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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
Huawei
Huawei’s Android rival scores major win as WeChat gets on board
10 Jan 2025 - 7:00PM
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TSMC
Apple and Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales top estimates, boosting AI in 2025
10 Jan 2025 - 5:57PM
TSMC
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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
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A TSMC logo seen at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Photo: AFP
ByteDance
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
Tencent
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
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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
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
Tencent
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
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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
Semiconductors
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
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A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences aims to produce a RISC-V processor in 2025. Photo: Handout
TikTok
TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban
TikTok Shop’s geographic expansion south of the United States shows it is undeterred by Washington’s ‘sell-or-ban’ law.
6 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM
US-China tech war
Chinese exhibitors are back at CES 2025 despite US tech tensions
While Chinese companies comprise over a quarter of registered exhibitors, many tech giants are notably absent.
5 Jan 2025 - 12:44PM
US-China relations
US sanctions Chinese cyber firm for alleged role in Beijing-sponsored hacks
Treasury Department accuses Integrity Tech of involvement in ‘multiple computer intrusion incidents’ linked to Flax Typhoon hacking group.
4 Jan 2025 - 6:19AM
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US may unveil new rules on China’s access to AI chips before Biden leaves office
The changes aim to control global shipments of powerful GPUs essential for training AI models by closing existing regulatory loopholes.
4 Jan 2025 - 4:32AM
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Under the Biden administration, the US has implemented three major export control rules to restrict China’s ability to use US core tech to modernise its military. Photo: Shutterstock Images
US-China tech war
China’s Microsoft Office rival reaches 100 million daily users
Despite Microsoft Office’s popularity, Kingsoft Office’s WPS has become more widely used in strategic sectors in China.
2 Jan 2025 - 8:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Meet DeepSeek: the Chinese start-up that is changing how AI models are trained
Hangzhou-based DeepSeek is 2025’s ‘biggest dark horse’ in open-source large language models, Nvidia research scientist Jim Fan says.
1 Jan 2025 - 9:00PM
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China struggles to build car chip supply chain to break free of imports
The country’s self-sufficiency rate for automotive chips is currently less than 10 per cent, according to an official at MIIT.
1 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
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The BYD booth at the Automechanika in Frankfurt, Germany, September 11, 2024. Soaring EV production in China is boosting demand for chips. Photo: Xinhua
Huawei
Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou lauds US-sanctioned firm’s resilience in 2024
In a morale-boosting New Year’s Eve message, Meng praised the company’s triumphs including AI chip design and HarmonyOS.
2 Jan 2025 - 10:57PM
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US-China tech war
US-sanctioned Wingtech shifts focus to chips, citing geopolitics
The Shanghai-listed company says it will sell its consumer-electronics contract manufacturing business to focus on semiconductors.
31 Dec 2024 - 10:09PM
Artificial intelligence
China catches up fast in AI race, but US chip curbs cast shadow
Abundant investment and an open-source approach have pushed China to the AI forefront, but a lack of advanced chips may prove devastating.
28 Dec 2024 - 10:00AM
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