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Keep is reportedly cutting more than 100 jobs. Photo: SCMP
Health & Fitness

China’s top fitness app slashes jobs as online users drop out

Keep is reportedly cutting more than 100 jobs, as online gym memberships lose their appeal in a challenging economy.

US-China tech war

China’s AI hopes face fresh setbacks amid US moves to restrict HBM chip exports

Social media

Tech giants Meta, TikTok, Google slam Australia’s under-16 social media ban

Artificial intelligence

Video of a robot leading a mass escape draws laughs and fears over AI in China

A video of a robot inciting other robots to flee an exhibition hall has gone viral in China, but the reality is less scary than it looks.

Erbai, a small robot developed by Chinese start-up Hangzhou Erbai Intelligent Technology, has “incited” bigger robots to escape from an exhibition hall at night. Photo: 我系二白 via Douyin
China's economic recovery

Carrot or stick? Beijing seeks delicate balance towards its platform economy

People’s Daily commentary and pledge from Premier Li Qiang offer support for platform economy, coincides with algorithm regulation.

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Apple

Apple’s Cook makes third trip to China in 2024 amid iPhone slump

The CEO lauded the importance of Apple’s Chinese partners at the International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing.

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Blockchain

Bitcoin’s march towards historic US$100,000 level stalls

‘Bitcoin was extremely overbought since the election,’ one analyst says.

Bitcoin hovered near US$97,000 early in Asia on Monday. Photo: AP Photo
Espionage

Beware of deepfakes used by foreign spies to target China: security ministry

Deepfake tools may be used by spy agencies as a new weapon for ‘cognitive warfare’, state security ministry cautions in social media post.

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United States

Opinion | North American ports must automate or risk losing out to Asia and Europe

While automated hubs in Asia and Europe attract more trade, ports in the US and Canada are mired in inefficiency and recurring labour disputes.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong will grow tech sector with input from experts like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

Financial Secretary has dinner with industry heavyweights at local restaurant, elaborates on border I&T park development with Shenzhen in blog.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan (fourth from right) seated between Nvidia founder Jensen Huang and HKUST president Nancy Ip, among other I&T sector heavyweights. Photo: FS blog
Australia

Australia dumps plan for social media fines on misinformation

The proposal to fine internet companies came on the back of moves to ban children below a certain age from social media.

Australia has backed down on plans to fine social media giants for the spread of disinformaiton. File photo: TNS
Internet

Asian Angle | Asia’s digital future hangs by a thread beneath the ocean waves

Public-private partnerships are essential to ensuring the security of undersea cables against attacks, data theft and espionage.

SCMP Highlights

Recap | AI fiasco over fake Japan attractions, ChatGPT drives new K-dramas: 6 latest AI stories

From Fukuoka’s tourism mishap to Apple’s Siri upgrade, discover how artificial intelligence is impacting our lives in this AI round-up.

China’s Communist Party

China plans to have national data infrastructure in place by 2029

Draft guidelines stress need for a secure environment for data sharing, particularly sensitive information that may affect national security.

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The plan is to simplify data-sharing processes while ensuring national security, according to the draft guidelines. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Huawei’s AI chips fill Nvidia-sized hole in medical research in Hong Kong

An AI research centre under the Chinese Academy of Sciences is using Huawei chips to power its Cares Copilot model that helps with surgery.

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics says that Huawei chips have proven satisfactory for the lab’s research needs. Photo: Shutterstock
Amazon

Amazon invites Chinese sellers to new bargain marketplace Haul

The US e-commerce giant is aggressively promoting its new budget-shopping platform this holiday season to take on Temu and Shein.

SCMP Highlights

Recap | China’s tech giants defy economic woes: 6 latest earnings reports

How have some of China’s biggest tech companies fared in their third-quarter earnings revelations? Find out in some of our latest stories.

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Recap | ‘Promising’ steps to HIV vaccine, Trump tariffs threaten profits: 5 biotech stories

Discover breakthroughs in the biotech world, from a potential HIV cure to China’s booming drug market and innovative coronavirus treatments, in some of our latest stories.

A Hong Kong biotech start-up says its first-phase trial of a therapeutic HIV vaccine has shown promising results. Photo: dpa
Japan

Fake views: Japan’s Fukuoka apologises for AI-generated tourist attractions

The AI-generated tourism content, featuring non-existent attractions and dishes in Fukuoka, highlights the need for human oversight in AI use.

Artificial intelligence

Uber said to eye US$10 million stake in IPO of China’s Pony AI

The ride-hailing giant may consider using Pony AI’s autonomous-driving technology outside the US, a source says.

Artificial intelligence

China creates new AI advisory body, with Alibaba Cloud founder as chief expert

The AI Experts Committee is expected to promote China’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed.

The creation of China’s AI Experts Committee was announced during the 2024 World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen, eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Can Trump, avid TikTok user and China critic, save it from a US ban?

Republican loyalty test brews as president-elect’s support this year for popular social-media app runs headlong into tough-on-Beijing vows.

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Donald Trump attends a gala at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 14. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Science

Chinese supercomputer tops global computing efficiency list

Tianhe Exa-node Prototype tops big data category, as Graph500 deems energy-aware big data computing necessary for future industry.

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Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong revs up medical hub ambition as city tests HIV vaccine

Analysts say new clinical trial institute will help expand cross-border research and development.

China manufacturing

China warns overheated solar industry to cool the competition, curb backlash

Revised ministry guidance serves to pour cold water on a photovoltaic sector that is rife with overcapacity concerns.

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An employee works on solar photovoltaic modules for export at a factory in China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
SCMP Highlights

Recap | China’s Death Star-like weapon system, SpaceSail rivals Starlink: 6 science stories

Explore China’s cutting-edge innovations and latest scientific advancements in some of our latest science coverage.

Chinese scientists are bringing a converged energy beam weapon from fiction to life. Image: Lucasfilm/Disney
China technology

China surpasses Germany, Japan in industrial robotics adoption density: report

The data reflects the success of China’s industrial automation strategy, as part of broader efforts to upgrade its industrial economy.

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Google

US regulators call for breakup of Google and Chrome in monopoly punishment

The proposed breakup was floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the US Department of Justice.

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9 September, 2024
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