Taiwan’s technology news headlines from October 2023 captured developments in the country’s tech scene including: Acer’s e-scooter brand enters the Indian market; Foxconn’s ‘open electric vehicles alliance‘, the MIH Consortium; data security issues in Taiwan’s municipal government offices; and more.
So, hit the headlines below; each links to the Taiwan tech news item behind each headline, in full and free-to-read.
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- Taiwan: New Jersey Asia-Pacific Center to open in Taipei in 2024, marking the US state’s first full-time presence in the region, in bid to grow economic, academic and cultural ties
- Taiwan’s Foxconn and NVIDIA partner for AI-focused tech moves across a range of applications
- Taiwan: Taipei Gov’t moves to lift data security, finding 19 municipal offices using biometric attendance devices made or assembled in China and Thailand
- Taiwan’s Foxconn hit with economic coercion via tax audits and land use probes in China, likely in response to Foxconn founder standing for election in Taiwan
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- Taiwan: Gogoro launches CrossOver Smartscooter, built for existing network of over 1M swappable batteries and featuring a tougher task-oriented build than standard escooters
- Taiwan: An intro to a handful of the international startups that took part in the recent Meet Greater South event
- Taiwan’s MIH Consortium, a Foxconn-initiated open EV alliance, has licensed design and tech to M Mobility, a startup backed by India’s Tech Mahindra IT giant
- Thailand and Taiwan firms have satellites placed in orbit by European Space Agency ‘ride-sharing’ launcher Vega with other payloads from Spain, Austria and Estonia
- India: Taiwan’s Acer hardware and electronics brand launched its first e-scooter for the Indian market, featuring swappable batteries and 80km range
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