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Monday 27 April 2026
Meta signs deal for AWS's Graviton CPUs as inferential and agentic AI enter the scene
Meta and Amazon announced on April 24 that Meta will use Graviton5 CPUs made by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The deal illustrates the growing importance of CPU chips for increasingly...
Monday 27 April 2026
Taiwan's supply chain remains irreplaceable as AI hardware demand continues to surge
Global cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to expand their procurement of AI servers from Taiwan, while high-end GPUs and TPUs manufactured by TSMC are in short supply. Analysts...
Monday 27 April 2026
MediaTek unveils active AI smart cockpit, advancing AI-defined vehicles
MediaTek unveiled its Dimensity Auto "active AI smart cockpit" solution at the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. The launch marks a significant step toward the era...
Monday 27 April 2026
Nio pushes into chipmaking to cut reliance on Nvidia

Nio's founder, chairman, and chief executive, William Li, said on April 24 that the company is accelerating efforts to develop its own automotive...

Monday 27 April 2026
Naver Cloud and HanmiGlobal target global data center expansion amid AI infrastructure race
South Korea's Naver Cloud and construction project management firm HanmiGlobal have formed a strategic alliance to jointly pursue large-scale data center projects overseas, with a...
Monday 27 April 2026
Quanta bets on speed and scale to power next growth wave
Quanta Computer is doubling down on speed, scale, and execution as it heads into 2026, with leadership expressing strong confidence that surging AI server demand will drive another...
Monday 27 April 2026
Smart cockpit's next test: Can AI deliver real value?

The 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition opened on April 24 with a new focal point: the rapid ascent of large language models...

Monday 27 April 2026
DeepSeek cuts API prices 90%, sets new global low for LLM services
DeepSeek's 90% cut to fees for input cache hit, which occurs when the model reuses previously computed results for identical or similar inputs instead of recomputing them, across its...
Monday 27 April 2026
Exclusive: As cars go digital, cybersecurity emerges as industry's new battleground
As the global automotive industry moves toward deeper integration of electronic and electrical (E/E) architectures, a new axis of competition is emerging: digital sovereignty. Fueled...
Monday 27 April 2026
MediaTek ASIC revenue may overtake smartphone chips amid Google's TPU ramps
MediaTek's application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) business is drawing market attention as volume production of Google's tensor processing units (TPUs) is expected to ramp from...
Monday 27 April 2026
South Korea's telecom giants unveil full-stack AI strategies at WIS 2026, highlighting agents, infrastructure, and 6G
South Korea's three leading telecom operators—SK Telecom (SKT), KT, and LG U+—signaled a decisive shift beyond connectivity at the World IT Show (WIS) 2026, held April...
Monday 27 April 2026
Tesla doubles down on robotaxi and FSD, recasting cars into revenue-generating assets
At its first-quarter 2026 earnings call, Tesla set out a clear shift in strategy: moving the auto industry away from ownership toward a usage-based mobility model. By aligning software,...
Monday 27 April 2026
Meta and Alibaba blur social media and e-commerce boundaries
The rise of generative AI has blurred the boundaries between the social media and e-commerce industries, driving a shift in their business models that has been exemplified by recent...
Monday 27 April 2026
Taiwan's NCSIST partners with Saronic to advance autonomous maritime capabilities

Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) said on April 24 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding...

Sunday 26 April 2026
BMW's color-changing car is no longer a concept — E Ink says it's ready for mass production
E-paper manufacturer E Ink stated that the BMW iX3 Flow Edition equipped with E Ink Prism technology was officially released at the Auto China 2026. This represents a major breakthrough...