots worldwide are made at home

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said humanoid robots have become a key symbol of the country's emerging manufacturing...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Taiwan classifies semiconductors, AI as high-energy industries, launches decarbonization project

Taiwan's government has recently begun classifying the semiconductor and AI industries as high-energy consumption industries in recent...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Factorial, SK On sign pact to assess solid-state battery manufacturing

Factorial Energy and SK On have agreed to study whether existing battery plants could be adapted for solid-state cells, a move that...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Wistron backs Taiwan's sovereign AI effort with 2.4 million computing hours

Wistron will provide 2.4 million hours of AI computing capacity in 2026 and support Taiwan's first open-source language model for three...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Analysis: Tesla's driverless ambitions get regulatory reality check

Tesla's latest quarterly results fell short of market expectations, but another development attracted equal attention: CEO Elon Musk...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Onsemi details AI data center momentum, pricing strategy in Q2 earnings call

Onsemi's leadership fielded a wide range of investor questions following the company's second-quarter 2026 results, with much of the...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Intel China adds day 0 support for MiniMax H3 after DeepSeek

Intel China has completed day-0 adaptation for MiniMax H3, the latest multimodal generative model from Chinese AI startup MiniMax,...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Alibaba unveils biggest Qwen model as DeepSeek deepens China's AI price war
Alibaba Group unveiled Qwen3.8-Max on August 3, calling it its largest and most capable artificial intelligence (AI) model to date, as DeepSeek's low-cost V4-Flash intensified competition...
Tuesday 4 August 2026
AI's payback math: how long can servers last?

Amazon's second-quarter 2026 results beat market expectations by a wide margin, but rapidly expanding investment in artificial intelligence...