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Tuesday 11 August 2026

Power Win's 1H26 profit already tops 2025 as EV battery recycling surges eightfold

Power Win Taiwan, Taiwan's largest waste battery processor, is seeing strong growth as rising electric vehicle adoption boosts demand...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Google's Gemini delay puts pressure on its AI leadership

Google's repeated delays to Gemini 3.5 Pro are sharpening scrutiny of its AI strategy, as the company works to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic. In response, Google has elevated...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Iron Force Industrial expands into AI server cooling as auto market stays uneven

Automotive parts makers are looking beyond cars as global demand shifts and AI infrastructure grows. Iron Force Industrial is joining that move by developing liquid-cooling components...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Analysis: Google's AI shake-up shifts power from star scientists to managers

Google has carried out its biggest artificial intelligence (AI) reorganization since merging Google Brain and DeepMind in 2023, putting Sundar Pichai and Koray Kavukcuoglu at the center...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Weak China auto demand sends parts maker Hiroca deeper into North America, Japan

Hiroca Holdings reported consolidated revenue of NT$370 million (approx. US$11.5 million) for July, down 17.2% from the previous month and 16.7% from a year earlier. Consolidated revenue...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Trusval posts record profit on semiconductor fab and memory project demand

Trusval Technology posted record profit in the second quarter and first half of 2026 as demand from global semiconductor fabs, memory makers, and AI data centers drove orders for capacity...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Meta bets open, on-device model can win AI power struggle

Meta Platforms is trying to turn open-source AI into a strategic weapon rather than a side project. On August 10, the company released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weights...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Asus posts record July revenue on strong AI server demand

Asustek Computer (Asus) reported July 2026 group revenue of NT$84.13 billion (approx. US$2.61 billion), a record high for the period, up 53.3% from a year earlier but down 21% from...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Anthropic taps Macquarie and GIC to build AI data centers under new venture

Anthropic PBC has formed a strategic partnership with Macquarie Asset Management and Singapore's GIC to build data centers dedicated to its Claude chatbot, the companies said on August...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Chinese automakers push Europe share to 9% as trade fight intensifies

Chinese automakers captured 9.5% of Europe's new-car market in the first half of 2026, up from 5.0% a year earlier, as their expansion continued quarter-by-quarter. The gains have...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

MA-tek reports record July revenue on glass-substrate testing demand

Materials Analysis Technology, or MA-tek, said its first-half 2026 results reached record levels and July revenue set a monthly record for a fifth straight month, while demand grew...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Jiuhan lifts first-half profit 400% on NT$11 billion order book

Jiuhan System Technology reported record second-quarter and first-half 2026 revenue and profit on strong demand tied to advanced semiconductor manufacturing and AI infrastructure....

Tuesday 11 August 2026

PSA, NTUT sign NT$50 million AI research and talent deal

Passive System Alliance (PSA) Group and National Taipei University of Technology have signed a three-year industry-academia agreement worth NT$50 million to advance artificial intelligence...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Taiwan optical firms diverge in CPO push as Corning looms large

Co-packaged optics (CPO) remains a key focus in the AI era. Beyond advanced packaging and testing, compound semiconductors, and other...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Google's US$15B India AI data center faces environmental backlash

Google's planned AI data center in Andhra Pradesh, India, has drawn its first major opposition, with environmental groups protesting...

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