Widespread blackouts amid a heatwave last year hit several manufacturers in north Vietnam and resulted in estimated $1.4 billion worth of losses

Lai Ching-te called on Beijing to engage with Taiwan's “democratically elected and legitimate government”

Despite the groundbreaking development, the International Energy Agency warned on China’s dominance of car battery supply chains

The American tech tycoon was on the island ahead of the planned launch of his Starlink internet service

Biden administration scraps a tariff exemption on solar panels and makes it easier for solar projects to get a subsidy for using locally made products - to protect manufacturers in the US

Analysts say they foresee a shift to factories in Mexico, Vietnam or other parts of Southeast Asia, by Chinese carmakers and other firms in a bid to avoid US tariffs; Beijing accuses US of 'bullying'

New measures will affect $18 billion in Chinese imports such as steel and aluminium, 'legacy' chips, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, cranes and syringes

The package is part of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge to pour all possible resources into winning the "war" in chips

Car exports jumped by 38% year-on-year to 417,000 units in April, after a 39% rise in March; but domestic sales were down nearly 6% from 2023

The United States buys 92% of its high-end edge chips from TSMC, which is a major supplier to Apple and Nvidia

But the head of Singapore’s central bank warned artificial intelligence could help create a new army of cyber criminals

The server chip will likely focus on running AI models, also known as inference, rather than in training AI models, where Nvidia is dominant