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An international team of aerospace engineers is working on building the prototype of a drone that imitates the manoeuvres of the swift, a bird that flies at a pretty fast speed.

There have been many discussions centred around the possibility that China may try to retake Taiwan and speculation as to the likely American reaction, but hardly any consideration has been given to the fact that even a failed bid by Beijing would have a massive effect on the American reliance on Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturers.

Taiwanese semiconductor firm Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company says it has stopped processing orders from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies following the US imposition of restrictions in May that make it illegal to supply product to a company that is on an American blacklist unless it obtains a licence.

In what is one more indicator of the growing rift between the US and China, a report claims moves are being made by the Trump administration to ask semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's biggest contract chip maker, to set up a factory in the US.

Several organisations in Taiwan have been targeted by a new Windows ransomware family that has been named ColdLock by the Japanese security firm Trend Micro.

Global fintech as a service Rapyd has undertaken a major expansion of its Disburse mass-payment platform.

Ericsson has been selected by Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom to provide the 5G platform to support its future 5G network, with the deployment of a non-standalone (NSA) New Radio (NR) network on mid and high-frequency bands.

New Zealand’s retail lending market is expected to record a healthy growth over 2019–23 to reach NZ$395.9bn (US$265.6bn) in 2023, according to analyst firm GlobalData.

Flinders University and the ACE Electric Vehicle Group will sign a research agreement on Friday to collaborate on the development and construction of a flat pack electric vehicle in Australia.

Global enterprise storage company Pure Storage has launched a dedicated distributor program for the Asia Pacific and Japan region.

ASUS has redefined what a notebook with two screens looks like, and the demos do make it look like a very practical and useful way to be more productive, and while the new tech is obviously expensive, the 2020s of dual screen laptops has arrived in 2019.

In spite of Donald Trump’s best efforts to fuel an international trade war, US chip maker Qualcomm and Chinese computers vendor Lenovo have collaborated to claim the world first launch of a 5G powered PC.

Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, are adopting several strategies and roadmaps to achieve the renewable energy target designated by their nations, according to a newly published report on the regional energy market.

H2 Cable and SubCom have signed a contract for the supply and installation of the H2 submarine cable system that will be the first to connect Australia and Hong Kong, with direct access to China.

Huawei Australia chairman John Lord has called on the Australian Government to adopt the path of cyber diplomacy in its dealings with the company he heads, rather than resorting to confrontation.

Australians have the lowest level of trust in the ability of their banking institutions to handle personal data securely, a survey of the Asia-Pacific by Unisys Corporation has found. The survey was taken ahead of the arrival of new services for implementing Open Banking.

Australia ranks as the fifth most digitally mature country in the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China region and 13th globally, and 78% of Australian businesses believe they are continually innovating and 88% are investing, or have already invested, in digital transformation.

A Chinese Government company and a private Taiwan firm have been accused of trying to steal trade secrets from US tech firm Micron Technology.

There's no "deliportation" yet that allows deliveries between countries instantly via Star Trek technology, but Deliveroo's move into Taiwan continues the company's APAC and global expansion.

ASUS has unveiled impressive new 13, 14 and 15-inch "thin and light" laptops with its most compact designs ever, featuring enviable four-sided frameless NanoEdge displays for "near-borderless visuals" alongside its NumberPad innovation.