TSMC, seeking to balance advanced manufacturing with ecological stewardship, has launched a biodiversity initiative centered on one of the planet’s most essential pollinators: the honeybee. In partnership with Tunghai University’s Department of Life Sciences and local beekeepers in Hsinchu, Taichung, and Tainan, the company has introduced the “Ji Mi” program—TSMC-branded honey—to support bee conservation and strengthen local ecosystems.

China’s industrial overcapacity and a prolonged real estate slump continue to weigh on cement demand across both sides of the Taiwan Strait, prompting Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC) to accelerate its overseas expansion. The company is leaning on high-margin, low-carbon cement operations in Turkey and Portugal, along with its fast-growing European energy-storage business, as its next major growth engines. TCC said its Europe-Africa cement operations and new-energy ventures have become its third and fourth pillars, and it is targeting Europe’s coming wave of urban renewal and a EUR10 billion (approx. US$11.5 billion) electricity-market opportunity.

Taiwan’s optical component makers are stepping up spending on augmented reality glasses to capture rising demand worldwide, while Chinese competitors accelerate development of cheaper, integrated AR models. The industry sees AR as the next personal computing device tied closely to smartphones.

The ViewSonic XG273F-2K-OLED is a 26.5‑inch WOLED display built around a QHD (2560×1440) native resolution and a 540Hz refresh mode at QHD, with an alternate HD mode reaching 720Hz, positioning the product as one of the fastest OLED gaming panels available. The panel promises 0.02ms GTG response time, a high contrast ratio, and factory HDR support, aiming to reduce motion blur while preserving…