Asia Tech News Digest - September 10, 2026

#	Source	Title	Summary	Topics	Link
1	CNA	OpenAI pushes for mandatory national AI safety requirements	OpenAI pushes for mandatory national AI safety requirements	AI	Read
2	DigiTimes	Apple names a 2nm node for the first time since 2024 — and raises prices on every iPhone it still sells	Apple used its 2026 iPhone launch to do two things it had avoided for years: it named the process node in its flagship chip, and it raised the price of phones already on sale. Both moves point to the same pressure. Memory is expensive, the packaging that binds memory to logic has become the hard part of building a phon	Semiconductor	Read
3	DigiTimes	Apple bets on new sensors and S11 chip to differentiate its 2026 watches	Behind the foldable, Apple used the same event to rebuild the sensing hardware in its wearables and to push active noise cancellation down to US$129. Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 in Cupertino on 9 September, and the two watches share the key upgrades: an all-new Health S	Semiconductor	Read
4	DigiTimes	AI servers push Asus' August revenue up 51%	Asus reported consolidated revenue of NT$94.96 billion (US$3.02 billion) in August 2026, up 12.87% from July and 51.17% from a year earlier — the second-highest monthly figure in company history. Revenue for the first eight months reached NT$645.19 billion (US$20.5 billion), up 42.3% year over year. The company attribu	AI	Read
5	TechAsia	OpenAI, Samsung deepen next-gen chip and AI ties	The moves comes as OpenAI develops its own chips and expands ties with South Korean suppliers.	AISemiconductor	Read
6	TechAsia	Indonesia AI infrastructure firm Zankore secures $3.1b loan	Citi served as the exclusive debt adviser for the planned AI infrastructure.	AI	Read
7	TechAsia	The OpenAI plan: Cheap AI tests will revive old research	OpenAI's Mark Sellke and Meethab Sawhney explain how cheap AI testing is reviving old research ideas, and how human roles are shifting toward verification.	AI	Read
8	NikkeiAsia	South Korea's AI diplomacy needs Japan in the room	South Korea's AI diplomacy needs Japan in the room	AI	Read
9	NikkeiAsia	Mitsui to help speed cancer drug research in Asia with patient database	Mitsui to help speed cancer drug research in Asia with patient database	Pharmaceutical	Read
10	NikkeiAsia	Japan's Daikin to use AI in A/C inspection training as cooling demand rises	Japan's Daikin to use AI in A/C inspection training as cooling demand rises	AI	Read

OpenAI pushes for mandatory national AI safety requirements

Asia Tech News Digest - September 10, 2026