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Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung said to open fab data to suppliers in AI factory push

Samsung Electronics is developing and operating a data-sharing platform with semiconductor materials, components and equipment suppliers,...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Meta puts brakes on AI use as token costs hit tech giants
Meta's internal AI costs have spiraled, and a broader pullback in spending by major tech companies is bringing a long-ignored contradiction into focus: the business logic of AI is...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Taiwan 2026 GDP could top 10%, says Minister of Economic Affairs
Taiwan's 2026 GDP growth is on track to exceed 10% as AI demand powers the island's economy, Minister of Economic Affairs Ming-hsin Kung said, adding that this level of growth may...
Thursday 18 June 2026
SK Hynix scraps degree rules to court AI chip talent

SK Hynix has eliminated degree requirements from its regular recruitment process for new employees, as the memory chip giant seeks...

Thursday 18 June 2026
WUS and its subsidiary keep complementary AI partnership
A recent open letter from the UK-based fund Palliser Capital called Taiwanese printed circuit board (PCB) maker WUS Printed Circuit one of the most undervalued AI PCB companies in...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Research Insight: Fukuta deepens EV moat with hub motors and thin silicon steel

As the global electric vehicle (EV) market enters a correction phase, automakers are demanding more from both cost and efficiency....

Thursday 18 June 2026
UC San Diego researchers turn retired Pixel phones into low-cost computing cluster

Backed by Google, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, are repurposing retired Pixel phones into a computing cluster...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Commentary: US delays DeepSeek blacklist, exposing AI export-control dilemma
The US has held back from adding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT, and more than 100 other entities to a key trade blacklist, underscoring Washington's struggle to...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
US AI export crackdown on Anthropic sparks global push for sovereign AI
A letter dated June 12 from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei marked the most aggressive federal regulatory intervention targeting a leading generative...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Snap unveils Specs AR glasses as AI wearables market expands

Snap unveiled its new Specs augmented reality (AR) glasses at the Augmented World Expo on June 16. Its offering comes at a time when...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
WinWay buys California property to support US expansion in AI and HPC
WinWay Technologies has bought real estate in California for US$2.28 million to create a local manufacturing and office base, a move that underscores how Asian suppliers are expanding...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Inside DeepSeek's US$7.4 billion funding raise: China's AI champion keeps investors close and control closer
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first external funding round, raising more than CNY50 billion (approx. US$7.4 billion) in a deal that values the large-language model developer...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Bull and Foxconn to build Nvidia's latest AI servers in Europe

Bull, the French computing company, and Foxconn announced Tuesday that they will manufacture systems based on Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Tong Yang sees steadier auto parts demand as tariff and conflict risks ease
Tong Yang Group said global auto parts demand could stabilize in the second half of 2026 as tariff uncertainty eases and Middle East tensions cool, a shift that may help restore order...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Li Auto's new automotive chip and what it says about China's EV market

Li Auto announced details of its new Mach M100 chip, a self-developed 5nm chip focused on autonomous driving, on June 15. This development...