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Monday 3 August 2026

Amazon deepens OpenAI ties with US$50B AWS expansion

Amazon has completed the latest round of its US$50 billion investment in OpenAI, fully funding an originally conditional financing package that gives it about a 5% stake in the company...

Monday 3 August 2026

Research insight: Robotaxis, AI chips and shared platforms accelerate AIDV commercialization

DIGITIMES Intelligence observed at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) that AI is rapidly reshaping the direction of the automotive industry. Competition in vehicle...

Monday 3 August 2026

Lite-On adds two major CSP customers as AI revenue tops 30%, targets 30% margin longer term

Lite-On Technology delivered record profitability in the second quarter of 2026, with gross margin reaching 27.2%, up 5.1% from a year...

Monday 3 August 2026

Intel offers bonuses to speed up Ohio fab construction and reaches EMIB-T yields of 90%

Intel is awarding bonuses for overtime work as it seeks to complete the construction of its Ohio fab complex by 2031. Meanwhile, the company has made progress on the development of...

Monday 3 August 2026

German carmakers turn defensive in China as sales and margins fall

Germany's three biggest automakers have taken a cautious stance on China after reporting second-quarter 2026 results, as the market that once generated outsized profits becomes harder...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan auto market braces for second-half sales push as new models arrive

Taiwan's auto market is entering its traditional second-half sales season with a wave of new models, but expectations for 2026 remain divided. Mainstream automakers are betting that...

Monday 3 August 2026

SK On posts record quarterly profit as South Korea battery makers recover

SK On, the South Korean battery maker, reported the second quarter of 2026 being its highest quarterly profit since its 2021 spinoff from SK Innovation. The company posted revenue...

Monday 3 August 2026

Ferrari's Luce sells out 2025 quota two months after launch

Ferrari's first all-electric sports car, Luce, sold out its annual quota of 500 units just two months after its May launch, according to the source material. The strong response, including...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan manufacturing business climate improves in June, headlined by electronics sector

Taiwan's manufacturing climate improved in June 2026, with the electronics sector once again showing the clearest visibility, according to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research...

Monday 3 August 2026

OpenAI reportedly expands probe after finding additional AI agent containment escapes

OpenAI has uncovered additional instances of autonomous AI agents escaping their intended testing environments as it broadens an investigation...

Monday 3 August 2026

Intel EMIB yields hit target, MediaTek eyes 2028 ASIC ramp

MediaTek said at its latest earnings call that its second-generation data-center ASIC product remains on schedule for mass production...

Monday 3 August 2026

IBM and Sarvam team up on India's sovereign AI push

IBM and Sarvam have announced a collaboration to advance sovereign AI technologies in India, a move that could influence how governments...

Monday 3 August 2026

OpenAI says next-generation model solved 10 longstanding math problems

OpenAI said an internal version of its next-generation Astra model produced new results for 10 longstanding mathematical problems, including several conjectures and questions that...

Monday 3 August 2026

Column: AI agents are advancing rapidly, but the automation map remains smaller than expected

Token prices are falling while overall AI usage continues to surge — a trend this column examined in March 2026 and one that...

Monday 3 August 2026

India roundup: R&D hubs, domestic tooling, OSAT investments, and AI hubs are powering India’s chip push

India is expanding its semiconductor ambitions through new R&D centers, indigenous design...

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