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Business

TSMC Plans New Kaohsiung Hub as AI Chip Boom Sends Advanced Packaging Demand Soaring

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is expanding its advanced-packaging footprint in Kaohsiung, planning a new facility at Baipu Industrial Park as artificial intelligence drives unprecedented demand for high-performance chips. The company plans to develop a 3-hectare site featuring two flexible buildings, small cleanrooms and laboratories for advanced-packaging testing, joint development and process research, TSMC Vice President of Advanced Packaging Technology and Service Jun He sai

September 3, 2026

Business

Smart Glasses Are Going Mainstream — But the New Orleans Attack Exposed a Security Risk Few Saw Coming

Smart glasses are being marketed as the next step beyond smartphones: cameras that can see what users see, microphones that can hear their surroundings and increasingly powerful artificial intelligence available without ever reaching into a pocket. But as the technology races toward the mainstream, security researchers are asking a darker question: What happens when the same hands-free technology designed to make everyday life easier is adopted by violent extremists? That concern moved beyond

September 3, 2026

Business

TRUMP’S $65-BILLION VENEZUELA OIL GAMBLE: Historic Energy Deal Could Be Built on “Quicksand” — Here’s Why

WASHINGTON/CARACAS — President Donald Trump’s sweeping oil agreement with Venezuela is being promoted by his administration as a historic step toward American energy dominance and Venezuela’s economic recovery. But beneath the promise of billions of dollars in investment and a potential revival of one of the world’s largest oil industries lies a major question: Can a deal built around political power and an unelected Venezuelan government survive the political and legal changes that could come

September 3, 2026

Business

Taiwan Air Force Plans NT$3.57 Billion Upgrade of Key Underground Base as China Threat Grows

Taiwan is preparing a major upgrade of one of its most important hardened air facilities, with the Air Force planning to spend NT$3.57 billion (about US$112.5 million) from 2027 to 2031 to modernize systems at Chiashan Air Force Base in Hualien. The plan comes as Taiwan continues strengthening the survivability of its military forces against the possibility of missile and air attacks from China. The project was included in Taiwan's proposed 2027 defense budget submitted to the legislature. Ta

September 3, 2026

Hong Kong

Taiwan Groups Demand Joshua Wong’s Release After Guilty Plea in Hong Kong National Security Case

Taiwanese civic groups and Hong Kong activists in Taipei are calling for the immediate and unconditional release of jailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong after he pleaded guilty in a second national security case that could potentially send him to prison for life. Wong, 29, entered the guilty plea on Sept. 2 at Hong Kong’s High Court to a charge of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. Prosecutors accused him of working with exiled former lawmaker Nathan Law and others to seek foreign

September 3, 2026

Entertainment

LUCKY LOSER TURNS GIANT-KILLER: Bu Stuns No. 12 Seed Jódar in Brutal US Open Upset — And He Wasn’t Even Supposed to Be There

NEW YORK — A player who had already been eliminated from qualifying suddenly found himself back in the US Open spotlight — and he made the most of his unexpected second chance. China’s Yunchaokete Bu produced one of the tournament’s most eye-catching upsets Wednesday, crushing Spanish No. 12 seed Rafael Jódar, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1, to eliminate the highly touted teenager in the opening round of the US Open. The match was disrupted by rain, but the weather proved to be only one of several challenges f

September 3, 2026

Entertainment

NBA Hammers Clippers Over Kawhi Leonard Case: 5 First-Round Picks Gone, $30M Fine — and the Fallout May Not Be Over

The Los Angeles Clippers have been hit with one of the most damaging sanctions imposed on an NBA franchise in decades, losing five consecutive first-round draft picks and being fined $30 million after the league concluded that the organization violated salary-cap circumvention rules in dealings connected to superstar Kawhi Leonard. The NBA announced on September 2 that the Clippers will forfeit their first-round selections in 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032 and 2033. Team owner Steve Ballmer has also be

September 3, 2026

Entertainment

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF X USERS TARGETED: U.S. DOJ Hunts Hackers Behind Massive Password-Recovery Attack

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has joined forces with Elon Musk’s social-media platform X to track down cybercriminals behind an attempted attack targeting the password-recovery process of hundreds of thousands of X users. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday that “sophisticated cyber criminals” attempted to exploit X’s account-recovery system, but the platform disrupted the operation before it could succeed on the scale apparently intended. Authorities have not publicly

September 3, 2026

Politics

US and Taiwan Team Up on Palau Projects as Washington Pledges More Than US$150 Million for Pacific

The United States and Taiwan are deepening cooperation in Palau as Washington announces more than US$150 million in new support for Pacific Island nations, putting infrastructure, energy security and regional development at the center of a growing geopolitical contest. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announced the funding on Sept. 1 during the Pacific Islands Forum Partners Dialogue in Palau. The US Department of State said the package is intended to strengthen economic prosperi

September 3, 2026

Politics

Trump Threatens to Hit Iran “Hard” as US-Iran Fighting Erupts Again Around Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has threatened further military action against Iran after American and Iranian forces exchanged fire for the first time in weeks, raising fresh fears that the six-month conflict could spiral into a wider regional war. The latest escalation began when US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with Washington saying the weapons were being prepared for use in laying sea mines in one of the world's most important shippi

September 3, 2026