Nearly all local governments across Taiwan have announced that work and schools will be suspended on Saturday, July 11, as Typhoon Bavi approaches. The closures cover Keelung, Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung,...

At least 28 people are dead after a shoe factory caught fire in China’s Fujian Province on Thursday, July 9. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but local reporting suggests that debris piled in staircases hampered rescue efforts.    According to local reporting and state media CCTV, ...

As Typhoon Bavi approached Taiwan, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) oversaw the disaster preparedness measures across the island. Bavi is set to be Taiwan’s biggest storm so far this year, and the National Armed Forces have mobilized 28,000 troops to potential disaster areas to help with prepa...

Meta’s planned September mass production of the AI chip, codenamed Iris, will increase overall computing power to 14 gigawatts by next year. According to Reuters, the company is collaborating with Broadcom on the design, with TSMC handling manufacturing. Iris is part of the fourth-generatio...