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Thursday 23 July 2026

Tesla 2Q26: Record deliveries mask 1.4% operating margin as robotaxi and Optimus bets mount

Tesla posted its strongest-ever second quarter for vehicle sales in results released after the US market close on July 22, but a razor-thin operating margin and a sharp swing to negative...

Thursday 23 July 2026

Alphabet 2Q26: Cloud backlog hits $514B as AI demand outpaces capacity

Alphabet's second-quarter 2026 results, reported on July 22, have shifted the market conversation about the company from whether its massive artificial-intelligence build-out is affordable...

Thursday 23 July 2026

AMD lands Anthropic as its third marquee AI customer, chipping at Nvidia's grip on training silicon

Advanced Micro Devices has signed Anthropic to a multi-year supply-and-investment pact worth tens of billions of US dollars, a deal that hands the chipmaker its third top-tier artificial-intelligence...

Thursday 23 July 2026

Meta's rumored 'Switchboard' router signals a broader industry pivot from raw model power to cost-aware orchestration

Meta Platforms is prototyping an internal AI model router that would steer easy tasks to cheaper models, a move that places the world's largest social-media company inside a fast-growing...

Thursday 23 July 2026

Mobileye expands Stellantis partnership with cloud-enhanced ADAS for future vehicles

Mobileye said in a press release on July 21 that its cloud-enhanced advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology will be integrated into select future Stellantis vehicles launching...

Thursday 23 July 2026

Xpeng shifts toward Physical AI with robotaxi, robot, flying car

Xpeng is transforming into a physical AI supplier over the next 10 years, with robotaxi, humanoid robots, and flying cars as its three...

Thursday 23 July 2026

Johnson Fine eyes 2026-2027 IPO on AI CCL supply chain push

Specialty chemicals maker Johnson Fine Chemical has won approval from the Taiwan Stock Exchange for its listing plan and is now targeting...

Thursday 23 July 2026

ASEAN AI data center power demand seen at 6-7GW

ASEAN countries have become a battleground for global cloud service providers and infrastructure developers. After visiting the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) in mid-2025,...

Thursday 23 July 2026

Jensen Huang says Nvidia and Wistron are mass-producing AI servers like phones

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company is working with Wistron to mass-produce GB300 AI servers like phones as AI spreads across industries and demand surges. He made the remarks...

Thursday 23 July 2026

AVer Information targets commercial drone market with AI vision engine

AVer Information is expanding into the commercial drone market, focusing its research and development on the highest-value segment of the value chain: the artificial intelligence (AI)...

Thursday 23 July 2026

OpenAI faces backlash over Kimi K3 open source criticism

OpenAI's new strategy chief Dean Ball has drawn sharp criticism from Trump administration officials and advisers after posting a lengthy commentary on Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model....

Thursday 23 July 2026

IQE lifts 2026 outlook as AI data centers accelerate indium phosphide demand

IQE has raised its 2026 revenue outlook as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and data centers continues to strengthen,...

Thursday 23 July 2026

ITRI, tech execs tackle AI power and thermal bottlenecks at forum as chip demand soars

As AI computing drives surging electricity demand and heat generation, Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) brought together government officials...

Thursday 23 July 2026

With competitiveness hitting record levels, Taiwan should learn from US in talent retention, urges president

With Taiwan's competitiveness setting a new high, President Ching-te Lai on July 21 called on local companies to learn from the US and work together to retain talent. The remarks came...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Sumitomo Chemical eyes 2028 production of lower-cost solid-state battery electrolyte

Sumitomo Chemical plans to begin mass production of a halide-based solid electrolyte in Japan as early as fiscal 2028, positioning the...

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