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Jul 8

Beijing's rumored AI model debate signals new era of technology controls

Beijing appears to be edging toward restricting overseas access to its most advanced artificial-intelligence (AI) models, a shift that would mirror recent moves in Washington and signal that the world's two AI leaders increasingly regard cutting-edge models as strategic assets to be controlled rather than freely exported.

Samsung's Jae-yong Lee heads to Sun Valley Conference for likely AI talks

Jul 8

Taiwan and South Korea to deepen startup investment ties

Jul 8

CPUs return to AI spotlight as agentic workloads reshape data center demand; Perplexity plans to adopt Nvidia's Vera

Jul 8

Meta enters AI visual race as ByteDance's Seedance reportedly reaches 90% gross margins

Jul 8

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SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTFoxconn's Young Liu says sovereign AI is turning data center supply chains local

Jul 9, 08:00

Foxconn chairman Young Liu said sovereign AI is expanding beyond data residency to AI data centers and their supply chains, forcing a structural shift in global manufacturing.

AIAsian VCs urge startups to expand regionally before targeting the US

Jul 9, 08:00

Venture capitalists from Japan, Singapore, and Salesforce Ventures converged at the 2026 Asia VC Summit in Taipei to argue that Asian startups should prioritize regional expansion over jumping straight into the US market. They pointed to cross-border collaboration within Asia as a more viable path to building competitive tech companies.

AIInterview: UK courts Taiwan suppliers for AI hardware buildout

Jul 9, 07:58

The UK is pitching itself as a new base and technology partner for Taiwanese electronics suppliers as AI demand shifts from models to the physical infrastructure behind them: chips, packaging, servers, cooling, power, and data centers.

AIRecord 84-month auto loans raise concerns over longer US vehicle replacement cycles

Jul 9, 07:57

AIGenerative AI drives enterprise content automation as Taiwan localization gains momentum

Jul 9, 07:57

AISalesforce Ventures shares AI investment playbook at Asia VC Summit, eyes Taiwan startup

Jul 9, 07:56

Salesforce Ventures laid out how the AI boom has reshaped its investment strategy over the past three years at the 2026 Asia VC Summit today, while acknowledging it has yet to close its first deal in Taiwan despite actively searching for one.

AIPLAUD rides AI hardware-subscription model to US$100 million ARR

Jul 9, 07:55

Rapid advances in generative AI and AI agents are moving AI beyond software tools into everyday workflows, particularly in voice, meeting, and conversational applications, giving rise to new AI-driven business models.

IT COMPONENTS, PERIPHERALSTeam Group posts record first-half revenue on industrial and AI demand

Jul 9, 07:55

Memory module maker Team Group reported a June 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$3.0 billion (US$94.2 million), up 18.1% from May and 35.0% from a year earlier. The Taiwan-based company also said that its first-half revenue for the year reached NT$16.6 billion, a record for the period, as demand from the industrial and system integration (SI) sectors stayed firm.

SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTCompal's Rayonnant expands liquid cooling lineup for AI servers

Jul 9, 07:55

Compal Electronics subsidiary Rayonnant Technology has launched a full line of coolant distribution unit (CDU) products for AI servers, covering liquid-to-air sidecar, in-rack, and in-row liquid-to-liquid solutions. The rollout gives the Taiwan-based electronics group a deeper in-house role in liquid cooling as rack power densities increase across AI factories, large-scale training clusters, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments.

SOFTWARE, BIG DATAGrab's Uber-affiliated director steps down from board with foodpanda Taiwan acquisition in process

Jul 8

Grab Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GRAB) announced that Uber Technologies CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has resigned from its board of directors, effective July 6, 2026, as the Singapore-based ride-hailing and delivery company works to close its proposed US$600 million acquisition of foodpanda's Taiwan business from Delivery Hero.

SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTHVDC power to ramp up in 2H26, as Delta eyes momentum in AI power systems

Jul 8

US cloud service providers (CSPs) are continuing to expand AI-related capex, which has in turn driven up data center server rack specifications and power architectures. As a result of the continued rise in per-rack power consumption, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power racks are expected to enter the market starting from the second half of 2026, with initial shipments focused on select platforms and specific customers.

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