04 Nov
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Apple enters top five brands in India for the first time as iPhone 17 demand soars; MediaTek retains 46% share in smartphone chipsets

India’s smartphone market grew 5% year-over-year in shipments and 18% in value in the third quarter of 2025, reaching its highest-ever quarterly value, according to Counterpoint Research. The growth was driven by festive-season sell-ins, aggressive promotions, and financing offers that boosted premium segment demand.

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04 Nov
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iPhone 17 sales exceed expectations to drive strong momentum in China for first quarter of FY26

Just two weeks after its launch, the iPhone 17 has provided strong momentum for Apple’s fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, and the trend is expected to continue into the fiscal 2026 first quarter. The iPhone 17 series may become one of the best-selling models in years, so Apple may be prompted to accelerate its supply chain to meet demand.

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04 Nov
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Andon Labs’ Butter-Bench test finds that embodied AI is still limited

Safety evaluation firm Andon Labs conducted experiments using several LLMs to control robots and found that while LLMs can understand commands, they still make frequent mistakes in real-world environments and are not yet capable of safely or reliably operating machines. According to TechCrunch, Andon Labs co-founder Lukas Petersson admitted that “LLMs are not ready to be robots.”

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04 Nov
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China dominates Asia-Pacific startup funding, with focus on AI and defense technology

China continues to see resilience in industry, technology, and trade as the largest economy in Asia, with Chinese firms securing seven of the top 10 spots in the startup fundraising rankings for the Asia-Pacific region. More notably, investors are particularly focused on emerging ventures in AI and defense, both sectors in which China is competing with the US.

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04 Nov
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Cisco unveils AI cloud network solutions to optimize enterprise management

As AI applications expand from data centers to various enterprise work environments, demands for network bandwidth, low latency, and intelligent management are rising. Cisco has introduced multiple new solutions at the Cisco Partner Summit 2025, including a unified dashboard integrating its Meraki and Catalyst Center platforms and automation workflows supporting natural language commands, aimed at helping enterprises upgrade networks and simplify operations.

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04 Nov
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HPC and smart power reshape auto semiconductor market

The global automotive semiconductor market is expected to reach US$78 billion in 2025, according to Mike Cheng, regional president of Avnet Taiwan, one of the world’s largest electronic component distributors. While the overall compound annual growth rate may hover around 4%, Cheng said three technological frontiers are expanding far more rapidly: high-performance computing (HPC), power systems, and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).

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