Record Taipower profit masks rising pressure from AI data centers on Taiwan’s power system

Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) announced a net profit of NT$72.9 billion (approx. US$2.32 billion) for 2025, setting a new single-year earnings record and surpassing its previous high of NT$61.7 billion in 2015. The results, released at a recent board meeting, were driven by electricity tariff increases and lower international fuel costs amid ongoing financial challenges.

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Moltbot cracks the CUDA barrier, pushing Apple’s Mac mini back into AI development

Apple has long built its brand around a tightly integrated hardware and services ecosystem. In AI and high-performance computing (HPC), however, the platform has been limited by the absence of support for Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem. The open-source AI agent Moltbot, formerly known as Clawdbot, is now breaking that barrier, driving renewed developer interest in the Mac mini.

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