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The Deepseek logo is seen in an illustration taken on January 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek

DeepSeek AI models debut on platform powered by Huawei

Huawei’s cloud unit teamed up with Beijing-based AI infrastructure start-up SiliconFlow to make the models available to end users.

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Alibaba

Alibaba named most admired Chinese internet company by Fortune

TikTok

How Trump 2.0’s embrace of TikTok has given the app a new lease on life in US

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Digital currencies

Tencent-backed WeBank eyes Web3 expansion in Hong Kong

WeBank chief information officer Henry Ma said the virtual bank will be “deeply involved” in developing Hong Kong’s Web3 infrastructure.

WeBank’s headquarters in Shenzhen. Photo: Handout
WeBank’s headquarters in Shenzhen. Photo: Handout
DeepSeek

OpenAI says DeepSeek stole its AI data, but how common is ‘distillation’?

Experts say AI model distillation is likely widespread and hard to detect, but DeepSeek has not admitted to using it on its full models.

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Meta Platforms

Meta sends mixed signals as quarterly sales beat estimates but outlook muted

Meta shares were flat after the market closed but rose, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke optimistically about firm's AI initiatives.

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Microsoft

Microsoft cloud growth constrained by shortage of data centres

The company's Azure cloud division will grow at up to 32 per cent in its third quarter, not much faster than during the last three months of 2024

Microsoft signage at its corporate offices in Mountain View, California. Photo: EPA-EFE
Microsoft signage at its corporate offices in Mountain View, California. Photo: EPA-EFE
Artificial intelligence

Lunar New Year travellers try to outsmart algorithms for cheaper fares

Concerns of algorithm abuse, such as unfair pricing targeting different demographics, have prompted users to try creative solutions.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba springs a Lunar New Year surprise on DeepSeek, global AI market

Alibaba touts that its new Qwen 2.5-Max AI model had ‘comprehensively outperformed’ DeepSeek-V3 in certain benchmark tests.

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Robotics

Unitree humanoid robots, backed by Alibaba tech, delight Spring Gala show

The Lunar New Year eve broadcast saw 16 H1 robots join a troupe of human dancers in a unique performance of Chinese folk dance Yangge.

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Unitree’s H1 humanoid robots take centre stage to perform at this year’s Spring Festival Gala show. Photo: Unitree
Artificial intelligence

Explainer | How start-up DeepSeek emerged as the unlikely game changer in US-China AI war

From visionary founder Liang Wenfeng to a young team of dedicated scientists, DeepSeek is taking the road less traveled in AI.

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DeepSeek’s team of young scientists is made up almost exclusively of Chinese nationals from some of the top schools in the country. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek’s team of young scientists is made up almost exclusively of Chinese nationals from some of the top schools in the country. Photo: Shutterstock
China technology

DeepSeek advance triggers Nvidia rout, raising concerns over AI spending

Large US tech companies may follow suit and replicate some of the training techniques that DeepSeek leveraged to drive the cost of R1 down.

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Semiconductors

China’s top memory chip maker again defies US sanctions with design breakthrough

Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation is integrating a new design into chips with 294 gates, research firm finds.

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China technology

Weibo adjusts algorithms to improve ‘public values’ amid government crackdown

Weibo has been under fire in recent years for having too many trending topics about celebrities.

The Weibo logo is seen on a smartphone in this arranged illustration. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI disrupter DeepSeek claims top spot in US App Store, dethroning ChatGPT

DeepSeek has integrated its reasoning model into the web and app versions of its chatbots for unlimited use at no cost.

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The DeepSeek logo and website seen on a smartphone in this arranged illustration taken May 14, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock
The DeepSeek logo and website seen on a smartphone in this arranged illustration taken May 14, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock
TikTok

Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people, decision in 30 days

Under one deal, ByteDance would retain a stake in TikTok but data collection and software updates would be overseen by Oracle.

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Artificial intelligence

Meta Platforms to spend US$65 billion on AI infrastructure in 2025: Zuckerberg

Meta’s chief executive said the funds will be used to build a data centre ‘so large that it would cover a significant part of Manhattan’.

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ByteDance

ByteDance staff to lose Lunar New Year perk from 2026, gain medical benefits

The new benefits package includes improved medical insurance, with access to premium medical care in regular public hospitals.

The ByteDance logo is seen at the company’s office in Shanghai, July 4, 2023. Photo: Reuters
The ByteDance logo is seen at the company’s office in Shanghai, July 4, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

ByteDance in race with US rivals to drive artificial general intelligence

The Chinese unicorn’s Seed Edge programme reflects its aggressive investment strategy, as other major tech firms push their AI initiatives.

TikTok

ByteDance board member ‘optimistic’ TikTok will find non-sale options in US

ByteDance board member William Ford says exploration of non-sale options is key to the company’s talks with the Trump administration.

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Semiconductors

Chipmaker Texas Instruments’ forecast signals semiconductor slump is persisting

The company has recorded nine straight quarters of sales decline, as much of the electronics industry remains mired in a slowdown.

Texas Instruments gets the biggest portion of its sales from manufacturers of industrial equipment and vehicles, making its projections a bellwether for much of the global economy. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

China poised to expand AI infrastructure to keep pace with US Stargate project

Chinese local governments, telecommunications firms and Big Tech companies have been building new AI facilities over the past few years.

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The US-China rivalry in artificial intelligence has widened to cover the digital infrastructure used to drive the technology’s development. Photo: Shutterstock
The US-China rivalry in artificial intelligence has widened to cover the digital infrastructure used to drive the technology’s development. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

SK Hynix profit surpasses Samsung, but shares dip on lower memory chip demand

The company said supply will remain tight for high-performance chips, but demand declines will accelerate for legacy products.

Smartphones

Samsung unveils AI-powered Galaxy S25 smartphones running only Qualcomm chips

Samsung unveiled new AI features in its latest handsets, which do not use any of the company’s Exynos processors, in a setback for its chip business.

E-commerce

China’s super app WeChat bolsters e-commerce credentials via gift-giving feature

The feature accounted for over 80 per cent of recent sales made by live-streaming e-commerce firm East Buy on WeChat, local reports say.

Live-streaming firm East Buy’s latest sales results on WeChat bodes well for the super app’s e-commerce business. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s most popular AI app gets facelift with ByteDance’s Doubao 1.5

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ByteDance’s ChatGPT-like Doubao bot has emerged as the most popular AI app for Chinese consumers. Photo: Simon Song

Big Tech

DeepSeek AI models debut on platform powered by Huawei

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The Deepseek logo is seen in an illustration taken on January 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters

China Business

Ex-JPMorgan executive, local businessmen start GenAI-powered logistics platform

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From left, NEXX CEO Oscar Hui, chairman Houston Huang and vice-chairman John Chan. The goal of the smart logistics technology platform is to provide flexible, cost-effective and scalable inventory storage solutions. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

Alibaba named most admired Chinese internet company by Fortune

Alibaba’s office in Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Tech Trends

Hong Kong start-up turns profit by pivoting from housekeeping to AI

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