The Trump administration has confronted ASML with concerns that one of the Dutch company’s most advanced chip-making machines may have made its way into China in violation of US-led export restrictions, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Samsung Electronics is reportedly reviewing the possibility of investing in Boston Dynamics, the US robotics company controlled by Hyundai Motor Group.

Over the past decade, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have repeatedly exceeded market expectations. Artificial general intelligence (AGI), once largely confined to the realms of science fiction, has become an explicit long-term objective for many leading AI organizations.

Taiwan’s LED industry is moving beyond lighting components into AI optical communication, Micro LED, sensing, and high-end optoelectronic semiconductor applications. After years of oversupply, price wars, and restructuring, local LED makers are seeking a new role in the global supply chain as AI data centers accelerate demand for high-speed optical transmission.

As AI computing continues to scale, power systems are facing sharper load swings, along with rising requirements for power density and reliability.

Taiwan’s drone exports continue to gain momentum, driving local manufacturers to expand overseas more aggressively. But as they enter foreign markets, Taiwan companies face long local certification timelines and other regulatory hurdles, pushing their overseas strategies away from simple exports and toward localized production and joint ventures.