Skild AI, Nvidia bring robot brain to Blackwell assembly lines Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 06:59 Skild partner with ABB Robotics and Teradyne's Universal Robots to embed its software and deploy "brain" across industrial robots.
PhonePe delays $1.3b IPO over valuation gap Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 06:53 Retail interest in IPOs has declined, with institutional investors now the primary backers.
Dell cuts 11,000 jobs while expanding AI servers Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 06:02 Dell's annual report showed it spent US$569 million in severance payments in fiscal 2026.
Muskβs xAI faces lawsuit over Grok abuse images Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 06:00 The suit seeks class status for anyone whose real images of them as minors were altered into sexual content by Grok.
Over 10 biotech firms seek Hong Kong IPOs Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 01:28 An exchange filing showed Diagens' AI-powered medical platform cut chromosome analysis time from an average of 30 days to between four and seven days.
Chinaβs industrial robot production rises 31% Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 01:25 The increase outpaced a 27% rise in the same period last year, when production was 91,088 units.
OpenAI in talks with private equity on AI venture: sources Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 00:09 Blackstone, Permira, and Hellman & Friedman declined to comment; Anthropic did not respond.
MicroStrategy buys $1.6b in bitcoin Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 00:06 Those 761,068 coins were acquired for about US$57.6 billion at an average cost of US$75,696 per coin.
Vivo raises smartphone prices as chip costs surge Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 13:50 Industry analysts said memory chip prices have surged more than 300% over the past three months.
Gaw Capital Partners launches $400m GCC tech fund Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 09:38 The fund will invest in fintech and AI as well as digital infrastructure and climate technology.
Tencent backs OpenClaw after GitHub dispute Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 07:26 The announcement follows a dispute between OpenClaw and Tencent over data scraping.
Baidu-backed AI biotech BioMap seeks Hong Kong IPO Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 07:18 The company developed an AI system that models biological mechanisms to aid drug discovery.
Micron plans second DRAM fab at acquired Taiwan site Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 07:06 The company said it has completed the acquisition of the Tongluo P5 site.Β
Samsung SDI secures $1b ESS battery supply deal in US Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 06:02 The firm said it is boosting its US presence amid rising ESS demand and is in talks with multiple global customers.
Israeli tech companies keep hiring talent despite war Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 05:42 Executives and industry figures say the conflict has raised demand for cyber specialists and prompted wider use of AI tools to support business.
SK hynix 2025 profit soars, surpasses Samsung on AI boom Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 05:17 SK hynix posted a record operating profit of 47.2 trillion won (US$31.59 billion) in 2025, it beat Samsung Electronics.
Indian travel fintech firm Scapia said to raise about $50m Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 16 March 2026 at 01:21 Sources said talks were at an early stage and Nexus Venture Partners and other new investors could join.
South Korea eyes AI partnership with Anthropic Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 15 March 2026 at 05:57 South Korea discussed Anthropic's plans for a Seoul office and cooperation on shifts in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.
ByteDance delays Seedance 2.0 launch over copyright disputes Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 15 March 2026 at 04:55 ByteDance has suspended plans for mid-March global availability while its legal team works to identify and resolve potential legal issues.
Chinaβs OpenClaw AI sparks security warnings, startup hype Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 14 March 2026 at 10:13 Major cloud platforms have added one-click setup services, and smartphone makers and startups have announced integrations or commercial forks.
US withdraws draft rule on Nvidia, AMD AI chip exports Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 14 March 2026 at 06:21 The proposal would have required case-by-case reviews of AI chip exports from Nvidia and AMD.
Trump administration could get $10b from TikTok US deal Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 14 March 2026 at 05:56 ByteDance finalized in January a deal to create a majority American-owned joint venture meant to secure US user data and avoid a US ban.
Cambodia approves draft law on cyber scams Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 13 March 2026 at 14:16 Since July, Cambodia closed about 250 scam sites and 91 casinos amid a major crackdown.
Indonesia limits AI use in schools Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 13 March 2026 at 13:34 The decree covers formal to informal education, from early childhood to universities.
Volkswagen partners with Xpeng to boost China EV sales Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 13 March 2026 at 12:57 The ID. UNYX 08 was developed in 24 months using a China-based architecture for faster production.