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TikTok is set to be banned in US app stores on Sunday, barring a last-minute reprieve. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

TikTok prepares to shut down app in US on Sunday, sources say

Shutting down TikTok in the US could make it unavailable for users in many other countries, the company has said.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI start-up MiniMax intensifies competition with new open-source models

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UBTech Robotics aims to revolutionise Foxconn’s iPhone factories in China

16 Jan 2025 - 1:39AM

Greater Bay Area’s next-gen chipmakers find ready buyers in Chinese EV industry

Guangzhou’s Nansha district is attracting companies specialising in silicon carbide semiconductors, as they look to capitalise on regional integration.

15 Jan 2025 - 8:04PM

David Xiao Guowei, chairman of AscenPower Semiconductors, speaks during a panel discussion at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Photo: Nora Tam

Tencent, Guillemot family consider creating new venture involving Ubisoft assets

Tencent and the Guillemot family are evaluating which assets to include in the new entity.

15 Jan 2025 - 6:16PM

Meta Platforms to cut roughly 5 per cent of staff, targeting lowest performers

As of September, Meta employed about 72,000 people, so a 5 per cent reduction could affect roughly 3,600 jobs.

15 Jan 2025 - 11:40AM

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Elon Musk sued by US SEC over delayed Twitter stake disclosure

The SEC said Musk bought more than US$500 million of Twitter shares at artificially low prices at the expense of unsuspecting investors.

15 Jan 2025 - 10:38AM

Elon Musk is accused by the SEC of delaying the disclosure of his Twitter stake. Photo: Reuters

ByteDance to invest US$614 million in new China computing centre amid AI demand

The TikTok owner is building a site covering more than 200,000 square metres in Shanxi province as it expands aggressively in the AI sector.

15 Jan 2025 - 7:00AMvideocam

China’s TikTok sellers eye Amazon and Shein as US ban looms

Cross-border merchants in China are bracing for an impending ban on TikTok in the US.

14 Jan 2025 - 9:00PM

Apple leads smartphone market in fourth quarter, overcoming China decline

iPhone shipments surged to grab 23 per cent of the market in the final quarter of 2024, as a rebounding market saw growth start to slow.

14 Jan 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

Women check out the iPhone 16 at an Apple Store in London on October 6, 2024. Sales of the company’s latest handset helped push to the top of the market in the fourth quarter. Photo: Reuters

Tencent CEO praises China’s economic ‘resilience’, overseas gaming revenues

CEO Pony Ma spoke of China’s economic resilience and the entrepreneurship of local businesses, echoing praise he gave Beijing last month.

14 Jan 2025 - 5:32PM

Tencent CEO Pony Ma, who rarely speaks in public these days, at the opening of the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, November 7, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Nvidia CEO to visit China amid antitrust probe, US AI curbs

Jensen Huang is set to tour the mainland Chinese cities of Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, before flying to Taipei later this week.

14 Jan 2025 - 2:24PM

US-China tech war

Chinese tech firms face curbs on overseas expansion under Trump 2.0: UBS analyst

Chinese companies will continue international push amid slowing growth at home, but face greater risks, UBS analyst Kenneth Fong says.

14 Jan 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

Huawei to offer AI support to Chinese aviation, steel conglomerate Fangda

The deal between Huawei and Fangda comes as the Shenzhen-based technology giant is deepening its footprint in traditional industries.

13 Jan 2025 - 5:30PM

ASML-backed Dutch university suspends classes after cyberattack

The world’s top producer of advanced chipmaking tools invests heavily in Eindhoven University of Technology to instruct future employees.

13 Jan 2025 - 9:59AM

An assembly engineer works on a DUV lithography system at ASML in Veldhoven, Netherlands. Photo: Reuters

China technology

CES 2025: Chinese firms show up with robots, EVs, AI-powered innovations

The market for consumer electronics will only get bigger globally as companies race to deliver AI-driven innovations, organiser forecasts.

12 Jan 2025 - 10:01PM

Artificial intelligence

China’s AI disrupter DeepSeek bets on ‘young geniuses’ to take on US giants

DeepSeek prefers to hire new graduates, or those early in their AI career, in line with the company’s preference for ability over experience.

12 Jan 2025 - 9:22AM

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TSMC begins producing 4-nanometre chips in Arizona, Raimondo says

In April, TSMC agreed to expand its planned investment by US$25 billion to US$65 billion and to add a third Arizona fab by 2030.

11 Jan 2025 - 11:45AM

The TSMC logo displayed during a shareholders’ meeting in Hsinchu, Taiwan, June 6, 2023. Photo: AFP

China limits young gamers’ playing time to 15 hours a month during school break

Tencent and NetEase, China’s two biggest video-gaming firms, signalled their adherence to existing regulations during the winter school break.

11 Jan 2025 - 10:13AM

Meta abandons racial diversity programmes as Zuckerberg woos Trump

The changes come soon after the platform dropped fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US, and mark a further right-wing shift.

11 Jan 2025 - 11:58AM

Apple forms Shanghai data-processing venture as AI push in China still in limbo

The Shanghai unit of Apple will focus on software development, big data services, storage services and data processing.

10 Jan 2025 - 9:00PM

A view from inside the Apple Store at the IFC Mall in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district. Photo: Shutterstock

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