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Thursday 4 June 2026

Laster posts April profit as it refocuses automotive orders and eyes Mexico plant

LED automotive module maker Laster reported a return to profitability in April after restructuring its order mix to emphasize higher-value products. The company announced consolidated...

Thursday 4 June 2026

Qualcomm says Snapdragon C fills entry-level AI PC gap, not tied to Apple

Qualcomm's new entry-level Snapdragon C lineup is not directly tied to Apple, according to Kedar Kondap, senior vice president and general manager of compute and gaming at Qualcomm...

Thursday 4 June 2026

BOE races Samsung for Gen 8.6 OLED title despite low yield

BOE is preparing to hold a mass-production shipment ceremony for its Gen 8.6 IT OLED line in mid-June, positioning the Chinese display...

Thursday 4 June 2026

E Ink and BMW advance automotive color-changing tech toward market readiness

Taiwan-based electronic paper leader E Ink Holdings is preparing to bring its color-changing vehicle technology to market after overcoming key regulatory and technical hurdles with...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Liteon: RTX Spark could turn AI PCs into personal assistants

Liteon Technology showcased AI power management and liquid cooling solutions at COMPUTEX 2026, highlighting technologies aimed at supporting both AI PCs and next-generation AI data...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

The robotics future will arrive in stages, Qualcomm exec predicts

Qualcomm's view of the robotics industry points to a market that is rapidly taking shape, but along sharply diverging paths of complexity and time horizon.

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Tight laptop chip supply tests Intel's 18A comeback

Intel's effort to rebuild confidence in its manufacturing technology is facing an early test, as PC makers struggle to secure laptop processors built on the company's 18A process.

Wednesday 3 June 2026

GlobalFoundries completes acquisition of Synopsys' ARC processor IP business to build physical AI platform

GlobalFoundries (GF) has completed its acquisition of Synopsys' ARC Processor IP Solutions business, the company announced on June 2. The acquisition adds to GF's existing MIPS subsidiary,...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Nvidia to accelerate Vera Rubin production; Quanta Computer to add three US plants by end of 2026

Quanta Computer executive vice president and Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) president Mike Yang said GPU applications are expanding across training, edge computing, and storage, as...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Analysis: Lenovo hops on board Nvidia's AI train, but server profits still look thin

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's frequent appearances with global tech chairmen and CEOs signal more than AI hype. They point to a redistribution of influence across the next generation of...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Google's AI glasses to boost wearable shipments to 17.5 million in 2026

Google moved into the AI glasses market with new Android XR smart glasses co-developed with Samsung Electronics and partnerships with eyewear brands, and the entry is expected to lift...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

COMPUTEX 2026 highlights spatial AI for homes and turnkey enterprise edge solutions

At COMPUTEX 2026 in Taipei, HOMEE AI, Osense Technology, and Senao International unveiled new AI products aimed at shifting deployment from cloud training to real-world inference and...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Microsoft uses Build 2026 to reposition Windows and Surface for the agentic AI era

At Microsoft Build 2026 on June 2, Microsoft outlined how it is reshaping its Windows and Surface portfolios around AI agents — software that acts autonomously on a user's behalf...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Acer chair says AI agents could reignite PC demand

Acer and Taipei Computer Association (TCA) Chairman Jason Chen said Nvidia's AI PCs, designed specifically for agentic AI functions, point to a new usage model in the AI era and could...

Wednesday 3 June 2026

BYD is building its own chips and looking abroad to make them

China's electric vehicle (EV) makers are increasingly designing their own artificial-intelligence (AI) chips. Manufacturing them, however,...

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