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Are electric-powered skis, unveiled at CES, the future of snow sports?
E-winter sports trended at CES Las Vegas, with an electric off-road board for snow and sand, and battery-powered skis, grabbing attention.
11 Jan 2025 - 2:45PM
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Apple
Apple forms Shanghai data-processing venture as AI push in China still in limbo
10 Jan 2025 - 9:00PM
Alibaba
Alibaba studio pulls top mobile game from Vivo’s app store
10 Jan 2025 - 8:00PM
TSMC
Apple and Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales top estimates, boosting AI in 2025
The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported a 39 per cent rise in October-December revenue to US$26.3 billion.
10 Jan 2025 - 5:57PM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s latest quarterly results raise hopes of increased artificial intelligence chip spending in 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
China technology
Chinese software firm Yonyou picks former senior SAP executive as new president
Huang Chenhong is the latest multinational veteran to join China’s tech sector, as these firms scale back operations on the mainland.
10 Jan 2025 - 5:30PM
Start-ups
Hong Kong start-ups in CES spotlight as city strives to become Asian tech hub
Nearly 100 Hong Kong-registered companies are exhibiting at CES this week, compared to around 30 from Singapore.
10 Jan 2025 - 1:16PM
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Alibaba
Meet Alibaba’s AI coder: an automated system that can build an app ‘in minutes’
AI coder forms part of Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence programming tool called Tongyi Lingma.
10 Jan 2025 - 8:00AM
Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence coder can perform an automated set of tasks to complete development of an app “as fast as a few minutes”. Photo: Shutterstock
Jack Ma
AI to reshape the world, Alibaba founder Jack Ma tells Chinese rural teachers
Ma addressed a group of educators to mark the 10th anniversary of his eponymous foundation’s Rural Teachers Initiative.
9 Jan 2025 - 6:30PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
China’s EVs to see self-driving ‘democratisation’ in 2025, UBS analyst says
China has rapidly progressed from a market for carmakers into an ‘innovative hub’ for technologies such as electrification and intelligence.
9 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM
CES
Facial recognition to unlock your car, shown at CES, coming in 3 to 5 years
A prototype car at the Las Vegas CES tech fair can identify owners and authorised drivers, and stay locked when approached by strangers.
9 Jan 2025 - 1:45PM
Semiconductors
US semiconductor firm SiFive taps China’s growing appetite for open-source chips
California-based SiFive has set up a subsidiary in Shanghai to help customers ‘achieve technological breakthroughs’.
8 Jan 2025 - 7:40PM
SiFive co-founder Krste Asanović. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba powers AI drive of Transsion, top Chinese smartphone vendor in Africa
Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen model will enable the GenAI features of the Phantom V Fold2, Transsion’s latest 5G smartphone under its Tecno brand.
8 Jan 2025 - 5:30PM
Alibaba
Alibaba revamps gift-giving feature on Taobao to fend off Tencent competition
After placing an order, the buyer sends a virtual gift card with passcode to the recipient, who has to claim the goods within 24 hours.
8 Jan 2025 - 3:00PM
Semiconductors
Nvidia CEO says company has plans for desktop chip designed with MediaTek
CEO Jensen Huang said Nvidia tapped MediaTek to co-design an energy-efficient CPU that could be sold more widely.
8 Jan 2025 - 11:20AM
Britain
Shein lawyer evades questions on China cotton at UK hearing, angering lawmakers
The fast-fashion giant is accused of forced labour in its supply chains as it reportedly prepares for a US$62 billion listing in London.
8 Jan 2025 - 8:33AM
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Shoppers visit Shein’s promotional Christmas bus tour, in Manchester, Britain, in December. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence
Chinese start-up 01.AI founder Lee Kai-fu denies asset sale to Alibaba Cloud
01.AI denounced as ‘vicious slander’ talks that it was looking to sell its pre-training team and other assets owing to business difficulty.
7 Jan 2025 - 8:47PM
ByteDance
ByteDance’s latest export after TikTok: Chinese short dramas
The company is looking for its next big hit in short dramas, with eyes on Southeast Asia and English-speaking markets.
7 Jan 2025 - 7:00PM
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China technology
US cloud services firm Akamai to cease CDN operations in China
Partners Tencent Cloud and Wangsu Science & Technology to ‘ensure smooth transition’ for Akamai’s content delivery network users in China.
7 Jan 2025 - 7:08PM
Akamai Technologies says it remains committed to the China market. Photo: Akamai
Semiconductors
Nvidia CEO takes centre stage at CES with new consumer GPU card for gaming, AI
Powered by Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, the RTX 5090 packs in 92 billion transistors and delivers over 3,352 trillion AI operations per second.
7 Jan 2025 - 5:07PM
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Google to bring Gemini AI to TV sets running its software
The update marks the first time Google is bringing Gemini to third-party TV sets running its OS, such as those from Sony, Hisense and TCL.
7 Jan 2025 - 12:57PM
Honor
China’s Honor targets Indonesia’s growing appetite for premium smartphones
Honor expects to initially launch more than 30 products this year in Indonesia, where it plans to open over 10 ‘experience’ stores.
7 Jan 2025 - 9:00AM
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