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China’s GenAI market continues to heat up as Beijing records more LLM filings
The latest batch of GenAI services registered in Beijing included large language models from Zhipu AI and Xiaomi affiliate Rigo Design.
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Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model outperforms Meta, OpenAI products
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China’s tech push: Shanghai aims to be global medical AI hub by 2027
27 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
Blockchain
Bitcoin rally loses steam in final days of record-breaking year
Bitcoin and its smaller rivals are struggling for traction, after the largest cryptocurrency surged to a record high last week.
27 Dec 2024 - 2:51PM
Bitcoin is retreating after hitting a record high earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
Tech Trends
Hong Kong start-up offers personalised avatars in bid to monetise generative AI
The company’s AI photo booth is built upon several large image models including Stable Diffusion, which it uses to produce digital avatars.
27 Dec 2024 - 7:00AM
Tech Trends
Shanghai firm helps AI start-up Stepfun raise ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
Fortera Capital, a private-equity firm under the Shanghai State-owned Capital Investment Co, led Stepfun’s recent series B funding round.
26 Dec 2024 - 7:30PM
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Tech Trends
Tesla rival Li Auto wants to expand into an AI and robot company
The premium EV maker aims to produce humanoid robots after achieving level-4 autonomous driving, CEO Li Xiang says.
26 Dec 2024 - 6:30PM
The logo of Chinese EV maker Li Auto. Photo: Reuters
Big Tech
Alibaba Cloud to live stream China’s most-watched event for first time
The TV show, which airs on January 28, has been a Lunar New Year’s Eve tradition for millions of Chinese families since 1983.
26 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
Banking & Finance
As stablecoin bill advances in Hong Kong legislature, advocates trumpet it
Stablecoins have the ability to expand their usage in the real financial economy, according to industry experts.
26 Dec 2024 - 11:30AM
Tech War
Huawei’s latest phones still rely on South Korean memory chips
While Huawei has used Chinese memory chips in other handsets, the Mate 70 series features products from SK Hynix, a teardown analysis shows.
26 Dec 2024 - 11:49AM
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Big Tech
China approves over 1,400 video game titles for the year, the most since 2019
A total of 1,306 domestic games and 110 foreign titles were approved in 2024, up from 977 local titles and 98 imported ones last year.
25 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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People pass by an ad for the video game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ in the Sony store in Shanghai, August 26, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE
Big Tech
Ant Group expands Alipay into two business units in latest restructuring
The company will adopt a ‘rotating presidential system’ for the two new businesses, with each unit president serving a six-month term.
26 Dec 2024 - 10:59AM
Big Tech
Amazon asks Chinese sellers not to offer cheaper prices on Temu
As competition heats up, the US retailer has started tracking product pricing on rival platform Temu, according to merchants.
24 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM
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Big Tech
Foxconn invests in EV battery plant in China’s iPhone city
The US$82 million capital injection marks the Taiwanese giant’s latest foray into the electric-vehicle sector.
24 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
Tech War
Chinese surveillance tech firm Dahua exits projects in Xinjiang
The company was added to a US trade blacklist in 2019 on claims it aided in human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
24 Dec 2024 - 1:43PM
A Dahua security camera. Photo: AP Photo
Diplomacy
US launches trade investigation into China’s ‘legacy’ chips
Trade agency say ‘evidence indicates’ that China seeks to dominate domestic and global chip markets.
24 Dec 2024 - 1:08AM
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United States & Canada
Trump’s TikTok love raises stakes in battle over app’s fate
Trump’s repeated support for TikTok sparks speculation about potential solutions to prevent the Chinese-owned app’s impending US ban.
24 Dec 2024 - 6:34AM
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Big Tech
Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip
Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.
3 Oct 2023 - 2:26PM
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Big Tech
ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China
While China had declared AI strategically important as early as 2018, ChatGPT has shattered illusions about the country’s technological prowess.
1 Apr 2023 - 11:13PM
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Policy
China’s e-CNY blues: major test bed shows sluggish adoption
More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.
13 Mar 2023 - 7:36PM
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Can Huawei’s 5G-powered Tianjin Port redefine its enterprise business?
Tianjin Port is the latest technological showpiece of Huawei Technologies, as the world’s largest provider of phone network equipment reinvents itself after nearly four years of crushing US sanctions.
11 Feb 2023 - 12:11PM
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OPINION
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David Ketchum
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Weakest link in Hong Kong’s tech ecosystem? Scale-up funding
24 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
Rachel Chng
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How Southeast Asia can become the next AI powerhouse
22 Dec 2024 - 8:30PM
Marina Yue Zhang
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US-China science pact renewal a ray of hope amid techno-nationalism
20 Dec 2024 - 8:37AM
Syed Munir Khasru
Opinion
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Why blanket bans are not the answer to keeping children safe online
27 Nov 2024 - 5:30AM
Zhou Xin
My Take
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Tesla is getting love from Chinese state media, but can the affair last?
19 Nov 2024 - 7:00AM
Alice Wu
Opinion
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A leader in digital competitiveness? Hong Kong still has a way to go
18 Nov 2024 - 9:30AM
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