President Lai unveils AI goals, plans
SMART LIVING: The government’s 10-year AI development initiative aims to build an AI innovation system and create circles…
KMT offers legal assistance to challenge pension cut
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday promised to provide legal assistance to retired police officers and firefighters affected…
Israel cleared to start West Bank work
HOUSING TACTICS: Critics say the E1 project, which would run deep into the West Bank, would prevent the…
Formosan black bear burgles hut in Chiayi County
A Formosan black bear broke into a hut in Chiayi County‘s Dabang Village (達邦), eating canned goods and…
US remains largest debtor to Taiwan
GROWING OWINGS: While Luxembourg and China swapped the top three spots, the US continued to be the largest…
Some choosing Chinese amid tech rivalry
By Thomas Urbain and Luna Lin / AFP, NEW YORK Even as the US is embarked on a…
Majority disagree with pension amendment: poll
NUMBERS TALK: A recent poll showed that a significant majority of respondents oppose the KMT’s recent pension amendment…
TASA eyes 2034 to launch own Taiwan-made rocket
EYES TO THE HEAVENS: Taiwan’s space agency aims to launch a locally built rocket into orbit within a…
Taiwanese team identifies Internet addiction with EEG
A Taiwanese research team has developed a machine-learning model that analyzes electroencephalography (EEG) brain wave patterns to distinguish…
China ‘rejects’ chips, outfoxing US: Sacks
CHIP RACE: Three years of overbroad export controls drove foreign competitors to pursue their own AI chips, and…
Legislative Yuan passes pension cut suspension
‘FISCALLY UNVIABLE’: The new rules compromise fiscal discipline and would increase the economic burden on young people, Legislator…
‘Chilling effect’: Israel reforms raise press freedom fears
A raft of proposed measures from Israel’s ruling coalition targeting the media has sparked outrage, with critics saying…