https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/518015/feed The latest news, analysis and opinion on Meta Platforms. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee Are China’s increasingly powerful open-weight AI models a cybersecurity threat, or could restricting them ultimately make the internet less secure? The dilemma has become a growing concern as Chinese developers including DeepSeek, Z.ai and Alibaba Group Holding – owner of the South China Morning Post – continue to challenge their American rivals by releasing models that anyone can download, modify and deploy. The growing impact of advanced AI on global cybersecurity has also forced governments... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3371961/weapon-or-armour-contentious-debate-over-chinas-open-weight-ai https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3371961/weapon-or-armour-contentious-debate-over-chinas-open-weight-ai Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:00:12 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong Chinese stocks rebounded on Friday after a sell-off drove the benchmark index into a bear market, as surging trading volumes in the nation’s biggest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pointed to possible state buying and major companies at the centre of the artificial intelligence trade sought to soothe investors. The CSI 300 Index rose 1.7 per cent to 4,105.33 at the close, reversing an earlier decline of as much as 2 per cent. Turnover in several key ETFs tracking the gauge surged, suggesting that... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3371853/chinas-bear-market-rout-deepens-growth-concerns-and-ai-sell-spur-caution https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3371853/chinas-bear-market-rout-deepens-growth-concerns-and-ai-sell-spur-caution Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:41:51 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg will get a new chunk of shares in the company he founded, and in return, he has agreed to stay in California, where the company is headquartered, for at least eight more years. It is partly a financial carrot intended to keep Zuckerberg in California, where voters in November will decide whether to approve a temporary tax on wealth held by billionaires who live in the state. Meta announced the deal on Wednesday in a securities filing that coincided with its... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371825/zuckerberg-gets-new-meta-shares-stay-california-amid-billionaire-tax-vote https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371825/zuckerberg-gets-new-meta-shares-stay-california-amid-billionaire-tax-vote Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:20:50 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Meta Platforms was ordered to pay a groundbreaking US$25 billion civil penalty to the state of New Mexico in a consumer deception case spurred by the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The fine issued by state court Judge Francis Mathew is among the largest verdicts issued in US legal history. The award comes after a jury in Santa Fe determined that Meta had violated the state’s consumer protection over 43 million times based on widely viewed deceptive statements made by the company and its top... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371689/meta-pay-new-mexico-historic-us25-billion-cambridge-analytica-case https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371689/meta-pay-new-mexico-historic-us25-billion-cambridge-analytica-case Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:08:19 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse In the latest showdown from Brazil’s increasingly rancorous presidential race Tuesday, both candidates called for the disqualification of their rivals over allegations of social media malfeasance, according to court filings and campaign officials. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s campaign said they would request the disqualification of right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro on Wednesday over alleged election interference by tech giant Meta. Later Tuesday, Bolsonaro’s team struck back with its... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/americas/article/3371582/days-brazils-run-lula-and-bolsonaro-seek-disqualify-each-other https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/americas/article/3371582/days-brazils-run-lula-and-bolsonaro-seek-disqualify-each-other Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:50:20 +0000 Chong Ming Lee,Mandy Zuo Chong Ming Lee,Mandy Zuo When artificial intelligence agents first arrived, they came with a tantalising promise: autonomous “digital workers” that would finally free humans from corporate drudgery. As businesses across Asia are discovering, however, the reality is quite the opposite – more work, new friction and a whole new layer of management. When Xiao Mengjie, an AI product marketing manager at a Big Tech firm in Shanghai, recently assigned two AI agents what she described as a simple task, she expected efficiency.... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3371246/ai-promise-was-automation-reality-managing-digital-workers https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3371246/ai-promise-was-automation-reality-managing-digital-workers Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:00:08 +0000 Christina Zhao Christina Zhao When shoppers step into Rokid’s brand new flagship store in Hong Kong, they are greeted not by eager sales associates, but by glowing monitor screens and a robotic system waiting at the exit. In what the Chinese augmented reality (AR) gadget pioneer called an experiment in “no man’s land” retail, customers navigate the entire journey independently: testing artificial intelligence smart glasses, making payments on a screen and receiving their new devices directly from an automated system on their... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3371300/rokid-launches-no-mans-land-retail-experience-hong-kong-flagship-store-opening https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3371300/rokid-launches-no-mans-land-retail-experience-hong-kong-flagship-store-opening Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:36:17 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings Artificial intelligence-powered glasses can act as tour guides, snap photos hands-free and translate foreign languages. The devices also sell at relatively affordable prices in China. But are they the perfect travel companion? Not yet. AI glasses were slowly catching on with travellers as the technology improved and more devices entered the market, analysts said, but technical hitches were slowing mass adoption of the smartphone-linked gear that could be worn like ordinary spectacles. “They can... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3370754/ai-glasses-travel-guides-cheaper-china-technical-hitches-slow-adoption https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3370754/ai-glasses-travel-guides-cheaper-china-technical-hitches-slow-adoption Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:00:06 +0000 Iris Deng,Vincent Chow Iris Deng,Vincent Chow China’s proposed export bans and controls of artificial intelligence technologies aim to tighten Beijing’s grip in the strategically vital sector, casting a cloud over the commercial prospects of domestic model developers in the global AI race, analysts say. The new measures come as concerns mount globally over the risks of advanced AI systems, following a string of recent cyberattacks, while also underscoring AI’s growing national security importance for both Beijing and Washington. Zhang Yi,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3371247/chinas-proposed-ai-tech-export-bans-may-create-short-term-costs-long-term-gains-analysts https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3371247/chinas-proposed-ai-tech-export-bans-may-create-short-term-costs-long-term-gains-analysts Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Friday on whether authorities will live-stream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator of a deadly attack on American soldiers, a plan that has drawn broad and bipartisan condemnation. Nidal Hasan’s execution – scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 – is set to be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945. A Pentagon official said on Thursday that the execution would be streamed live, after US... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370431/trump-casts-doubt-pentagon-plan-live-stream-fort-hood-shooters-execution https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370431/trump-casts-doubt-pentagon-plan-live-stream-fort-hood-shooters-execution Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:23:31 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Indonesia officially barred under-16s from using “high-risk” social media earlier this year. But that hasn’t stopped the son of one Jakarta-based writer from using it. Aged 14, he already had accounts on Instagram and TikTok – among the platforms Jakarta said children would be banned from using – as well as popular video game Minecraft and gaming platform Roblox. To register, he simply lied about his age. “He can access everything,” Inne Abidin said of her son. “His friends use everything... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3370362/childs-play-southeast-asia-takes-big-tech-protect-kids-online https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3370362/childs-play-southeast-asia-takes-big-tech-protect-kids-online Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:25 +0000 Chong Ming Lee,Minxiao Chang Chong Ming Lee,Minxiao Chang Meta Platforms’ breakout Muse personal AI agent is shining a spotlight on a new battleground in artificial intelligence – one in which China’s biggest internet companies are already jostling for position. Launched on September 8, Muse surpassed 2.5 million downloads in its first two weeks and topped free-app rankings on Apple and Google’s US app stores. Its popularity has drawn fresh attention to the emerging market for what are known as agent harnesses. Unlike chatbots, which merely respond to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3370123/can-china-match-metas-muse-race-harness-ai-agents https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3370123/can-china-match-metas-muse-race-harness-ai-agents Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:08 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee An Nvidia-backed US start-up has unveiled an open-weight model to challenge China’s dominance in freely available artificial intelligence, releasing a system that early third-party testing suggests could be one of the most token-efficient open models in its class. Reflection AI on Monday debuted Beam, its first open-weight model built for coding, reasoning and agentic tasks. The US firm said Beam was “competitive” with GLM-5.2 from Z.ai – also known as Zhipu AI – and was “approaching” Alibaba... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369885/nvidia-backed-reflection-ai-challenges-chinese-dominance-open-weight-models https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369885/nvidia-backed-reflection-ai-challenges-chinese-dominance-open-weight-models Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:00:07 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee US President Donald Trump wants to retire one of the technology sector’s most recognisable acronyms, arguing that the term “artificial intelligence”, or AI, is no longer fit for purpose. On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order directing US federal agencies to replace “artificial intelligence” and “AI” with “super intelligence” and “SI” in official communications and non-statutory documents. He also instructed the White House science adviser to draft a new federal definition. The move... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369617/whats-name-why-trump-wants-rebrand-ai-super-intelligence https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369617/whats-name-why-trump-wants-rebrand-ai-super-intelligence Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:00:30 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee The US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has warned of the potential danger posed by Chinese firm Z.ai’s GLM-5.3, with the open-weight model showing a troubling mix of powerful hacking abilities but weak safety constraints. GLM-5.3 almost matches Anthropic’s most advanced model in terms of its cyber capabilities, but has far weaker safeguards, meaning there is greater potential for the model to be co-opted by bad actors, according to the San Francisco-based firm. In a report released on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369354/anthropic-raises-alarm-over-elite-hacking-ability-chinese-firm-zais-glm-53 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369354/anthropic-raises-alarm-over-elite-hacking-ability-chinese-firm-zais-glm-53 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:08 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Subscribers: The Daily Pulse won’t be published on October 1, which is China’s National Day. We will resume publication on Friday, October 2. US President Donald Trump has again ruled out collaborating with China on artificial intelligence (AI), arguing that it would undermine American leadership in the technology. Cooperation would let China “immediately gain access to things that we know that they don’t know”, Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “We’re leading now over China and everyone else,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/plus/tech/tech-war/article/3369336/trump-relies-ai-giants-self-police-after-ruling-out-china-deal https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/plus/tech/tech-war/article/3369336/trump-relies-ai-giants-self-police-after-ruling-out-china-deal Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:13:03 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Armageddon is what will happen when billionaires, or even trillionaires, are given free rein. Could this be the final outcome of late-stage American capitalism and democracy? Imagine a human-extinction event: a rogue artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, a new world war or runaway climate change. You likely already have a fair idea of where the safest places on earth and beyond are, if you have been following the ultra-wealthy individuals from Silicon Valley and Wall Street. They are building... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3369007/its-end-world-and-i-dont-feel-fine https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3369007/its-end-world-and-i-dont-feel-fine Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:30:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters Pope Leo on Monday ⁠said concerns that artificial intelligence ⁠could destroy the world are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously, in an apparent rebuke of US President Donald Trump. The first US pope, who has warned of the dangers of AI throughout his 16-month papacy, also directly criticised technology CEOs ‌who argued there should be no guardrails on the technology. “I do think that the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously,” the pontiff... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3369117/pope-leo-says-concerns-about-ai-doom-scenarios-are-not-fake-news https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3369117/pope-leo-says-concerns-about-ai-doom-scenarios-are-not-fake-news Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:45:41 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee Amid intensifying debate over the risks posed by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, Chinese developers dominating the open-weight ecosystem are grappling with a unique problem: how to ensure their user-modifiable models remain safe once they are released. To address the challenge, Z.ai and Beijing-based safety consultancy Concordia AI released a report on open-weight AI risk management on Monday that they said offered “the first comprehensive, evidence-based foundation” for balancing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369015/china-mulls-how-make-open-weight-ai-less-dangerous-report-proposes-6-stage-process https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369015/china-mulls-how-make-open-weight-ai-less-dangerous-report-proposes-6-stage-process Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:05 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao US contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries sees robust demand for Chinese optical modules amid the data centre construction boom, as the firm expands its presence in China to better serve its domestic clients. Shankaran Janardhanan, senior vice-president of the firm’s photonics and radio frequency division, told the South China Morning Post in an interview that demand in the optical networking module segment was “strong”. The surging appetite for Chinese optical modules – used to transmit data in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368817/globalfoundries-sees-strong-demand-chinese-optical-modules-amid-data-centre-boom https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368817/globalfoundries-sees-strong-demand-chinese-optical-modules-amid-data-centre-boom Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters Alabama said on Friday it had reached a settlement with TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, that required the social media platform to impose new usage limits and enhanced age-verification measures for users in the US state, resolving claims that the platform endangered children and misled consumers about its safety. The agreement, which came days before a scheduled trial, calls for TikTok to implement changes for teenagers in Alabama including a two-hour daily time limit, pauses... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3368877/tiktok-settles-lawsuit-alabama-least-us100m-apply-safety-steps https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3368877/tiktok-settles-lawsuit-alabama-least-us100m-apply-safety-steps Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:38:08 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow If the American guests seated at the head table with President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at Thursday’s White House state dinner were any indication, Washington now views its relationship with Beijing largely through the prism of technology. Analysts said the seating arrangement underscored how tech industry titans driving the global AI infrastructure boom were pushing to draw the two economic superpowers closer together. Sitting alongside Xi, Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan, Trump... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-war/article/3368774/xi-trump-dinner-puts-us-tech-titans-spotlight-what-does-it-mean-china-ties https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-war/article/3368774/xi-trump-dinner-puts-us-tech-titans-spotlight-what-does-it-mean-china-ties Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:00:17 +0000 Sylvia Ma Sylvia Ma China and the US held their first dialogue on artificial intelligence, with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leading the talks for their respective sides, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. He Yadong, a spokesman for the commerce ministry, confirmed the completion of the AI dialogue while briefing reporters on the eighth round of US-China trade talks held in New York on Sunday. The dialogue comes as AI technology emerges as a high-stakes... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/policy/article/3368653/china-us-hold-first-ai-dialogue-amid-mounting-tech-tensions-commerce-ministry https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/policy/article/3368653/china-us-hold-first-ai-dialogue-amid-mounting-tech-tensions-commerce-ministry Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:20:27 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Singapore police have launched an investigation after a video of a man allegedly filming female students using smart glasses went viral, sparking concerns about privacy and safety. In the social media video, a man wearing black-rimmed glasses and a face mask is seen walking behind two female students wearing what appear to be uniforms from Raffles Institution, a premier school in the city state. The girls seem unaware of his presence. The man clutches his phone to his chest and presses what... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3368651/were-smart-glasses-used-singapore-film-2-female-students https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3368651/were-smart-glasses-used-singapore-film-2-female-students Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:17:36 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao US President Donald Trump has sold shares worth tens of millions of US dollars in major tech companies, including Microsoft, Amazon and Meta Platforms in July, a move that may reveal some of his views on the sector, especially as competition with China intensifies. Microsoft topped the list of sales transactions, with six trades totalling up to US$31 million, according to filings disclosed by the US Office of Government Ethics on Tuesday. The data detailed Trump’s trading activity in July,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3368525/trump-offloads-tens-millions-ai-tech-shares-led-microsoft-amazon-meta https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3368525/trump-offloads-tens-millions-ai-tech-shares-led-microsoft-amazon-meta Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:30:07 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong The global artificial intelligence trade is staging a comeback, as a confluence of falling oil prices, Meta Platforms’ launch of a new agentic tool and anticipation surrounding the China-US leadership summit reignite investor interest in technology stocks. The Nasdaq-100 Index – where tech firms make up nearly 70 per cent of the 100 companies featured – hit an all-time high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record set in June. In Asia, China’s chip-heavy Star Market 50 Index and South Korea’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368470/ai-trade-outlook-brightens-falling-oil-and-metas-muse-agent-ahead-xi-trump-meeting https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368470/ai-trade-outlook-brightens-falling-oil-and-metas-muse-agent-ahead-xi-trump-meeting Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:02:40 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Paris prosecutors said Tuesday they had opened several probes after receiving complaints concerning women filmed on the street without their consent using smart glasses. Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an AI assistant. Meta’s smart spectacles, developed in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, have become a commercial success. Meta sold 7 million pairs in 2025. Other companies, including... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3368459/france-prosecutors-probe-secret-filming-women-smart-glasses https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3368459/france-prosecutors-probe-secret-filming-women-smart-glasses Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:57:56 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Google’s consumer AI model Gemini hacked multiple systems through guessing login credentials, the company said, the latest case of rogue AI cybersecurity transgressions, which have generated safety concerns. The hacks, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, took place in May and were discovered by Google in July. “In a standard evaluation, the model found public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test,” Heather Adkins, Google’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368090/google-says-gemini-ai-model-breached-real-systems-security-test https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368090/google-says-gemini-ai-model-breached-real-systems-security-test Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:02:58 +0000 Howard Liu Howard Liu Huawei Technologies on Thursday unveiled a new computing architecture that it says could make as many as 1 million processors work as a single computer, putting its UnifiedBus interconnect technology at the centre of an ambitious effort to rethink how large data centres are built. The Peerium Computing Architecture combines nested parallelism, unified memory addressing and peer-to-peer interconnect, with UnifiedBus serving as the high-speed fabric connecting processors, memory, storage and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367882/how-huawei-plans-bypass-us-chip-curbs-its-new-unifiedbus-technology https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367882/how-huawei-plans-bypass-us-chip-curbs-its-new-unifiedbus-technology Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The European Union is set to propose curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, chatbots and online games to children under the age of 15, according to a draft legal document seen by AFP. A proposed new law – to be formally presented on Thursday – would mean banning minors under 15 from opening their own accounts, with a tiered system of access under parental supervision for younger children. As well as age limits, the new “EU KIDS Act” would force digital giants to make their... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3367618/eu-propose-curbing-social-media-online-games-under-15s https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3367618/eu-propose-curbing-social-media-online-games-under-15s Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:15:21 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words. Meta Platforms has agreed to pay up to US$18 billion to settle the social media harm case brought by US state attorneys general, and to implement default protections for teens, including a two-hour daily limit. A company does not agree to a sum like that over a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/letters/article/3367119/lets-protect-hong-kongs-children-social-media-ourselves https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/letters/article/3367119/lets-protect-hong-kongs-children-social-media-ourselves Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:30:05 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Moonshot AI, developer of the popular Kimi K3 model, may explore options for dual listings in Hong Kong and Shanghai in pursuit of greater capital and exposure, according to two people familiar with the matter. Since a meeting with its financial backers in July, when the Beijing-based company negotiated detailed arrangements for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, it has hinted at options to also list on a mainland bourse afterwards, one source... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3367027/kimi-maker-moonshot-ai-explore-dual-hong-kong-and-shanghai-ipos-boost-capital-sources https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3367027/kimi-maker-moonshot-ai-explore-dual-hong-kong-and-shanghai-ipos-boost-capital-sources Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:50:14 +0000 Paul Yip Paul Yip As we observe World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, the global community reflects on a sobering reality: suicide remains a leading cause of death among young people. Every year, more than 720,000 people die by suicide – each life a story cut short, a family shattered, a community left to grapple with unbearable loss. In Hong Kong, the Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP) at the University of Hong Kong estimates last year’s suicide rate at 13.0 per 100,000 in the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3366437/social-media-must-join-fight-against-teen-suicides https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3366437/social-media-must-join-fight-against-teen-suicides Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:30:05 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk US President Donald Trump has condemned Australia’s recent moves to clamp down on social media – predominantly run by American tech companies – as “a form of extortion”, hinting at more threats to come. “President Trump has unequivocally warned trading partners against imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion on America’s leading technology sector,” White House economics spokesman Kush Desai said on Tuesday night, as reported by news.com.au. “The administration... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/economics/article/3366867/trump-slams-australias-social-media-crackdown-extortion https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/economics/article/3366867/trump-slams-australias-social-media-crackdown-extortion Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:16:42 +0000 Reuters Reuters UN rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to reduce risks that his office said included disruptions to services, communications and democratic systems. He called for “cast-iron guarantees” to secure AI in a speech ahead of the start of his unprecedented second term, in which he also demanded accountability over ‌deaths in US immigration custody and condemned Russia’s reported use of autonomous... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3366672/un-rights-chief-warns-ai-could-pose-existential-risk-humanity https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3366672/un-rights-chief-warns-ai-could-pose-existential-risk-humanity Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:15:50 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Australians could be given the option of opting out of powerful social media algorithms under new legislation cracking down on big tech, a minister said on Monday. The draft law requiring a “digital duty of care” is expected to be introduced to Australia’s parliament this week. It would require firms like Meta Platforms to give users the option of turning off algorithms that tailor recommendations to their personal taste. “A lot of Australians appreciate the algorithm, both for the enjoyment... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3366588/australians-could-opt-out-social-media-algorithms-under-proposed-law https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3366588/australians-could-opt-out-social-media-algorithms-under-proposed-law Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:28:20 +0000 Howard Liu Howard Liu The massive gap in artificial intelligence spending between US and Chinese tech titans may not buy the advantage expected for American giants, as lower domestic costs and heavy state support allow Chinese firms to secure far more computing power per dollar, according to a new report by Moody’s Ratings. While US hyperscalers outspent their Chinese counterparts by a staggering margin, the physical gap in computing capacity was nowhere near as wide as those mega-budgets suggested, the report... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366407/punching-above-their-weight-how-chinas-ai-giants-stretch-each-dollar-compute-race https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366407/punching-above-their-weight-how-chinas-ai-giants-stretch-each-dollar-compute-race Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:00:07 +0000 Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow The United States and China joined other G20 nations in supporting light-touch regulation for artificial intelligence (AI) this week, creating rare agreement between the tech rivals and a potential foundation for further discussions ahead of an upcoming presidential summit. G20 nations agreed to adopt sector-specific rules for AI and avoid creating new AI regulators at a meeting in North Carolina. The Carolina Principles also call for close cooperation between governments and developers in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/plus/tech/tech-war/article/3366359/us-china-ai-agreement-g20-trade-spat-inflation-data https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/plus/tech/tech-war/article/3366359/us-china-ai-agreement-g20-trade-spat-inflation-data Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:14 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee US tech titans including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Tesla’s Elon Musk are pressing global powers to curb artificial intelligence regulations, warning that strict guard rails risk suffocating innovation as the US and China compete in an intensifying technological arms race. Speaking at a G20 meeting alongside US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Huang urged policymakers to pursue AI regulations targeting “actual and pragmatic harm” rather than... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366216/tech-race-flashpoint-huang-musk-push-back-ai-guard-rails-amid-heated-us-china-rivalry https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366216/tech-race-flashpoint-huang-musk-push-back-ai-guard-rails-amid-heated-us-china-rivalry Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:26 +0000 James Marsh James Marsh Autumn is one of the most bountiful seasons on the moviegoing calendar, as a growing crop of potential awards contenders emerges alongside a mouthwatering array of holiday entertainment and bona fide blockbusters. This year is no exception, with many of Hollywood’s biggest stars unveiling their latest works, and some of the most formidable franchises in recent memory returning to the big screen. Here are 14 of the most tantalising prospects to arrive between now and Christmas (opening dates are... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3365915/14-new-hollywood-movies-watch-autumn-2026-digger-avengers-doomsday https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3365915/14-new-hollywood-movies-watch-autumn-2026-digger-avengers-doomsday Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:15:05 +0000 Han Li Han Li US lawmakers are trying to identify which foreign countries are the biggest sources of unlawful robocalls targeting Americans, as Congress steps up efforts to combat a surge in phone scams. The inquiry follows a string of US government reports tying much of the financial damage from scams to Chinese criminal networks based in Southeast Asia. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee passed the bipartisan “Foreign Robocall Elimination Act” on Tuesday,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3366036/us-congress-seeks-identify-foreign-countries-behind-scam-calls https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3366036/us-congress-seeks-identify-foreign-countries-behind-scam-calls Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:30:49 +0000 Vincent Chow,Lucy Quaggin Vincent Chow,Lucy Quaggin The US Congress on Tuesday advanced a new bill that seeks to establish American global leadership in open-source artificial intelligence, an area where China currently dominates, by promoting adoption of US open-source models and publicising risks associated with using their Chinese counterparts. The legislation was one of several proposals marked up in the US House of Representatives targeting China amid escalating tech competition between the two countries. Congressional committees “mark up” a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3366035/congress-advances-new-bill-give-us-edge-open-source-ai-race-china https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3366035/congress-advances-new-bill-give-us-edge-open-source-ai-race-china Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:08:28 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering global relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump says he plans to meet Kim Jong-un this year, citing good relationship US President Donald Trump said that he planned to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year, despite Pyongyang denying that the two leaders were in direct communication. Read the full story here. 2. China... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3365671/trumps-north-korea-hope-us-revokes-visas-chinas-rocket-force-7-global-relations-reads https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3365671/trumps-north-korea-hope-us-revokes-visas-chinas-rocket-force-7-global-relations-reads Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:09 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee The Chinese-founded artificial intelligence start-up Manus announced on Tuesday that it had formally resumed independent operations, more than four months after Beijing blocked its US$2 billion acquisition by Meta Platforms. The company’s founding team would continue to lead Manus as an “independent agent lab”, the firm said in a blog post on its website, as it sought to move on from a months-long saga that has sent ripples through the Chinese and global technology sectors. The announcement came... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3365986/manus-resumes-solo-operations-after-collapse-us2-billion-meta-deal https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3365986/manus-resumes-solo-operations-after-collapse-us2-billion-meta-deal Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:30:06 +0000 CNA CNA Singapore plans to introduce legislation early next year requiring social media platforms to roll out stronger safeguards for teens, including possibly setting a daily time limit, Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo has said. If a platform could not or did not want to introduce these stronger safeguards, Singapore intended to raise the minimum age of access to that platform to 18, Teo told journalists in an interview on Friday. The government wanted to know what... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3365845/singapore-may-require-social-media-firms-set-daily-time-limits-teens https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3365845/singapore-may-require-social-media-firms-set-daily-time-limits-teens Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:27:24 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Calls are growing for Asean to collectively crack down on Big Tech platforms that spread scams and harmful content, spurred on by Meta Platforms’ landmark US$18 billion US settlement last week. Meta agreed on Wednesday to enact sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook – including default time limits and content restrictions – as part of the settlement with several US states, which had alleged the platforms damaged children’s mental health. Within hours of the deal being announced, advocacy... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3365799/asean-urged-take-big-tech-after-metas-record-payout https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3365799/asean-urged-take-big-tech-after-metas-record-payout Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:29:23 +0000 Alice Wu Alice Wu Hong Kong, a city of overachievers, especially when it comes to the young, is also filled with children who take to social media early. Almost 35 per cent of kindergarten pupils log at least one hour of recreational screen time daily. By the junior forms, 60 per cent exceed the international two-hour daily limit. The time children spend on screens creates friction at home, accounting for 85.5 per cent of family disputes. Governments must look into whether they are adequately protecting children... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3365616/dont-leave-hong-kong-parents-their-own-devices-child-social-media-use https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3365616/dont-leave-hong-kong-parents-their-own-devices-child-social-media-use Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:30:11 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun WhatsApp account hijacking scams in Hong Kong surged by nearly 170 per cent to almost 2,000 cases in the first seven months of this year, with one victim losing as much as HK$12.2 million (US$1.55 million). Police said the 1,993 cases logged from January to July represented a 169.7 per cent increase from the 739 cases recorded over the same period last year. The figure also surpassed the 1,669 cases recorded in all of 2025. The cases over the first seven months resulted in losses of HK$146.3... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3365746/hong-kong-whatsapp-hijacking-scams-surge-170-nearly-2000-cases https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3365746/hong-kong-whatsapp-hijacking-scams-surge-170-nearly-2000-cases Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:00:14 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Some of the world’s biggest music publishers have launched a fresh lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of conducting “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history”. The case adds to the legal challenges facing Anthropic as the firm eyes a potential blockbuster initial public offering, as the AI industry confronts growing pushback over its use of human-made material to train its models. Sony Music Publishing, Warner... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3365770/sony-music-warner-accuse-anthropic-blatant-theft-major-new-lawsuit https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3365770/sony-music-warner-accuse-anthropic-blatant-theft-major-new-lawsuit Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:44:43 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Meta Platforms has started sending out alerts to parents whose children repeatedly search for content about suicide or self-harm on Instagram as part of broader efforts to strengthen online safety for young users. Parents supervising a teen’s account can receive notifications by email, text message, WhatsApp or Instagram, depending on the contact information available. They will also be directed to expert resources on how to approach potentially sensitive conversations. Philip Chua, Meta’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365487/hong-kong-parents-get-alerts-over-teens-self-harm-searches-instagram https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365487/hong-kong-parents-get-alerts-over-teens-self-harm-searches-instagram Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:31:59 +0000