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Monday 5 October 2026
Tesla leads Taiwan registrations as it advances FSD road tests
Tesla ranked first in Taiwan's new-car registrations in September and said it is continuing the approval process for its Full Self-Driving (Supervised), or FSD (S), driver-assistance...
Monday 5 October 2026
Acer tops Canada's Windows PC market in August
Acer said it led Canada's Windows personal computer market in August 2026, according to the latest Circana data. The company reported a 22.9% market share in the country and said its...
Monday 5 October 2026
US-China truce extension lifts 4Q freight rates, tightens capacity
After US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping, the two sides agreed to extend their trade truce, a move the market read positively. Industry participants expect...
Monday 5 October 2026
India roundup: India deepens its role in global technology supply chains

India is expanding its role across semiconductors, electronics and digital services, as new investment rules, supply-chain localization and Apple...

Saturday 3 October 2026
Elon Musk, Jensen Huang see China closing lithography gap by 2030
While ASML executives explore how to scale extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography output beyond 110 units by 2028, China is pursuing indigenous advanced lithography systems. ASML plans...
Saturday 3 October 2026
Interview: AI PCs reach 65% of Europe's notebook channel, but what brings buyers to the market?
The rapid iteration of AI-capable hardware, following an industry-wide push toward integrating AI-processing capabilities into PCs, is bringing renewed attention to what AI could offer...
Saturday 3 October 2026
Biren readies BR20X, sharpening China's AI GPU challenge to Nvidia
Biren Technology is preparing its next-generation GPU for mass production, advancing a domestic AI accelerator roadmap built around broader low-precision support and locally available...
Friday 2 October 2026
Climax Technology stays cautious on 2H26 as memory costs rise
Climax Technology said elevated memory prices are pressuring its gross margin in the second half of 2026, while longer customer validation cycles for substitute memory parts are also...
Friday 2 October 2026
iPhone 18 Pro lifts Apple to 33% China share
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series lifted first-week sales in China by 12% year over year, giving the soft smartphone market a much-needed boost and pushing Apple to the top of weekly sales...
Friday 2 October 2026
OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers for sharing confidential information
OpenAI fired three safety researchers after they shared confidential information with a third-party artificial intelligence safety group, according to The Wall Street Journal,...
Friday 2 October 2026
Japanese firms cut China presence 22.4% as trade risks mount
Japanese companies sharply reduced their footprint in China over the past two years, with the number operating there falling 22.4% from 13,034 to 10,118 as of the end of June 2026,...
Friday 2 October 2026
Qbic expands edge AI on Arm, lifts smart access control above 60%
Industrial computer (IPC) maker Qbic held its pre-IPO presentation for the over-the-counter market on October 1, 2026, highlighting a strategy that differs from that of most Taiwanese...
Friday 2 October 2026
Life after Meta: Manus regains independence, debuting Manus 2.0 and 'Cue' AI agent
Following its return to independent operations, AI startup Manus unveiled two new products in late September 2026: Manus 2.0 and "Cue," a personal agentic AI application. The product...
Friday 2 October 2026
China turns to 3D packaging to push AI performance beyond front-end scaling limits
Chip-performance gains have long been driven by an industry-wide focus on shrinking transistor nodes and tightening integration. While major economies including the US and Taiwan have...
Friday 2 October 2026
Hiroca targets Tier 1 shift, global capacity overhaul
Auto components maker Hiroca posted a pre-tax loss of NT$146 million (US$4.57 million) in the first half of 2026, owing to weak demand in China's auto market and a number of one-time...