Taiwan’s government is moving to tighten rules around cryptocurrency and money laundering. The Cabinet has approved changes to the Anti-Money Laundering Act that would make it illegal to provide ...
Taiwan passes annual budget after long delay, including drone spending
TAIPEI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament approved this year's government budget late on Friday after a record delay, including spending on a key drone programme to bolster ...
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) Remains at the Center of the AI Boom
Polen Capital Management Llc released its “Polen Focus Growth Strategy” Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Polen Focus Growth returned 6.33% (net of fees) in the ...
Taiwan Passes Budget After Longest Delay in Nearly Three Decades
Lawmakers in Taiwan finally passed the budget for this year, following a delay that underscored tensions between the government and opposition.
48 hours in Taipei exploring tech food and new devices
A fast paced Taipei adventure combines technology exploration travel and creator experiences in this 48 hour vlog. The journey includes a Google Taipei office visit a first look at the Pixel 10a ...
AI boom predicted to drive Taiwan’s economy to grow fastest in four decades
By Faith Hung and Jeanny Kao TAIPEI, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Taiwan expects its tech-reliant economy to grow at the fastest pace in nearly four decades this year, the statistics agency said on Friday, ...
Taiwan projects 2026 economic growth at fastest in four decades on AI demand
TAIPEI, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Taiwan's tech-reliant economy is expected to grow at its fastest pace in nearly four decades this year, the statistics agency said on Friday, upgrading its forecast due to ...
From lab bench to IPO: How Taiwan’s top university aims to turn professors into founders, campus into a unicorn factory
National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), one of Taiwan's leading research universities, has spent more than a decade cultivating a campus culture of professor-led startups — a track record that has ...
An Eating Tour of Asia’s Most Food-Obsessed City
LANDING AT the Taipei airport just after 10 p.m., my parents and I—without any discussion on the matter—immediately set out to eat. The subway delivered us to Xiao Lizi, a restaurant on Fuxing South ...
FPT Deepens Partnerships with Taiwan’s Financial Institutions to Advance Digital Transformation
HANOI, Vietnam--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global IT Corporation FPT has announced new collaborations with OBank and E.SUN Commercial Bank (E.SUN), two of Taiwan’s prominent financial institutions. The ...
Sirens blare and the streets empty out. Taiwan prepares itself for war
Taiwan's 169,000-strong active military staff are backed by some 1.66 million reservists. China's People's Liberation Army, by comparison, has more than two million active soldiers and 500,000 reservists.
Taiwan holds naval drill during war games as China steps up maritime pressure
By Ben Blanchard and Yi-Chin Lee TAIPEI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan's armed forces carried out an anti-blockade drill during annual war games, using the navy and coast guard to simulate escorting a ...
Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill
For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled. The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the island's annual Han Kuang exercises,
Taiwan holds naval drill as China steps up maritime pressure
The armed forces carried out an anti-blockade drill during the annual Han Kuang war games, using the navy and coast guard to simulate escorting a merchant ship, the Ministry of National Defense said today,
Hackers used autonomous AI agents to attack Taiwan. Is this the future of cyberwarfare?
Hackers deployed an AI system to carry out sophisticated cyberattacks on Taiwan, officials said, in what experts believe is the first known fully autonomous attack on government agencies.
Taiwan military drills clear streets, slow internet in Taipei
By Yi-Chin Lee and Angie Teo TAIPEI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Air raid sirens rang out and streets emptied in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Thursday during annual air raid drills that also included the governm ...