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China has released draft rules to regulate human-like artificial intelligence interaction services, marking a significant step toward governing AI companions, virtual personas, and emotionally responsive systems as authorities seek to balance innovation with social stability and user protection....

China has formally launched its National Venture Capital Guidance Fund, a move that signals a major policy push to reshape the country's early-stage investment landscape and strengthen long-term support for strategic technologies amid slowing private capital activity....

Japanese firms like Rohm and AOI Electronics built partnerships with Indian partners. Foxconn is mimicking its strategy in China, setting up a factory city in India....

South Korean PNT has secured its first mass-production order for battery copper foil in China, marking a strategic expansion beyond its core battery equipment business into materials and strengthening its foothold in the Chinese market....

The development paths for artificial intelligence (AI) integration in smartphones are diverging as ByteDance extends its collaborations with multiple brands, while technology giants Apple Inc. and Alphabet maintain a standardized application programming interface (API) strategy. Following the December 2025 launch of the Doubao phone M153 in partnership with ZTE Corporation's Nubia, recent reports indicate that ByteDance is broadening its AI smartphone alliances to include Vivo, Lenovo Group, and Transsion....

In 2025, the global display industry will undergo a major shift as South Korea exits LCD production and strengthens its OLED patent lead. China gains dominance over LCD capacity and market share, while Taiwanese companies advance with microLED, e-paper, and new business models. This marks a move from "capacity scale wars" to "technology value battles."...

In 2025, the global electronics supply chain transformed due to rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), boosting servers, chips, and cooling sectors. Geopolitical tensions, export controls, and multi-location approaches also reshaped the supply chain to improve flexibility and risk management. The DIGITIMES Asia news team has summarized the top 10 key developments from this shift....

The global aerospace and satellite industry did not experience a single, earthshaking breakthrough in 2025. Instead, it advanced through a series of consequential developments—subtle in isolation, but collectively transformative. The year marked steady progress across multiple fronts. The race in low-Earth-orbit (LEO) communications intensified. Space militarization accelerated. Early experiments in orbital computing emerged. Together, these shifts pushed the industry toward a more crowded, contested, and commercially driven space economy....

South Korea's drive to build a domestic artificial intelligence semiconductor industry is hitting a key constraint. Despite gains in power efficiency and pricing, industry executives say the lack of large-scale validation environments is slowing commercial adoption and limiting the ability of local chips to compete beyond pilot deployments....

Google is advancing its TorchTPU initiative to optimize PyTorch performance on its proprietary TPU chips, as reported by Reuters. This effort, undertaken in collaboration with Meta Platforms Inc., aims to reduce developers' switching costs and disrupt Nvidia Corporation's leading position in AI infrastructure....

As demand for electric vehicles cools in the United States, Honda Motor of Japan and LG Energy Solution of South Korea are making a significant course correction in their North American electrification plans....

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) confirmed that its personnel are safe and facility safety systems are functioning normally following a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck off the eastern coast of Taiwan late Saturday night....

Market attention in the modern AI computing power competitive landscape has mainly focused on semiconductor chip upgrades. But according to Chih-Ming Lin, chairman of Tatun Electric, the real challenge lies elsewhere. The company, with more than 70 years of industry experience, believes AI will not turn into a bubble—provided power transmission issues are effectively resolved....

Demand for green talent in Taiwan has surged to unprecedented levels. The pending implementation of carbon fees, continued growth in the green technology sector, and rising demands for net-zero emissions in global supply chains have created a massive workforce gap. Statistics show that Taiwan's green workforce shortfall neared 30,000 in 2025, marking a new record high at nearly 300% the level eight years ago. The electronics, IT, and semiconductor industries show the strongest hiring needs. AI skills have also become highly sought after, with employers favoring expertise in software engineering and R&D....

Taiwanese pneumatic components maker Chelic said it is redirecting its growth strategy toward semiconductors, liquid cooling, and robotics, as new sensing and energy management products move into customer testing with revenue contributions expected to begin in early 2026....

OpenAI launched its AI browser, ChatGPT Atlas, allowing AI agents to access web pages and assist users with tasks such as editing emails. However, this innovation comes with heightened cybersecurity threats from prompt injection attacks, which OpenAI concedes are challenging to fully eradicate....

Apple Inc. has unveiled an AI imaging technology called DarkDiff, designed to improve photo clarity in low-light conditions by integrating generative diffusion models into the camera's image signal processor (ISP). While effective in reducing blur and enhancing detail, the technology's high computational demands currently limit its deployment on consumer devices....

As generative AI advances, applications are shifting from simple content creation to autonomous action. AI agents have become central, focusing on understanding goals, making independent decisions, and completing tasks with minimal human input. This marks AI's evolution from a tool to an intelligent system that works autonomously....

Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has released its "Global Banking Annual Review" and "The State of AI: Global Survey 2025," based on a survey of 2,000 companies across finance, technology, retail, and other sectors....

Taiwan's automotive printed circuit board suppliers are facing mounting shipment pressure as global vehicle demand remains weak into early 2025, with consumers and automakers hesitating over the pace of the shift from gasoline-powered cars to electric models, according to industry sources....