China’s Starlink rival warns SpaceX is taking prime orbital slots
Taiwan marks 500th offshore wind turbine milestone, total capacity hits 4.8GW
Taiwan has reached another milestone in its offshore wind power development, with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announcing that the country’s offshore wind farms have recently completed installation of the 500th wind turbine, bringing total installed capacity to 4.8GW.
Yaskawa eyes physical AI boom with JPY25 billion capex
Apple leans on Google Cloud and Nvidia GPUs in a pragmatic AI reset
Rapidus signs UK chip pact in push for 2nm customers
Japan’s Rapidus has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK Semiconductor Centre, a government-backed body established in 2025 to support Britain’s semiconductor ecosystem, marking a step toward cooperation on future semiconductor manufacturing and potential customer development in the UK, according to Rapidus and reports from Nikkei, Bloomberg, and Reuters.
Interview: From language to motion— Japanese startup APTO builds the data backbone for physical AI
Physical AI is emerging as a new frontier of model development. Any model, however, is only as good as the data used to train it. Because of this, Japanese startup APTO is launching a physical AI infrastructure lab to help plug the data gap needed to create vision-language-action (VLA) models, with a focus on imitation learning.
SAP says human-in-the-loop review is key to moving enterprise AI agents from POC to production
Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount
Samsung Electronics’ foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business looks difficult next year, with 2028 emerging as a more likely timeline, Yonhap, ZDNet Korea, and Chosun reported.