Is the AWS outage linked to cyberwar with China? Speculation mounts as China accuses US of cyberattack on its National Time Service CenterA major Amazon Web Services outage caused widespread internet disruptions affecting numerous popular applications and websites. Concurrentl...
20 Oct, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
Philippines halts work, classes as super typhoon barrels toward LuzonSuper Typhoon Ragasa prompted the Philippines to suspend work and classes as it approached northern Luzon, with the highest typhoon warning...
22 Sep, 2025, 08.40 AM IST
Did Trump just bow to Beijing? Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te snubbed as US blocks New York visitThe Trump administration reportedly blocked Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te from a New York stopover after China's objections, aiming to av...
29 Jul, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
Typhoon Danas lashes southern Taiwan with record winds, injuring hundredsTyphoon Danas struck southern Taiwan, an uncommon event for the island's west coast, resulting in two fatalities and over 330 injuries. Rec...
07 Jul, 2025, 08.30 AM IST
Taiwan faces almost 1 million monthly cyber attacks from ChinaCheng Hui-pin, the head of the IT department, revealed this information in response to questions from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Le...
23 Dec, 2024, 09.37 AM IST
Taiwan earthquake: From trembling bridges to houses collapsing, videos and photos capture the nation's strongest quake in 25 yearsA 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan, leaving one dead, over 50 injured, and causing 26 building collapses. It's the strongest in 25 ye...
03 Apr, 2024, 11.23 AM IST
Drought in China: Climate change may cause more intense heat waves, warn scientistsAccording to the Agriculture ministry of China, the current heat wave is the worst that China has been experiencing in more than 60 years. ...
29 Aug, 2022, 12.16 PM IST
TSMC leads rush for renewables ahead of Taiwan energy voteEnergy security and reliance on imported fossil fuels have long been key political issues for Taiwan that have become more inflammatory aft...
09 Dec, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
Mobile shipment targets cut further amid record-low inventory levelsCounterpoint Research has cut its 2021 forecast further to 164 million units from 170 million, and TechArc, by another 2-3% from its expect...
11 Oct, 2021, 07.02 AM IST
World’s supply of chips is in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccinesIntel is a rival and plans to challenge TSMC at the cutting edge, but Gelsinger isn’t the only voice making for uncomfortable listening in ...
24 May, 2021, 09.24 AM IST
Taiwan’s once blistering economy is battered from all sidesIf cases remain high, Taiwan may be forced into a full lockdown, which would spread the pain from the retail sector to exports in an econom...
20 May, 2021, 09.12 AM IST
Human error and shaky grid spark new global-chip supply concernsAnalysts see little likelihood of TSMC being affected by similar shortages in the future, even as it consumes more electricity due to new p...
17 May, 2021, 09.16 AM IST
Millions lose power after Taiwan power plant failureTaipower, the government-run electric company, launched the rolling blackouts at 3 p.m. and said emergency repairs were underway.
13 May, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
Making chips requires lots of water and, gulp, Taiwan has a droughtData from TSMC indicates that shipments of wafers — a metric used to measure volume of output — climbed 23% last year.
26 Feb, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Indian enterprises lose almost a third of their data during disruptions: Zerto57% of the respondents committed to cloud architecture infrastructure a focus area when it comes to datacentre spends and investment opport...
04 Nov, 2016, 05.22 PM IST
- Six dead as quake, tsunami hit Japan
A magnitude-8.9 earthquake hit northeastern Japan Friday, generating a tsunami as high as 10 metres that hit the coast of Miyagi prefecture...
11 Mar, 2011, 01.50 PM IST
- Three missing, thousands displaced after Philippines typhoon
Typhoon Fung-wong left three people missing feared dead and caused widespread floods, landslides and power outages in the northern Philippi...
28 Jul, 2008, 11.27 AM IST