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The US Commerce Department has added a Chinese AI start-up to its export control list. Photo: AFP

US-China tech war

US blacklists Chinese AI unicorn as tech rivalry escalates

Zhipu AI is among more than two dozen China and Singapore-based companies added to the US Entity List on Wednesday.

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TikTok prepares to shut down app in US on Sunday, sources say

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US blacklists company that ordered TSMC chip found in Huawei processor

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Cambricon, China’s answer to Nvidia, predicts first quarterly profit

The Chinese investors’ darling of 2024 is one of the nation’s best hopes in developing home-grown advanced graphics processors.

15 Jan 2025 - 6:30PM

Cambricon Technologies predicted its first-ever quarterly profit. Photo: Handout

US-China relations

Trending off TikTok? US users going to RedNote face challenges, analysts say

Different content regulations and lack of English support could mean short-lived American-fuelled growth for suddenly popular alternative platform.

16 Jan 2025 - 2:23AMvideocam

China’s TikTok sellers eye Amazon and Shein as US ban looms

Cross-border merchants in China are bracing for an impending ban on TikTok in the US.

14 Jan 2025 - 9:00PM

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Nvidia CEO to visit China amid antitrust probe, US AI curbs

Jensen Huang is set to tour the mainland Chinese cities of Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, before flying to Taipei later this week.

14 Jan 2025 - 2:24PM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. Photo: Reuters

US-China tech war

Chinese boss in American Factory approved to launch university

A new institution proposed by Fuyao Glass founder and chairman Cao Dewang has received approval from China’s Education Ministry.

13 Jan 2025 - 8:00PM

US-China tech war

China’s chip-buying binge in 2024 saw ICs outpace oil imports

Many Chinese firms stockpiled chips ahead of the planned roll-out of more expansive and stringent trade sanctions by Washington.

13 Jan 2025 - 7:00PM

ASML-backed Dutch university suspends classes after cyberattack

The world’s top producer of advanced chipmaking tools invests heavily in Eindhoven University of Technology to instruct future employees.

13 Jan 2025 - 9:59AM

An assembly engineer works on a DUV lithography system at ASML in Veldhoven, Netherlands. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

China’s AI disrupter DeepSeek bets on ‘young geniuses’ to take on US giants

DeepSeek prefers to hire new graduates, or those early in their AI career, in line with the company’s preference for ability over experience.

12 Jan 2025 - 9:22AM

DeepSeek and ChatGPT icons are seen on an iPhone screen. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Huawei’s Android rival scores major win as WeChat gets on board

The US-sanctioned Chinese company hopes to have 100,000 apps in its self-developed mobile operating system this year.

10 Jan 2025 - 7:00PM

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

Exclusive | TSMC cuts ties with Singapore firm over Huawei processor: sources

The world’s largest chip foundry ended its relationship with a Singapore-based firm after a client review.

10 Jan 2025 - 2:00PM

TikTok parent ByteDance denies its algorithms create filter bubbles

Douyin is motivated to break information cocoons because that helps retain users in the long run, executive says.

9 Jan 2025 - 9:00PM

A ByteDance executive argues that the company’s algorithms do not lead to filter bubbles. Photo: Reuters

US trade office removes Tencent’s WeChat from counterfeit sellers list

WeChat was among six online Chinese platforms and nine bricks-and-mortar sellers added to the counterfeit goods list in 2022.

9 Jan 2025 - 3:54PM

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

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US-China tech war

Tech group urges US to halt rule that would limit global access to AI chips

The ITI Council said the rule would place arbitrary constraints on US companies’ ability to sell computing systems overseas.

8 Jan 2025 - 10:22AM

An Nvidia logo seen on a phone next to an AI chip in an arranged picture taken February 15, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock Images

US blacklisting of China’s Tencent stokes fear of tech war escalation

Tencent’s addition to the Pentagon blacklist raises risks for further sanctions and trade restrictions on Chinese businesses, analysts say.

7 Jan 2025 - 9:30PM

Biomedicine: Companies

China’s WuXi Biologics to sell Irish vaccine facility to Merck as US curbs loom

US passed Biosecure Act which would ban federal contracts with targeted firms and their business partners. Legislation explicitly names WuXi.

7 Jan 2025 - 3:36AM

Chinese scientists vow to launch breakthrough open-source chip in 2025

Efforts by the Chinese Academy of Sciences form part of Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology.

6 Jan 2025 - 8:00PM

A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences aims to produce a RISC-V processor in 2025. Photo: Handout

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