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A senior resident at a nursing home in Shenzhen interacts with a humanoid robot. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics

China turns to robots for elderly care with national pilot programme

Amid a demographic crisis, the government is encouraging the use of robots to care for senior citizens in institutional and home settings.

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Start-ups

Hong Kong backs start-ups at VivaTech show in push for European market

ByteDance

ByteDance’s China head of content quality leaves amid stricter censorship

Semiconductors

Qualcomm chips away at smartphone reliance with US$2.4 billion Alphawave AI bet

As Qualcomm looks to lessen its reliance on the smartphone market, Alphawave would provide it with technology used in data centres.

Qualcomm is betting on data centres and AI with its acquisition of Alphawave, which makes high-speed semiconductor and connectivity technology. Photo: Reuters
Qualcomm is betting on data centres and AI with its acquisition of Alphawave, which makes high-speed semiconductor and connectivity technology. Photo: Reuters
DJI

China’s top drone maker DJI comes down to earth with launch of robotic cleaner

Shenzhen-based DJI will introduce a combo vacuum-mopping robot this month, a project that has been in development for four years.

Artificial intelligence

RedNote says its new open-source AI model bests DeepSeek in Chinese

The company, known for its Instagram-like platform, on Friday unveiled dots.llm1, a mixture-of-experts large language model.

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Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning identification tech expands to UK

The Orb scan creates a digital credential, called World ID, based on the unique properties of a person’s iris.

This photo of the biometric data scanning device used to scan people’s iris was taken in Buenos Aires on March 22, 2024. Photo: AFP
This photo of the biometric data scanning device used to scan people’s iris was taken in Buenos Aires on March 22, 2024. Photo: AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

The competition for budget-conscious EV buyers in China heats up

Apart from hefty price discounts, carmakers are offering more bells and whistles in their latest models to stand out from the crowd.

Electric & new energy vehicles

How BYD and Chinese peers are transforming Europe’s small EV market

Volkswagen, Renault and other EU stalwarts prepare a slew of smaller, cheaper EVs to fight an influx of Chinese models.

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Artificial intelligence

The kids are alright: Hong Kong AI scientist offers a vision for ‘parenting’ AI

HKUST scientist De Kai says AI is more akin to climate change than a geopolitical challenge, requiring a new way of thinking.

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De Kai, a computer science professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is offering a new vision for living and growing with AI in his latest book. Photo: Felix Wong
VR and AR

Chinese AR glasses maker Rokid is going global with Alibaba partnership

Rokid will launch its AR Spatial glasses on AliExpress through the platform’s ‘BigSave’ programme, shaving off about US$100 off the US$650 eyewear.

Rokid is launching its AR glasses overseas this month using Alibaba’s AliExpress platform. Photo: Rokid
Rokid is launching its AR glasses overseas this month using Alibaba’s AliExpress platform. Photo: Rokid
Robotics

Unitree eyes pre-IPO fundraising, valuing robot maker up to US$2 billion: report

Raising fresh capital casts a spotlight on how China’s leading humanoid robot makers are pushing forward mass production this year.

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Robotics

Beijing academy unveils ‘RoboBrain’ AI model for China’s humanoids

The launch comes amid efforts to leverage rapidly advancing AI technology to improve the capability of robots.

Semiconductors

Chinese chipmaker SMIC offloads stake in Ningbo unit to focus on core operations

SMIC’s asset sale reflects efforts by Chinese semiconductor firms to strengthen their operations amid tightened US tech restrictions.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp is mainland China’s top contract chipmaker. Photo: Shutterstock
Digital currencies

Crypto confiscated in Beijing to be liquidated in Hong Kong

Beijing’s security bureau has unveiled a plan to sell cryptocurrencies seized in criminal investigations, boosting Hong Kong’s crypto hub ambitions.

The Beijing Public Security Bureau has become the first law enforcement agency in China to detail a process for liquidating confiscated cryptocurrencies through Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
The Beijing Public Security Bureau has become the first law enforcement agency in China to detail a process for liquidating confiscated cryptocurrencies through Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek

DeepSeek is hiring interns to label medical data for AI use in hospitals

The move comes as Chinese hospitals embrace open-source AI models from DeepSeek to generate diagnoses and prescriptions.

Alibaba

Alibaba unveils new AI embedding models, a field it leads globally

The Chinese tech giant ranks top on Hugging Face’s benchmark for measuring the performance of text-embedding services.

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OnePlus

OnePlus looks to undercut Apple and Samsung with new US$700 tablet

Android tablets have failed to make much of a dent in the US to Apple’s tablet business.

In this photo illustration the OnePlus logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. Photo: Shutterstock Images
In this photo illustration the OnePlus logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Electric & new energy vehicles

After CATL’s spark, China’s EV players bank on Hong Kong IPOs for growth funds

China’s top smart mobility firms like Chery Auto, Seres Group and Hesai eye Hong Kong market to fund global expansion plans.

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Fintech

Fintech start-up Syfe bolsters Hong Kong expansion after new funding round

Singapore-based Syfe’s expansion plans reflect the city’s position as the largest hedge fund and cross-border wealth management hub in Asia.

Hong Kong

Chinese app firm Newborn Town sets up in Hong Kong for AI, global push

Firm plans to make use of city’s capital markets, international connections and talent while also collaborating with local universities.

Newborn Town developed and operates the Mico, Yoho, TopTop and Sugo apps. Photo: Handout
Digital currencies

Hong Kong stablecoins poised to serve as a cross-border payment tool

‘Stablecoins have the potential to shorten the time for cross-border payment from days to minutes,’ Jingdong Coinlink’s Teddy Liu says.

Regulations on stablecoins are expected to significantly expand the use of these tokens around the world. Photo: Shutterstock
Regulations on stablecoins are expected to significantly expand the use of these tokens around the world. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly ‘scraping’ user comments to train AI chatbot

Reddit has previously entered licensing agreements with Google, OpenAI and other companies that pay to be able to train their AI systems.

ByteDance

Douyin users in Hong Kong swell to 40% of city’s population: report

Douyin’s high adoption rate in Hong Kong reflects a broader trend among China’s Big Tech firms to expand services beyond the mainland market.

Semiconductors

China’s top three EDA firms under spotlight after US ban on chip design tools

Electronic design automation firms Empyrean, Primarius and Semitronix are poised to drive China’s chip design tools market after the US ban.

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The latest US export restrictions on China cover electronic design automation software used for developing semiconductors. Photo: Shutterstock
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China turns to robots for elderly care with national pilot programme

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A senior resident at a nursing home in Shenzhen interacts with a humanoid robot. Photo: Xinhua

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Hong Kong backs start-ups at VivaTech show in push for European market

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan visits the booth of a local tech company at VivaTech in Paris, on May 24, 2024. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

ByteDance’s China head of content quality leaves amid stricter censorship

The building of Douyin Group in Chengdu, Sichuan province, seen on March 11, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock

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China’s top drone maker DJI comes down to earth with launch of robotic cleaner

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