Small-to-medium-sized panel maker HannStar Display continued to incur losses in the second quarter of 2025, marking its twelfth consecutive quarter of accumulated losses. To simplify its organizational structure and reduce operating costs, HannStar’s board of directors decided to merge three wholly owned subsidiaries: Far Leader, Tong Xin Automation, and Lensme, all of which are investment holding companies. The planned merger is scheduled for October 1, 2025.

OpenAI is reportedly in talks to allow employees—both current and former—to sell their shares in a deal that could value the company at US$500 billion, a dramatic jump from its most recent valuation of US$300 billion. The proposed transaction is aimed at retaining top talent and rewarding staff as competition for AI researchers intensifies across the tech industry.

TSMC has been reported to have a leak of its 2nm process trade secrets, prompting judicial investigators to launch an investigation under suspicion of violating the National Security Act. A senior government official stated that the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has already begun enlisting experts to determine whether the information leaked by a TSMC engineer involves serious national core critical technologies. However, the official also noted that TSMC’s key production parameters and trade secrets are stored in segmented parts; if the leaker only obtained a portion, other companies would be unable to use it even if acquired.