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Wednesday 20 May 2026

Exclusive: Automakers turn to Taiwan for faster vehicle electronics development

A quiet but consequential shift is underway in the global automotive industry's race toward electrification and software-defined vehicles. Executives in Taiwan's automotive-electronics...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Former Samsung semiconductor head warns that memory prices and demand could fall sharply after 2028

The global semiconductor industry has been focused on a memory supercycle, with some forecasts suggesting the upturn could last until 2030. However, Kye-hyun Kyung, former head of...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Google and Blackstone could lift ASIC demand with TPU leasing joint venture

Recent media reports say Google is set to team up with Blackstone to form a new cloud computing leasing company, with Blackstone as the main shareholder. The new venture aims to build...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan to boost AI and strategic-industry spending to increase competitiveness

Taiwan's cabinet announced plans to expand public spending on AI and other strategic industries to protect the island's high-tech manufacturing lead, strengthen economic security and...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Ex-OpenAI and Tesla AI lead joins Anthropic to accelerate Claude pretraining research

Anthropic said it hired a high-profile AI researcher who will join its pretraining team to accelerate large-language-model pretraining research using Claude, as announced in May 2026...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Commentary: China hardens AI self-reliance push after Trump-Xi talks

After the Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, China's senior leadership has stepped up inspections of artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing and computing infrastructure, offering a...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan suppliers look past Tesla as China's robot makers scale up

Tesla remains a bellwether for humanoid robots, but its delayed production timeline is prompting Taiwanese suppliers to reassess where...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Analysis: Japan's auto giants diverge—who's navigating the storm, and who's still in it

Japan's three largest automakers reported fiscal 2025 results that signal shifting production strategies and significant implications for suppliers across North America and beyond...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Interview: Governments are losing the AI cybersecurity race, and Palo Alto Networks thinks it has the answer

Governments are losing the race against AI. That is the blunt assessment of Nicole Quinn, vice president of policy and government affairs for Asia-Pacific at Palo Alto Networks. Policy...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

AMD makes history with first overseas AI DevDay in Shanghai, targeting deeper China partnerships

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chair and CEO Lisa Su led the company's China team in Shanghai for AMD AI DevDay 2026 on May 19. The event marks the first time it has been held outside...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan robotics hub aims to move suppliers beyond components

Taiwan has opened a new robotics R&D center in southern Taiwan, aiming to help local manufacturers move beyond component supply and...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Anthropic buys Stainless, forcing OpenAI and Google to rebuild or migrate SDK tooling

Anthropic acquired developer tools startup Stainless and shut down its public SDK generator, removing an automated API-to-SDK workflow used by major AI providers and forcing rivals...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Microsoft warns GitHub could be displaced as rivals gain ground with AI coding tools

Microsoft has warned internally that GitHub faces an existential risk as competing AI coding tools from Cursor, Anthropic's Claude Code, and OpenAI threaten to erode GitHub's Copilot...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Google I/O 2026: Agents, multimodal models, and a sweeping search overhaul

At its I/O 2026 conference on May 19, Google unveiled an expansive suite of AI-powered products, models, and hardware aimed at advancing autonomous agents across consumer and enterprise...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Google I/O 2026: Stitch shakes up AI design and dev workflows

Google's announcement of its Stitch AI design platform triggered immediate market reactions, raising substantial questions about the future of design professions, competitive dynamics...

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