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Friday 22 August 2025

AUO subsidiaries present smart manufacturing and carbon management tools

Two subsidiaries of AUO Corporation—AUO Digitech and AUO Envirotech—are set to showcase a suite of AI-powered sustainability...

Friday 22 August 2025

Teco extends automotive powertrain expertise to drone motors

Under Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's promotion, the robotics and humanoid robot market has attracted widespread attention. The emergence of various humanoid robots in China has further...

Friday 22 August 2025

AI falters at physical work, driving Gen Z into trades

White-collar roles face mounting risk from artificial intelligence (AI), but AI-powered robots remain unable to fully mimic human capabilities...

Friday 22 August 2025

Energy + Intelligence: Energy challenges and industry opportunities in the AI era

History shows that past productivity improvements have always been accompanied by high-density energy conversion and industrial efficiency enhancements: from hydropower, steam, electrification,...

Friday 22 August 2025

SK On and Ford's EV battery joint venture officially begins production in Kentucky

BlueOval SK, an electric vehicle (EV) battery joint venture between SK On and Ford Motor, has announced the commencement of commercial production at its Kentucky 1 facility, according...

Friday 22 August 2025

Meta bets big on Google Cloud in US$10 billion AI infrastructure pact

In a groundbreaking move signaling a new chapter in cloud infrastructure partnerships, Meta has reportedly signed a multi-billion-dollar,...

Friday 22 August 2025

Robotics buyers look beyond China, giving Taiwan its opening

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said the next wave of artificial intelligence will be "physical AI," with general-purpose robots set to drive the next trillion-dollar industry. Beyond...

Friday 22 August 2025

China's New EV startups race ahead in First 1H25: sales comparison reveals market shakeup

In a fierce price war roiling China's electric vehicle (EV) industry, three of the country's emerging automakers—Leapmotor, Xiaomi, and Xpeng—have bucked the trend, posting...

Friday 22 August 2025

TSMC's AI5 chip paves the way for Samsung's AI6 as Tesla shifts FSD training to world models

Unlike the training-centric approach during the Dojo era, Tesla CEO Elon Musk's new strategy revolves around two chips, AI5 and AI6, building a distributed computing platform that...

Friday 22 August 2025

China's EV investment abroad hits record high

In a historic turning point, Chinese investment in overseas electric vehicle (EV) supply chains has, for the first time, surpassed domestic spending, according to a new report by...

Friday 22 August 2025

Google's Pixel 10 takes aim at Apple with AI-first design and TSMC's 3nm power

Google this week launched its Pixel 10 flagship series, debuting its first smartphone powered by a system-on-chip built on TSMC's 3nm process. Expectations are running high that the...

Friday 22 August 2025

Nvidia reportedly orders halts H20 chip production amid China market backlash

Nvidia's H20 AI chip, once expected to anchor its sales in China, now faces an uncertain future as reports surface of halted production orders amid Beijing's push for local alternatives...

Friday 22 August 2025

Task-specific robots poised to outpace humanoids, says Aurotek chairman

Aurotek chairman Terry Cheng said 2025 will be the starting point for humanoid robots, though the sector remains in its "infancy" with low yields and high costs. He noted that humanoid...

Friday 22 August 2025

China's Ubtech, Dobot lead early push into Taiwan's humanoid robot market

Taiwan is emerging as a new battleground for humanoid robotics, with Shenzhen-based Ubtech Robotics Inc. and Dobot Robotics entering...

Friday 22 August 2025

Nvidia CEO's third Taiwan trip in 2025: talk H20, US govt stake and visits TSMC

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made an unannounced visit to TSMC on August 22, arriving at Taipei airport early in the morning by private jet. Huang stated that the purpose of this trip...

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