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Digital currencies

China’s selfie app Meitu sells all crypto before bitcoin hit US$100,000

Meitu netted US$80 million on bitcoin and ether holdings, exiting the crypto market amid a historic rally after the US re-elected Donald Trump.

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ByteDance

Did the Chinese intern sued by ByteDance just win an AI award?

Thailand

Nvidia to help build Thai ‘sovereign cloud’ in nation’s AI push

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AI: Companies

Chinese facial recognition pioneer SenseTime pivots to GenAI

The company hopes to ‘better address the opportunities as well as challenges brought about by the AI 2.0 era’.

SenseTime is officially pivoting to generative AI. Photo: Reuters
Tencent

Tencent launches its answer to OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video tool

HunyuanVideo is available for free to enterprise and individual users.

Amazon

Amazon challenges Nvidia with new AI chips, to be used by Apple

Amazon says it is able to connect a greater number of chips together than Nvidia, helping customers save cost.

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Technology

Opinion | US tech blind spot risks harming the country’s competitiveness

Policymakers have failed to implement safeguards for tech product safety, while being aggressive towards those at the forefront of discovery.

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US politician Buddy Carter questions TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2023. Amid alarm over the systemic dysfunction of the US tech sector, the federal government’s highest-profile effort to rein in Big Tech has centred on TikTok. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
China's military weapons

How China, US are using different drone strategies in race for air superiority

World’s top two military powers remain focused on traditional warplanes, but China’s ‘innovative use’ of UAVs could be the difference, analysts say.

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Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud aims high in Southeast Asia with new AI partners

China’s leading cloud services provider is prioritising investments in its operations across Indonesia, Thailand and other markets.

Semiconductors

Bezos backs AI chipmaker vying with Nvidia at US$2.6 billion value

As the quest for more power and cost efficiency in AI ramps up, smaller companies are sprouting up trying to snatch market share from Nvidia.

AI chips are needed to run data centres, but Nvidia’s versions consume huge amounts of power. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Semiconductors

Intel CEO Gelsinger forced out as chip giant falls behind Nvidia

The company board has lost confidence in Gelsinger’s turnaround plan and told him he could retire or be removed, a source says.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger at the Computex forum in Taipei in June. Photo: Reuters
China technology

Chinese AI firms rush out costly ‘reasoning’ models to take on OpenAI’s o1

Alibaba Cloud is the latest among a slew of Chinese firms to roll out the AI models that take more time to reason through maths and programming queries.

China manufacturing

With more than 10,000 ‘little giants’, China beats 2025 goal amid US tech war

China set a goal of cultivating 10,000 so-called ‘little giant’ firms by 2025 amid increasing tech competition with the US.

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US-China relations

WTO boss urges middle powers to defend global system ahead of US-China trade war

Deepening fragmentation looms with Donald Trump’s return to White House and joint diplomacy needed, says re-elected Nigerian economist.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization’s director general, speaks at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 29, 2024. Photo: AFP
China technology

Tsinghua University-fostered start-up to widen test of AI-based virtual hospital

The Agent Hospital developed by Tairex, formed under Tsinghua’s Institute for Al Industry Research, will conduct public tests next year.

The virtual Agent Hospital features 42 AI doctors covering 21 departments that include emergency, respiratory, paediatrics and cardiology. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

Biden takes a last aim at China’s hi-tech ambitions with new chip restrictions

Sweeping rules target Chinese access to US-origin and foreign-made products using high-bandwidth memory technologies.

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Baidu

1 in 6 people in China use generative AI, government figures show

Chinese tech giant Baidu’s Ernie Bot is the most frequently used GenAI product by domestic users, with an 11.5 per cent share.

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Semiconductors

New US chip sanctions to hit Chinese tool makers, but Japan, Netherlands exempt

New US restrictions will hit two dozen semiconductor companies, two investment firms and over 100 chipmaking tool makers, sources told Reuters.

An employee packages semiconductor power devices for export at a workshop in Fuzhou on November 22. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Travel sites should respect Hongkongers’ user data

Customers have a right to know how their personal information is being retained and how AI is being used to leverage it.

Smartphones

Huawei’s Mate 70 sales affected by ‘modest’ chip, no Android support: analysts

Mate 70 smartphone sales are expected to reach 3 million units this fourth quarter, according to TechInsights.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xiaomi SU7: an electric car that’s more than just a fanboy effect

Xiaomi has found runaway success with the SU7, but some have said the company could have done more to create its own look.

It is possible to sync more than 1,000 Xiaomi products with the SU7. And in the case of a Xiaomi phone, drivers can mirror it completely on the car’s screen and use apps. Photo: AFP
Robotics

Chinese start-up wants to replace human chefs with robots

Cooking robots can help restaurants cut labour costs by 30 per cent, and reduce food and seasoning waste by 10 per cent.

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Botinkit’s Omni allows the operator to choose a recipe and follow the steps shown on the touch screen to complete the dish. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Chinese tech workers expecting to attend US CES trade show report visa problems

Requests for US visas to attend CES in Las Vegas, the world’s largest tech show, are being denied, analysts say.

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Medicine

Scientists developing rapid, portable test for skin cancers

The three-year study will examine how to create the rapid sensor, which would not need specialist training to use.

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Alibaba

Alibaba’s DingTalk sees Hong Kong as pathway to expansion of collaboration app

City is expected to provide a solid foundation for the workplace app’s international business development strategy.

DingTalk has developed a viable commercial model in the business-to-business services market. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Why are top scientists leaving the West for China?

A growing number of leading academics are being tempted away from Western countries as they make the move to Chinese institutions.

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Star mathematician Sun Song is one of a growing cohort of academics who are leaving the West to take up positions at Chinese universities. Photo: Zhejiang University
Singapore

Singapore ministers targeted in ‘despicable’ deepfake extortion attempt

More than 100 Singapore public servants, including five ministers, were targeted, prompting calls for better cyber threat education.

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Good Schools Guide

Adding AI, robots, drones and other ed-tech to the classroom

Canadian International School – an Apple Distinguished School – and Dalton School Hong Kong show the benefits of a positive approach to technology.

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Artificial intelligence
News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.
last updated:
26 September, 2024
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