Man sentenced for shooting fireworks at home

The Hsinchu District Court has sentenced a man to seven months in jail for firing fireworks at a private residence. The ruling said a man surnamed Shan (單), who held a grudge against a man surnamed ...

Taiwan’s successful tech industry

Computex Taipei 2024, organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), started on Tuesday last week. The event had 4,500 booths and attracted 1,500 companies, more than 13,000 ...

Taiwan Semiconductor, Meta Platforms, and Other Tech Stocks in Focus

Facebook parent Meta Platforms is planning to allow businesses to use free AI chatbots on WhatsApp, the company revealed on Thursday at its Conversations event in São Paulo, Brazil. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that next month the company will launch its Meta AI chatbot in Portuguese, its first language other than English.

Remember HTC? It’s Teasing a New Smartphone

HTC—once a major player in the Android market—is preparing to make a comeback. The Taiwanese smartphone vendor today took to social media to post an image that teases a new phone. The picture gives us ...

Clarifying surveillance concerns

Article 3-1 of the Communication Security and Surveillance Act (通訊保障及監察法) says that a private mobile phone user’s name, identification number, telephone number, address, time of communication, length ...

Property Tax in Taiwan

Nonresidents, individuals who were in Taiwan for less than 183 days during a calendar year ... The taxable gain is the difference between the selling price and the property cost (acquisition costs, ...