Asia

Alibaba has received HKEX confirmation to proceed with a proposed spin-off and Hong Kong listing of chip subsidiary T-Head, subject to approvals and market conditions.

TSMC's board approved potential investments of up to $500 million each in OpenAI and Anthropic, alongside $40.93 billion in capital appropriations.

VinFast has launched the new VF 8 electric SUV in the Philippines from PHP 1.55 million, with customer deliveries expected in November 2026.

Nvidia, Rebellions and SK Telecom will connect Korean AI chips with Nvidia infrastructure for sovereign AI systems targeted for deployment in 2028.

Australian automotive AI company AutoSwift has secured nearly A$10 million from Singapore-based X Star Technology to develop AI WINGMAN and support regional expansion.

Meta is expanding AI age estimation worldwide to place more suspected teen users into Instagram Teen Account protections, with Apple age-range signals also in use in Australia.

Greenpeace Taiwan estimates TSMC, Micron and UMC could require 49.8 billion kilowatt-hours of grid power in 2030, or 15 percent of Taiwan's projected demand.

NVIDIA's board of directors has started an independent investigation after recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort.

Mitsui Chemicals and DBJ agreed to acquire semiconductor-materials supplier JSR for 1.84 trillion yen, subject to regulatory approvals.

Equinix has opened its $290 million SG6 data center in Singapore, adding 1,550 initial cabinets and capacity for high-density AI workloads.