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Nvidia becomes 1st company to clinch US$4 trillion value amid AI boom
The AI chip leader’s shares hit US$164, tripling its market value in about a year and surpassing Apple and Microsoft.
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Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Musk’s X, amid Grok AI chatbot scandal
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US-China relations
TikTok prepares to launch US-specific app, as Trump pushes for sale
2 hours ago
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E-commerce
JD.com’s US$1.4 billion plan heats up delivery battle with Meituan, Alibaba
E-commerce giant unveils ‘Double Hundred Plan’ as industry-wide daily delivery orders reach a new high of more than 200 million.
3 hours ago
JD.com’s latest initiative reflects its determination to unseat Meituan as mainland China’s top on-demand local delivery services provider. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics
‘EV moment’ for humanoid robots may be 5 years away, UBS says
Global humanoid robot population will surpass 300 million by 2025, with annual demand reaching 86 million units, Swiss bank says.
9 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
SpaceX
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans share sale that would lift value to US$400 billion
That would mark the largest-ever valuation for a privately held US company, surpassing SpaceX’s previous record of US$350 billion.
9 Jul 2025 - 4:13PM
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Apple
Apple operations chief to retire in major changing of guard
Williams has been Cook’s top deputy for more than a decade, overseeing the company’s supply chain and engineering for the Apple Watch.
9 Jul 2025 - 11:18AM
Apple chief operating officer Jeff Williams visits an Apple store in Shenzhen, China, in July 2024. Photo: Handout
IPO
Apple supplier Lens, 4 other stocks gain in busiest day for new listings in 2025
The shares of all five companies that made their trading debuts advanced from their IPO prices.
9 Jul 2025 - 6:09PM
Alibaba
Alibaba expert envisions AI agents transforming daily life in 5 years
Hong Kong poised for bigger role in the AI landscape thanks to capital and research capabilities, Huang Fei says at Post’s China Conference.
8 Jul 2025 - 10:35PM
Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI lab scoops up two more Chinese experts from Apple, OpenAI
The new recruits include Pang Ruoming, manager of Apple’s foundations model team, and OpenAI researcher Li Yuanzhi.
8 Jul 2025 - 6:30PM
TikTok
ByteDance denies accepting Oracle deal ahead of deadline for TikTok sale
The company ‘has been studying plans’ for US-only apps, but had not made up its mind, according to a person familiar with the matter.
8 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
The US flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken January 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance
Can Xiaomi disrupt the home appliance market like it did with EVs?
Despite early success at home, industry watchers caution that the company faces significant challenges in competing with established players.
8 Jul 2025 - 8:30AM
Alibaba
Taobao’s daily orders soar as China’s instant e-commerce war heats up
The Taobao figures were released a day after rival Meituan reported record orders for its instant delivery service.
7 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
Huawei
Huawei defends AI models as home-grown after whistle-blowers raise red flags
An account on the open-source community GitHub alleged that the Huawei model had ‘extraordinary correlation’ with Alibaba’s Qwen-2.5 14B.
7 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
US curbs, Nvidia delays likely to drive Samsung’s profit down 39%
The world’s biggest maker of memory chips is projected to report its lowest income in six quarters.
7 Jul 2025 - 5:05PM
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A Samsung flag flutters outside the company’s building in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AFP
TikTok
TikTok building new version of app ahead of expected US sale: report
The news follows Trump’s Friday statement about talks with China and a possible deal.
7 Jul 2025 - 1:00PM
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E-commerce
Meituan captures record orders as e-commerce war fuels demand for delivery
Daily orders surpassed 120 million on Meituan’s instant delivery service platform on Saturday; Taobao and JD.com also reported good volume.
6 Jul 2025 - 5:01PM
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VR and AR
Meet the Chinese start-up behind Google’s Android XR glasses
Despite waves of hype, mixed-reality technology has yet to achieve mainstream adoption due to high costs, hardware limitations and application scarcity.
6 Jul 2025 - 9:00AM
Project Aura’s AR glasses are powered by Android XR. Photo: handout
Smartphones
China’s smartphone shipments plunge 21.8% in May amid weak consumption
The May figures marked a downward shift from the previous three months, as monthly shipments from February to April all rose year on year.
5 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s LinkedIn AI job listings show hunger for international Chinese talent
DeepSeek joins a global scramble for AI talent that includes the biggest players, from Meta and OpenAI to ByteDance and Alibaba.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home
Seven of 11 publicly listed recruits at the new Meta Superintelligence Labs graduated from prestigious Chinese universities before moving to US.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM
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Alibaba
Alibaba seeks US$1.5 billion from exchangeable bonds for cloud, e-commerce push
The zero-coupon bonds maturing in July 2032 can be exchanged for Alibaba Health shares.
4 Jul 2025 - 1:01AM
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Alibaba Group holds about 64 per cent of Alibaba Health. Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y
The G7, Xpeng’s first model to feature its in-house Turing AI chip, starts at 195,800 yuan (US$27,325).
3 Jul 2025 - 9:48PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba AI model-based agentic framework tops global ranking
DeepSWE, trained on the Qwen3-32B model, scored 59 per cent accuracy in the latest industry benchmark to outperform a DeepSeek-V3 variant.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:11AM
Apple
Apple’s China iPhone sales face headwinds in second half: Counterpoint
Sales of Apple’s flagship device ‘will stumble amid weak consumer spending and an ageing iPhone 16 cycle’, Counterpoint analyst says.
3 Jul 2025 - 8:16PM
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