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Weekly news roundup: Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek; 2D NAND shortage spirals

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 4-10, 2026:

South Korean shares hit all-time high on AI-led chipmaker rally

Extreme heat reshapes travel in Asia, nearly half of travellers changing plans: survey

Rising temperatures and climate risks are driving cancellations, off-peak trips and a shift toward cooler, less crowded destinations across Asia.

Singaporean killed in Dukono eruption ‘didn’t go for social media’: family

Speaking about her stepbrother Timothy Heng, Tessa Oh said that his family knew him to be someone who put others before himself and showed up for the people in his…

Hong Kong may broaden at-risk elderly support after recent deaths, minister says

Hong Kong authorities may widen support to cover more younger elderly residents to bolster protection, the welfare minister has said, calling current efforts to identify at-risk seniors “just the beginning”…

PCL Technologies to buy precision plastics and metal parts maker to target CPO components for data centers

PCL Technologies announced that its board approved a plan to acquire 100% of Pingood Group, including Pingood Enterprise Co., Pingood (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Pingji Electronics (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., and Suzhou…

APLEX forecasts charging-station shipments as medical business ramps in 2027

APLEX Technology said it secured a charging-pile order from a leading US customer and expected mass production shipments in the fourth quarter, while medical product trials with a European customer…

How Game Developers Create Online Pokies!

Pokies and other slot machines have had a real boost from all the tech innovation of the last 30 years, but they have always been popular for people heading to game clubs.…

AI surge drives Taiwan push for second-source PCB materials as market booms

The global copper-clad laminate market expanded sharply as AI computing demand forced higher-spec hardware, and Taiwan's printed circuit board supply chain moved to secure second-source positions, industry data showed. The…

Lite-On posts 25% year-on-year revenue jump in April on AI power and BBU demand

Lite-On Technology reported April consolidated revenue of NT$16.7 billion (US$530 million), up 1% from March and 25% from a year earlier, marking the company's highest monthly intake in nearly seven…

Hong Kong right to move to extend long arm of the law to claw machines

You can’t buy happiness, they say. But we “buy” dopamine fixes all the time. Just whip out the smartphone and we easily go down that rabbit hole of endless doom…

Taiwan, Germany extend joint EV battery R&D to 2029

Taiwan and Germany signed a Science and Technology Arrangement (STA) in 2023 to promote joint research in semiconductors, hydrogen energy, artificial intelligence (AI), and other fields. Officials from Taiwan's National…

China confirms dates for President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing

US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to China from May 13 to 15, at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, the foreign ministry in Beijing said on…

Thailand’s Thaksin steps out of jail into landscape where old rivals hold sway

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Monday after serving eight months in jail for an abuse of power conviction, a return to the spotlight for…

Cigarette butts ‘strong evidence’ of smoking ban breach at work sites: Chris Sun

Cigarette butts will be considered “strong evidence” of a possible breach under a proposed construction site smoking ban, Hong Kong’s labour chief has said, even as he sought to reassure…

Trump’s China return: what’s changed since his ‘friendly’ 2017 visit

Nine years after his lavish first visit to China as US president, Donald Trump is scheduled to head back to Beijing on May 13-15. With tensions over tariffs, Taiwan and…

China woman fined for applying make-up, dancing while driving; claims assisted driving more reliable

A woman in eastern China has been fined for applying make-up and dancing behind the wheel, then claiming her car’s driver-assistance system drove better than she could. According to CCTV…

Trump, Tehran and a Qatari tanker transit: here’s what happened overnight

The US-Israel war against Iran has now entered its tenth week and there has been little progress on the stalled peace talks. These are the major takeaways from what happened…

The AI memory squeeze may not ease before 2028

Global memory supply is under severe strain, prompting major cloud service providers to sign multi-year contracts with memory makers and forcing the industry to rethink capacity spending and pricing. The…

Taiwan chip testing firm sheds power unit, pivots to AI validation as margins recover

Taiwan-based electronics verification and analysis specialist Integrated Service Technology (iST) posted weaker first-quarter revenue and an operating loss amid a major operational restructuring, but said the transition has laid the…