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Wednesday 9 September 2026
Meta ships Muse as its agent bet, waging faster model cadence can close the frontier gap
Meta launched Muse on September 9, a personal AI agent that acts on a user's behalf across email, calendar, payments, shopping, and the smart home — the clearest sign yet that...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Qualcomm to build custom AI inference chips for AWS
Qualcomm's multi-generation agreement to build customized AI inference silicon and optical interconnects for Amazon gives the company something its data center roadmap has lacked since...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Taiwanese suppliers are being demoted to second tier as Xiaomi squeezes prices
Xiaomi Auto moved aggressively in September 2026, officially launching its second product line, the SkyNomad extended-range SUV series, on September 7. The company also said cumulative...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Arm expands AI platform strategy across cloud, robotics and mobile
Arm unveiled new platforms and ecosystem programs for cloud data centers, Physical AI and mobile devices on September 8, broadening its role beyond CPU intellectual property into a...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Taiwan Mobile moves into enterprise AI integration with Systex
Taiwan Mobile kicked off its fourth annual Tech Day, "D.E.E.P. Tech Day 2026," on September 8. This year's event centered on Agentic AI, exploring enterprise strategy, platform technologies,...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Industrial AI needs eyes: Sony tests its sensor edge in Aramco's physical world
For years, sensor technologies tied to image processing and machine vision have carved out their own foothold in the digital world, where the prevailing use of AI was largely confined...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Realtek expands Wi-Fi 8, optical communications, ASICs, keeps Nvidia partnership low-profile
ITRI held its 15th Laureate Ceremony on September 7, honoring three new laureates in 2026: TSMC executive vice president and co-COO Y.P. Chyn, Realtek chairman Sun-Chien Chiu, and...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
OpenAI taps Firmus for Malaysia data center capacity
OpenAI has signed a multi-year agreement with Australian AI infrastructure developer Firmus for dedicated computing capacity at two data center sites in Malaysia, becoming an anchor...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Lotte Energy Materials pivots from EV weakness to AI, ESS copper foil
Cooling electric vehicle demand is forcing South Korean copper foil makers to rethink capital and capacity. Lotte Energy Materials has sold a 90% stake in its architectural exterior...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Analysis: When 72% of the world's EV batteries are Chinese, one defect travels
A battery quality controversy involving GAC Aion has put supplier CALB, the world's fourth-largest EV battery maker, under scrutiny and highlighted a less comfortable side of China's...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Indonesia bets on a full EV supply chain as BYD opens its Subang plant

Indonesia's industry minister said the country has the resources to build a complete domestic electric vehicle chain, speaking in Subang,...

Wednesday 9 September 2026
Tesla's Cybercab hits the road, but regulation may become autonomy's next scaling bottleneck
Tesla has finally put its purpose-built Cybercab onto public streets, marking a critical step in Elon Musk's years-long ambition to transform the EV maker into an autonomous mobility...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Kian Shen eyes stronger 3Q26 on chassis, lightweight frames, Lean3
Taiwan's Kian Shen is counting on chassis, lightweight panel frames, and the Lean3 electric vehicle to drive growth, with third-quarter 2026 performance expected to improve from the...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Ma-tek August revenue hits record, eyes U.S. FA, MA service in 2027
MA-tek, a semiconductor testing and analysis company, reported August revenue of NT$565 million, up 17.78% from a year earlier and marking a record high for the sixth straight month...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
LG's robot actuator push turns appliance know-how into a physical AI supply-chain bet
As humanoid robots increasingly move from demonstrations toward factories and commercial deployments, competition is expanding beyond finished robots into the components that determine...