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.