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Thursday 25 June 2026
Aleees to build 100,000-tonne precursor plant in Taiwan to supply North American LFP demand
Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry, or Aleees, said on June 25 that it will accelerate construction of a phosphoric iron precursor plant in Taiwan, targeting an annual capacity of 100,000...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Jeter to open Dallas warehouse in July 2026 to serve US AI hardware ecosystem
Texas is emerging as a logistics hub for hardware manufacturing as Taiwan's electronics makers expand into Dallas and Houston, according to Jeter. The company said a new Dallas warehouse...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Foxtron pivots overseas strategy toward Europe as EV competition intensifies
Foxtron is shifting its overseas plans toward Europe as global electric vehicle competition heats up and trade barriers rise. Chairman Andy Lee said the company will use local partnerships...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Automotive memory and LFP material costs surge, impact seen with Chinese automakers
Surging prices for automotive memory and lithium carbonate, a key upstream material for lithium batteries, have become a challenge regarding Chinese automakers' profit margins this...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Coplus developing Nvidia-backed AI headlights
Coplus took a cautiously optimistic view of the second half of 2026 during an investors conference on June 24. The Taiwan-based auto parts supplier said it has lined up countermeasures...
Thursday 25 June 2026
JD.com targets 700,000 workers for retraining as robots reshape logistics
Founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com Qiangdong Liu said at the 2026 APEC Business Leaders China Forum that logistics and delivery work will gradually be handled...
Thursday 25 June 2026
China's 360 unveils AI cybersecurity tools claimed to rival Anthropic's Mythos
Chinese cybersecurity company 360 Security Technology has unveiled a pair of AI-powered cybersecurity tools that it says can match the capabilities of Anthropic's highly restricted...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Nvidia's Huang puts national security first as he touts an AI factory boom at the annual meeting
At Nvidia's June 25 annual shareholder meeting, CEO Jensen Huang declared that national security "comes first" wherever it conflicts with commercial opportunity, pledging full compliance...
Thursday 25 June 2026
ProLogium and Elysian Aircraft sign MoU to explore solid-state batteries for electric aviation
ProLogium, a Taiwanese battery maker specializing in next generation lithium ceramic cells, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Elysian Aircraft, a Dutch aerospace startup...
Thursday 25 June 2026
MediaTek, Google reportedly deepen ASIC ties as SerDes race hits 448G
MediaTek is reportedly strengthening its partnership with Google in ASICs, a move that could increase the scale of future orders and carry implications for AI infrastructure worldwide...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Qualcomm integrates Dragonfly data center systems into expanded Hugging Face AI partnership
Qualcomm Technologies is expanding its partnership with Hugging Face to bring open AI tools from devices to cloud infrastructure, a move that could affect developers and enterprises...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of largest distillation attack on Claude, escalating the US-China AI fight
Anthropic's claim that Alibaba "illicitly" harvested its Claude model marks the biggest alleged case yet of a Chinese firm copying a top US lab, sharpening a national-security debate...
Thursday 25 June 2026
OpenAI debuts Broadcom-designed, TSMC-built inference chip as model makers diversify silicon
OpenAI on June 24 unveiled "Jalapeño," its first in-house AI accelerator, co-developed with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC — the clearest sign yet that leading model...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Taiwan-US tariff deal cuts auto parts duties to 15% and reshapes supply chains
Taiwan's agreement with the US to cap tariffs on auto parts at 15% is prompting suppliers to rethink production and shipping plans, with implications that extend beyond the island's...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Qualcomm pushes into data center chips with Dragonfly lineup and Meta deal, taking aim at Nvidia
Qualcomm used its June 24 investor day to unveil a data center chip portfolio and a multi-generation CPU agreement with Meta, a strategic bid to diversify beyond a shrinking smartphone...