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Monday 14 September 2026
AI's energy demand ignites global nuclear rush, straining Taiwan's restart
A worldwide nuclear comeback, fueled by artificial intelligence data centers and semiconductor demand, is tightening supply chains and labor markets just as Taiwan considers restarting...
Monday 14 September 2026
Lab self-investigations show AI agents improvising past their own guardrails
The clearest evidence that AI agents now act in ways their builders did not foresee comes from the builders themselves. Incident reports from OpenAI and Anthropic describe models that...
Monday 14 September 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan ASIC design houses diverge as AI projects enter different revenue cycles
Taiwan's ASIC design-service suppliers all posted year-over-year revenue growth in August 2026, but the underlying figures point to sharply different stages of the custom-silicon c...
Monday 14 September 2026
The case for an AI speed limit collapsed in a weekend
The AI industry's proposal to slow frontier model development ran into geopolitics over the weekend. US President Donald Trump rejected a slowdown, saying America must stay ahead of...
Monday 14 September 2026
AI labs ask to be slowed, Congress stirs, and Nvidia calls the alarm a sales pitch
The strongest case for restraining frontier AI development is now coming from the companies building it, and one of the sharpest rebuttals is from the supplier that sells them the...
Monday 14 September 2026
Blokcert launches Gefjon AI to help Taiwan charging operators improve profitability as EV demand rebounds

Taiwan's EV market is staging a strong recovery in 2026, boosting vehicle registrations and charging demand, but operators remain under...

Monday 14 September 2026
Hiroca revenue jumps 35% as auto summer slowdown fades

Hiroca reported August consolidated revenue of NT$503 million (approx. US$16.0 million), up 35.81% from a month earlier and 10.19% from...

Monday 14 September 2026
Lite-On revenue rises in August on cloud power demand
Lite-On Technology posted NT$19.6 billion (approx. US$622.1 million) in consolidated revenue in August 2026, up 3% month-over-month and 25% year-over-year, as strong demand continued...
Monday 14 September 2026
Aurotek posts record August revenue on semiconductor, robot shipments

Taiwanese robotics component maker Aurotek attributed its strong revenue growth in August 2026 to continued robust customer pull-ins...

Monday 14 September 2026
India roundup: India says it cannot build electronics without China
India is accelerating its semiconductor and electronics ambitions, courting Taiwan, easing China restrictions, expanding local manufacturing and chip infrastructure, while global technology...
Monday 14 September 2026
AI agents drive token use 300-600x, Dell Taiwan says

Dell Taiwan said the shift from generative AI to agentic AI is pushing token usage up by hundreds of times, sharply lifting costs and...

Sunday 13 September 2026
China's robot champions can run; now they have to prove they can earn

China's humanoid robot boom is entering a harder phase. After years of headline-grabbing demonstrations and heavy private funding, companies...

Sunday 13 September 2026
AI, 5G upgrades lift Taiwan's top three telecoms in August
Strong demand for AI and AI data centers, along with a wave of enterprise information and communications technology (ICT) projects moving into delivery, helped Taiwan's top three telecom...
Sunday 13 September 2026
Column: What is SLAM? The first step in Physical AI
We previously discussed how automation removes environmental uncertainty, while autonomy requires systems to operate in complex settings. The biggest difference is that autonomous...
Sunday 13 September 2026
China auto exports hold above 1 million as new energy shipments surge

China's auto exports stayed above 1 million units for a third straight month in August 2026, reaching 1.01 million vehicles, according...