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Semiconductors

Chinese academy launches automated system to speed up chip design

The system, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, uses AI for semiconductor design, dispensing with the need for human developers.

Apple

Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers

Semiconductors

A quantum leap: Chinese institute begins photonic chip production

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Business of climate change

China’s solar panel makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, tariffs bite

Market players should aim for technological innovation, enabling higher profit margins and sustainable growth, GCL founder Zhu says.

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Workers producing photovoltaic modules for solar panels in a factory in Suqian, Jiangsu province in January 2025. Photo: AFP
Workers producing photovoltaic modules for solar panels in a factory in Suqian, Jiangsu province in January 2025. Photo: AFP
TikTok

TikTok adds 500 UK jobs in expansion as US fate remains uncertain

A new 135,000 sq ft office is set to open in early 2026, as the ByteDance subsidiary expands in Europe amid looming US sell-or-ban deadline.

Huawei

Huawei founder Ren says state-of-the-art chip performance can be achieved

Ren Zhengfei says his firm is just one of many Chinese chipmakers, adding that the US has ‘exaggerated Huawei’s achievements’.

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

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

Local start-ups from HKSTP and Cyberport will appear at the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion at VivaTech from June 11 to 14.

ByteDance

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

Li Tong, who led Douyin’s content quality team, is no longer listed in ByteDance’s internal employee system, according to sources.

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
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.

The DJI logo is displayed at the Cebit 2017 exhibition in Germany. Photo: Shutterstock Images
The DJI logo is displayed at the Cebit 2017 exhibition in Germany. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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.

Sam Altman

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.

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.

The BYD Seal 06 can self-park and has voice-activated recognition capability, enhancing its competitiveness in the sub-US$20,000 segment. Photo: AP
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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BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded on a ship are stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in September 2024. Photo: AFP
BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded on a ship are stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in September 2024. Photo: AFP
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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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.

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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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Passersby film a Unitree G1 humanoid robot at a park in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
Passersby film a Unitree G1 humanoid robot at a park in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
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.

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
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.

A visitor looks at a DeepSeek poster during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai, February 22, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
A visitor looks at a DeepSeek poster during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai, February 22, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
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.

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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Chinese academy launches automated system to speed up chip design

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A quantum leap: Chinese institute begins photonic chip production

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The campus of Shanghai JiaoTong University. One of its affiliated institutes has begun production of photonic chips. Photo: AFP

China Business

China’s solar panel makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, tariffs bite

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Workers producing photovoltaic modules for solar panels in a factory in Suqian, Jiangsu province in January 2025. Photo: AFP

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Huawei founder Ren says state-of-the-art chip performance can be achieved

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In this file photo, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei is interviewed in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi province, on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
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