U.S. Treasury says it has imposed sanctions on Cuba.

July 8, 2026 — Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology Co., Ltd. and Wanbang Digital Energy Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation to deploy embodied-intelligence robots across charging facilities, energy storage and smart energy management. The partners will implement end-to-end automated charging—linking intelligent sensing to precision execution—and roll out full-stack automated charging and smart O&M solutions for complex operating conditions, aiming to validate the technology and accelerate commercialization.

Taiwan Economic Daily reports TSMC plans to raise wafer-foundry prices for mature process nodes from January following earlier hikes on advanced nodes. IC design firms said they will still seek more foundry capacity for next year than they secured this year to support growth. Designers noted that rising mature-node pricing in 1H—from OSATs and non‑TSMC foundries—has already pushed up production costs and led to product price negotiations with clients; a TSMC increase would prompt further client renegotiations and downstream cost pass‑throughs.