As global automakers battle for dominance in an increasingly competitive Chinese market, European luxury brands are facing unprecedented headwinds. Beyond losing market share to fast-rising Chinese manufacturers, a newly implemented luxury tax policy by Beijing is compounding their struggles—threatening what many had viewed as their final stronghold in the world’s largest auto market.

Taiwanese polarizer manufacturers are struggling due to overall capacity oversupply, a downturn in the panel market during the second quarter of 2025, exchange rate fluctuations, and rising upstream material costs. Both BenQ Materials and CMMT reported poor operational performance, with both companies experiencing losses in their core businesses. As the traditional peak season approaches in the third quarter, neither company is optimistic about significant improvement.

Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W is the first of a trio of OLED gaming monitors presented by Asus at Gamescom 2025. It sports a 26.5-inch OLED display with a QHD resolution and a native 540Hz refresh rate. The PG27AQWP-W stands out with its versatile dual mode, allowing users to switch between ultrasmooth QHD@540Hz or HD@720Hz visuals. The monitor features tandem WOLED technology for 15% higher…

ViewSonic VX2766-2K-PRO-9 New and ViewSonic VX2766-2K-PRO-10 New are two new esports monitors for China. They are named in this unoriginal way because there are two other ViewSonic monitors with the same names from 2024 that are quite similar to the new ones. The main difference between the 2024 and the 2025 models is that this year’s ones have two HDMI 2.1 instead of two HDMI 2.0 ports. But…