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Wednesday 11 March 2026

WT Microelectronics posts 89% revenue surge in 2 months on AI and market recovery

IC distributor WT Microelectronics reported consolidated preliminary revenue of NT$104.4 billion (US$3.28 billion) for February 2026, up about 29% year over year. For the first two...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

China moves to curb OpenClaw use at banks, agencies due to security concerns

Chinese authorities have moved to curb the use of OpenClaw AI software across government agencies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs),...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Nvidia reportedly develops open-source NemoClaw to challenge OpenClaw

Nvidia is reportedly developing a new AI agent framework, NemoClaw, positioning it as a challenger to the fast-growing OpenClaw ecosystem in the emerging AI agent market.

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Commentary: Tencent quietly builds WeChat AI agent to reclaim China's super-app lead

Tencent is reportedly developing an AI agent for its flagship messaging platform WeChat, a move that could reshape how users interact...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Japanese automakers to reverse-import US-spec cars

Amid rising global protectionism and US president Donald Trump's push to reduce trade deficits, Japan's automotive industry is undergoing a deep strategic shift. Honda Motor recently...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

ASE breaks ground on AI advanced packaging site in Southern Taiwan, set for 2Q28 completion

ASE Technology Holding has broken ground on its third technology park in Nanzi, Kaohsiung, focused on advanced semiconductor packaging and smart logistics, with construction to start...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Early Anthropic funder reportedly raising US$3B in new funding as VC concentrates on AI leaders

Spark Capital, the first venture capital (VC) firm to invest in Anthropic, is reportedly raising roughly US$3 billion in new funds, according to The Information. This new...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

OpenClaw craze sees Mac minis briefly sold out in China as AI agent costs top CNY10,000

China's latest AI trend has moved beyond developer experiments. The rapid rise of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent nicknamed "lobster," is driving hardware purchases, installation...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

JCET opens automotive and robotics chip packaging plant in Shanghai Lingang

JCET, China's leading semiconductor packaging and testing provider, has launched a facility focused on automotive electronics and robotics...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Japan's investment list targets AI, quantum computing, and semiconductors

Japan selected 61 products and technologies for priority investment, including 27 items already under early review, such as physical AI systems, regenerative medicine, quantum computing,...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Applied Materials partners with Micron, SK Hynix on US$5B AI memory R&D hub

Applied Materials has partnered with memory chipmakers Micron Technology and SK Hynix to develop next-generation memory technologies for...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

OpenClaw AI agents pull 13 tech companies into China's cloud and device ecosystem

China's technology sector is embracing a new trend known as "raising the lobster," developer slang for deploying and operating the open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. What began...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

OpenClaw downloads eclipse Linux's 30-year reach in three weeks, Nvidia CEO flags AI agent surge

The open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw is rapidly emerging as a key milestone in AI, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calling it one of the most important software breakthroughs of...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Asus and Foxconn lead Taiwan's AI City National Team as Middle East conflict escalates

The conflict in the Middle East unexpectedly affected a data center operated by major cloud service provider (CSP) AWS, once again highlighting the urgent need for sovereign AI. Taiwanese...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Oracle says AI will augment, not kill, enterprise SaaS

Oracle told investors that it expects AI to strengthen large, integrated SaaS systems rather than make them obsolete, arguing customers want AI embedded into mission‑critical...

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