Asia Tech News Digest - August 21, 2026

#	Source	Title	Summary	Topics	Link
1	TechAsia	Meta becomes one of Microsoft’s biggest AI customers: source	Microsoft said in July that Azure AI Foundry, its marketplace for AI models, had 100,000 customers.	AISemiconductor	Read
2	TechAsia	GitLab adds in-region AI for regulated enterprises	GitLab also moved Bulk static application security testing (SAST) False Positive Detection and Agentic SAST Vulnerability Resolution to beta.	AI	Read
3	DigiTimes	Charts: TSMC's share of Taiwan chip manufacturing revenue falls to 81.8% as memory makers scale up	Foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) grew 37% year to date — and still lost four percentage points of the sub-sector's revenue share, because the other 26 manufacturers grew more than twice as fast.	Semiconductor	Read
4	DigiTimes	US ban on robot dogs clears the way for Taiwan's Swancor	To safeguard national security and the development of the AI supply chain, the US has banned imports of advanced humanoid robots. Against that backdrop, Taiwan-based Swancor unveiled its first "Taiwan AI robot ecosystem" at Automation Taipei 2026, joining with more than 10 Taiwanese industry, technology, and academic p	AIAutomationLogistics	Read
5	DigiTimes	Charts: AI test demand drives broadest growth among Taiwan's chip equipment suppliers	Thirty-eight of 43 companies grew year to date at a median rate of 28.7% — the highest of any semiconductor sub-sector — with test handlers, sockets and probe cards recurring across company filings.	SemiconductorAI	Read
6	CNA	Commentary: Workers shouldn’t have to figure out AI on their own	The Economic Strategy Review can set the national direction for Singapore’s AI transition but turning that into real change for employees means redesigning work, job by job, says NTU’s Trevor Yu.	AI	Read
7	TechAsia	Alibaba Q2 revenue rises 9% as AI cloud demand grows	The Chinese tech company said revenue from AI cloud and compute services rose 45% to 48.4 billion yuan (US$7.2 billion).	AI	Read
8	EETAsia	From Manual Checks to Predictive Control: The Rise of In-Situ Sensing in Semiconductor Fabs	Here is how intelligent in-situ sensing is helping semiconductor manufacturers improve tool performance, reduce downtime, and enable more predictive manufacturing. The post From Manual Checks to Predictive Control: The Rise of In-Situ Sensing in Semiconductor Fabs appeared first on EE Times Asia .	Semiconductor	Read
9	NikkeiAsia	Foreign ownership of Japan stocks hits new record on AI boom	Foreign ownership of Japan stocks hits new record on AI boom	AI	Read
10	NikkeiAsia	Japan left behind by US and China in AI era patent race	Japan left behind by US and China in AI era patent race	AI	Read
11	NikkeiAsia	Alibaba AI outlays dent profit despite best revenue growth in years	Alibaba AI outlays dent profit despite best revenue growth in years	AI	Read

Meta becomes one of Microsoft’s biggest AI customers: source

Asia Tech News Digest - August 21, 2026