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Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association calling on the government to stockpile strategic raw materials and voicing support for the reopening of nuclear p...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Lauly Li about surging costs across the tech industry as the Iran war and the AI boom strain supply chains.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Hong Kong correspondent Cissy Zhou about the surging popularity of AI agent OpenClaw in China. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Alibaba unveils 5-nm AI chipset de...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Silicon Valley correspondent Yifan Yu about how the environmental impact of manufacturing AI chips and servers is coming under increasing scrutiny.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Shanghai correspondent Wataru Suzuki about the growing role of AI and other tech in China's new five-year plan. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ China lays...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Hong Kong correspondent Cissy Zhou about why China's smartphone market is seeing one of its biggest and widest price hikes ever. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Bangalore correspondent Sayan Chakraborty about how India's local AI firms armed with Indic-language models could give them an edge at at time when calls for developing sovereign AI are growing louder.  == ==...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Tokyo correspondent Tsubasa Suruga about SoftBank's AI investment strategy.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured stories below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ SoftBank profit quintuples as OpenAI bet lifts V...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Shotaro about Japan's strategy to secure non-Chinese sources for rare earth minerals. NOTE: Tech Latest will take a one-week break and be back on Feb. 24 with regular episodes..  == == == == == == == == Check ou...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about how runaway demand for AI computing power is having a powerful knock-on effect throughout the tech supply chain.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode&...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with tech correspondent Yifan Yu and senior business correspondent Cissy Zhou about consumer tech, the China-U.S. rivalry and the latest in AI glasses.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured s...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Lauly Li about Google's move to develop and make high-end phones in Vietnam this year from scratch in a move similar to what Apple has planned for India. == == == == == == == == Check...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Sydney correspondent Sophie Mak about the rollout of Australia's social media ban for those under age 16, what led to the decision and some of the growing pains the government and businesses are having with impl...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this special year-end episode, Katey and Shotaro look back at the year's top tech stories, as well as predict the sector's trends in 2026. They discuss advancements in generative AI, the rise of robotics, new developments in energy technol...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with both India correspondent Sayan Chakraborty and Silicon Valley correspondent Yifan Yu about the true effect that AI is having on the global job market. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠feature...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Tokyo correspondent Tsubasa Suruga about Japan's challenge to build enough data centers to keep up with the AI race.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bottlenecks in...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Hong Kong correspondent Cissy Zhou about how Chinese self-driving vehicle companies effectively locked out of the U.S. market are seeking overseas growth elsewhere. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode&#39...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Taiwan correspondent Thompson Chau about Taiwan's space ambitions, and how their partnership with SpaceX is helping them launch a new satellite network set to play a pivotal role in future disaster resilience and...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about how TSMC, Intel and the AI boom are transforming the Arizona desert into a thriving tech hub in the U.S.   == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Lauly Li about her recent interview with Foxconn's CEO where he reveals the company's aim to double down on the U.S. market by using AI humanoid robots to make AI servers in Texas...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Seoul correspondent Kim Jaewon about Samsung's efforts to make up lost ground in the AI supply chain and innovation frontlines after falling behind to rivals.   == == == == == == == == Check out this episode&#39...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Shanghai correspondent Wataru Suzuki about how Chinese startups are racing to supply the nation with a fleet of autonomous delivery vans.   == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story b...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Tokyo correspondent Mitsuru Obe about a new generation of space and defense startups and how current events, like the Ukraine war, have changed the dynamics of how they seek and secure funding.  == == == == == == ==...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Tokyo tech correspondent Tsubasa Suruga about Japan’s big week in AI deals and what it means for its place in the future market.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Silicon Valley correspondent Yifan Yu about how AI glasses are quickly becoming the next must-win battle for Big Tech in both the U.S. and China. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured sto...