HTC Corp. convened its annual shareholders’ meeting on June 20, 2025, during which Chairwoman Cher Wang highlighted the company’s recent agreement with Alphabet. The deal, reached in the first quarter of 2025, grants Alphabet non-exclusive access to a segment of HTC’s extended reality (XR) research and development team and related intellectual property.

Taiwan International Ports (TIPC) is introducing AI-enabled monitoring systems to address frequent attempts by unidentified small boats to land illegally along Taiwan’s coastal waters, president Chin-Jung Wang said. These vessels often disable their positioning systems, complicating detection efforts.

The Semiconductor Assembly Test Automation and Standardization Research Association (SATAS), spearheaded by Intel Corporation in Japan, announced on June 19, 2025, that it has begun constructing a pilot semiconductor back-end production line at Sharp Corporation’s Kameyama facility in Mie Prefecture. In addition to equipment installation, SATAS has initiated environmental preparation work for several buildings within the site.