Taiwan charges former TSMC employee over alleged attempted tech leak to China
Taiwanese prosecutors have charged a former TSMC employee with stealing what they described as the chipmaker's core technology and trying to leak it to China.…
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Huawei announces Pura 90s, FreeClip 2 S and MatePad Air
On 16 July 2026, Huawei announced the global launch of the Pura 90s Series smartphone lineup, the FreeClip 2 S open-ear earbuds and the MatePad Air tablet. The company said the launch event took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and described the devices as fo…
AI-agent smartphones feature at Shanghai technology conference
Technology companies are pushing smartphones with artificial intelligence agents that can carry out tasks such as ordering food, comparing prices, booking services and composing messages from voice commands. At least three companies showed or announced such p…
Incoming UK prime minister to drop planned digital ID scheme
Incoming UK prime minister Andy Burnham will shelve a planned nationwide digital ID scheme, a spokesperson said. Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is due to step down on Monday, announced the plan in September as part of efforts to curb illegal migratio…
Data centre growth faces political and local resistance worldwide
Governments around the world are trying to attract computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence, while facing local and political resistance over the resources that data centres require. The facilities, which contain specialised chips used for AI and…
Jensen Huang leather jacket sells for $960,000 at New York auction
A black leather jacket worn by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold for $960,000 at a New York auction on Friday, Sotheby's said. The auction price was 16 times the estimated value of $60,000. Sotheby's said 45 collectors bid on the Tom Ford jacket. Brahm Wachter, So…
Chinese AI model Kimi K3 draws US industry concern
Kimi K3, a new artificial intelligence program from the Chinese startup Moonshot AI, drew strong attention in the US technology industry after its release on Thursday. The program reached the top spot within hours on Arena, a closely watched ranking of AI cod…
Xi calls for international cooperation on AI at Shanghai conference
China's President Xi Jinping said artificial intelligence should not be dominated by one country and called for international cooperation on AI development at the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Friday. Xi said AI develo…
Petula Clark says she hopes human singers survive AI music
British singer Petula Clark said she hopes artificial intelligence will not replace the warmth, emotion and audience connection of human performers. Clark, 93, told AFP in an interview that the rise of AI in music was worrying and puzzling. Asked whether the…
Residents in urban Japan push back against data centre plans
Residents in parts of urban Japan are opposing planned data centres as demand grows for facilities that support artificial intelligence and cloud storage. In Hino, on the outskirts of Tokyo, 94-year-old Yoriko Kitagawa said she was worried about a large data…
Startups use AI coding tools to keep teams smaller
Technology startups are increasingly using AI coding tools to build products with smaller teams, while some executives say the shift is reducing demand for entry-level programmers. Eric Lauer, who runs the online gift-giving platform Giftory, said he now look…
Taiwan changes telecom rules that could let Starlink operate
Taiwanese lawmakers approved changes to telecoms rules on Tuesday that could allow Starlink to offer satellite internet service on the island, as Taiwan looks…
Xi calls for global cooperation and controls on AI
China’s leader Xi Jinping said artificial intelligence should not be dominated by a single country and called for international cooperation on its development. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Fri…
Xi urges international cooperation on AI at Shanghai conference
China's President Xi Jinping called for broader international cooperation on artificial intelligence at the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, saying the sector should not be controlled by one country. Xi said AI development…
Chinese AI companies push to compete with US rivals
Chinese artificial intelligence companies are expanding models, chatbots and AI tools as they try to compete with leading US firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic, despite US export restrictions on advanced computing hardware. China's older technology companies…
TSMC says it will add $100 billion to Arizona chip investment
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC said it will invest an additional $100 billion in Arizona as it reported record quarterly net profit driven by demand for artificial intelligence hardware. TSMC is the largest contract maker of microchips used in products including Ap…
Nvidia chief says AI demand is still at its beginning
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said in Tokyo that demand for artificial intelligence remains in an early stage, even as technology shares fell in Asia and Europe on concerns that the AI-driven market rally may be fading. Huang told reporters that most te…
EU accepts X plan to address digital content violations
The European Union announced Wednesday that it had accepted a plan by Elon Musk’s X social media platform to correct digital content violations linked to a 120-million-euro, or $138-million, fine. The European Commission imposed the penalty in December 2025 o…
Amazon plans South Africa satellite internet service through Herotel
Amazon said it will launch satellite internet services in South Africa through a partnership with local internet provider Herotel, entering a market where SpaceX's Starlink has not secured regulatory approval. Amazon Leo, the company's low-Earth orbit satelli…
OpenAI loses EU appeal over trademarking its name
OpenAI, the US company that owns ChatGPT, lost its appeal against the European Union's refusal to register the name OpenAI as a trademark. The company had challenged a decision by the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The office had accepted protec…
Music groups announce voluntary labels for AI-made recordings
Several major music industry organisations announced a voluntary labeling system for recordings made with generative artificial intelligence, saying they want the labels to be adopted widely, including by streaming services. The International Federation of th…
India approves more than $13 billion semiconductor plan
India approved a new semiconductor programme on Wednesday, offering more than $13 billion in financial assistance to speed up domestic chip production. The Union Cabinet approved the Semicon 2.0 initiative, expanding a drive launched five years ago to cut rel…
Meta employees sue over alleged AI-driven layoff decisions
Twenty-six Meta employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of using artificial intelligence systems to choose workers for mass layoffs. Meta strongly denied the claim. The employees are among about 8,000 workers, or roughly 10 percent of Meta's workf…
Researchers examine whether generative AI may weaken some thinking skills
Generative AI chatbots can now write emails and computer code, translate, plan trips and suggest gifts from simple natural-language prompts. Their spread through schools, universities, workplaces and personal life has led researchers to ask whether relying on…
Chinese AI companion users say goodbye as new rules take effect
Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots posted farewell messages to their virtual companions as national regulations took effect Wednesday to reduce the risk of emotional dependency. The rules cover AI tools in text, audio, video or other formats that have…
ASML lifts sales forecast as AI demand supports orders and profit
Dutch technology company ASML raised its sales forecast after reporting stronger second-quarter results, saying demand linked to artificial intelligence was supporting orders for its chipmaking equipment. ASML makes machines used to produce semiconductors. Ch…
Australia to legislate on AI data centres and copyright
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on 15 July 2026 that his government would introduce laws to regulate artificial intelligence data centres and protect creative copyright. In a speech at the University of Sydney, Albanese said AI could be adopte…
AI demand lifts outlook for Japan memory chipmaker Kioxia
Kioxia, the Japanese memory chipmaker, is trying to expand production as artificial intelligence data centres drive demand for memory components. At a new factory in northern Japan, robotic transporters carry silicon wafers on overhead rails, part of a facili…
Publishers sue Google over alleged use of books to train Gemini AI
Multiple book publishers sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of copying copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence models and then using the technology to create work that competes with the original authors. The lawsuit asks for class actio…
New York pauses permits for large data centers for up to a year
New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, after Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing permits for up to one year. The moratorium takes effect immediately and applies to facilities wit…
Dutch court upholds block on Kyndryl purchase of cloud firm Solvinity
A Dutch court on Tuesday upheld a government decision to block US IT infrastructure firm Kyndryl from buying Dutch secure cloud services provider Solvinity because of concerns that sensitive data could be accessed by the US government. The Dutch government an…
Google DeepMind head calls for US-led testing body for powerful AI models
Demis Hassabis, the head of Google's artificial intelligence lab, called Tuesday for the United States to create an organization to test the most powerful AI systems before they are released to the public. Hassabis, who runs Google DeepMind and won a Nobel Pr…
Swiss authority probes Google removal of Android search choice screen
Switzerland's competition authority said Tuesday it had opened a preliminary investigation into Google's removal of the Android "choice screen" feature in Switzerland. The feature allowed people setting up a new Android device to choose their default search e…
Australia plans Office of AI to shape national rules
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to announce the creation of an Office of AI to design national rules for artificial intelligence, a technology the government says is affecting jobs, defence and energy while also offering economic opport…
Japan sets new election rules for AI content on social media
Japan will require AI-generated images and videos used on social media during elections to be labelled under new rules, Internal Affairs Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday. The rules were approved by parliament on Monday and are due to take effect in Mar…
Intel says it will invest five billion euros in Ireland
Intel said it will invest five billion euros, or $5.8 billion, in Ireland to expand production of advanced processors as demand linked to artificial intelligence grows. The US semiconductor company said the investment would increase manufacturing capacity at…
EU lawmakers call for child youth mode on social media
EU lawmakers demanded on Tuesday that social media platforms create a youth mode for children in which addictive features and targeted advertising are turned off. The call comes as pressure grows in the European Union for digital platforms to be designed safe…
IBM announces sub-1 nanometer chip technology
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY, June 25, 2026 – IBM has announced what it describes as the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, using a transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm, or 7 angstrom, node. The company said the development is aimed at extending semicond…