Flex, the Texas-based global manufacturing and supply chain services firm, has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ‘s newly launched Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM)—a bold, institute-wide collaboration aimed at revitalizing American industrial capabilities. As one of six founding members of INM’s Industry Consortium—alongside Amgen, GE Vernova, Siemens, PTC, and Sanofi—Flex is aligning itself with academia and industry to drive a transformation of manufacturing through artificial intelligence, machine learning, and scalable systems innovation.

In a dramatic shift in US immigration policy, the State Department on June 5, 2025, issued a directive halting visa approvals for students bound for Harvard University, including those on exchange programs—part of President Trump’s tighter immigration enforcement push. When a federal court temporarily blocked the move a day later, the department resumed processing those visas but imposed additional scrutiny, such as probing applicants’ social media footprints. Experts warn that with broad discretionary power in visa denial—often without explanation—many students could remain mired in indefinite “administrative processing” with little visibility into their case status.

面板双虎5月营收出炉，拉货动能趋缓，加上新台币升值冲击，友达5月自结合并营收241.77亿元（新台币，下同），年减4.6％，群创5月自结合并营收187.24亿元，年减0.75％。 6月面板价格恐将转跌，市场预期营收缓步下滑，第二季营运表现将略逊于第一季。