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Apple

Apple shuffles AI executive ranks in bid to turn around Siri

The Apple Intelligence platform was late to arrive and largely a flop, despite being the main selling point for the iPhone 16.

Smartphones

Review | US$200 less than standard handset, what you lose buying iPhone 16e

Foxconn

Foxconn’s profits drop as iPhone sales falter, but AI boom offers hope

Apple

Apple’s AirPods to get Star Trek-like upgrade with live translation

The capability will be offered as part of an AirPods software upgrade due later this year, sources say.

Apple is bringing a live translation feature to the AirPods later this year. Photo: Shutterstock
Indonesia

In Indonesia vs Apple, is victory a double-edged sword?

Indonesia’s stringent local content rules may deter other tech firms wary of navigating regulatory challenges, analysts warn.

Apple

Apple prepares major interface revamp for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Loosely based on the Vision Pro headset’s software, the new design could help revive demand for Apple’s iPhones.

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Apple’s new iPad Air gets a speed boost with the M3 chip

The iPad Air update represents a faster turnaround than usual, coming only 10 months after the last version.

Apple has introduced a faster, more powerful iPad Air built for its on-device AI feature, Apple Intelligence. Photo: Handout
Smartphones

Huawei leads China’s smartphone sales boom fuelled by subsidies

A government subsidy scheme for electronics purchases has boosted sales in the world’s largest smartphone market.

Apple

Apple to fix iPhone glitch that suggests replacing ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

Apple said the speech recognition models that power the voice-to-text feature might show words with some phonetic overlap.

United States

Apple to add 20,000 US jobs amid Trump tariffs on China imports

The company, which builds most iPhones and other products in China, says it plans to spend US$500 billion in the US over the next four years.

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President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook. File photo: AP
Alibaba

Alibaba investors hail e-commerce giant’s AI pivot, major outlay

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares surged 15 per cent on Friday, following an 8 per cent gain overnight in New York.

Alibaba’s artificial intelligence investment strategy is expected to boost the company’s efforts to become a major player in this field. Photo: Shutterstock
Smartphones

Google to open its first physical stores in India, taking on Apple

The company currently has five retail stores, all in the US, which sell its products such as Pixel phones, watches and earbuds.

Alibaba

Alibaba to ramp up AI, cloud investments as quarterly profit surges

CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba will ‘aggressively invest’ in AI infrastructure and bolster research and development on advanced new AI models.

Apple

Apple unveils US$599 iPhone 16e, a budget-friendly AI handset

The 16e will include a powerful chip to run Apple Intelligence, a set of features with access to ChatGPT.

iPhone 16e phones with the new C1 cellular modem are tested at an Apple lab in California. Photo: Reuters
Huawei

Huawei brings Mate XT to Malaysia, kicks off trifold handset’s overseas roll-out

The international roll-out reflects Huawei’s confidence in the Mate XT, which was released in China on the same date as the iPhone 16.

Visitors check out the Mate XT trifold smartphone on the sidelines of Huawei Technologies’ global roll-out of the handset in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Smartphones

Chinese smartphone brands see rapid growth in Middle East, Southeast Asia

Transsion, Xiaomi and Honor topped the Middle East market last year, while Oppo took the No 1 spot in Southeast Asia for the first time.

Photography

Why Gen Z are using 10-year-old iPhones, old digital cameras

Gen Z and millennials carry two iPhones: the latest, and models a decade old for photos as part of the ‘young-tro’ – young and retro – trend.

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Apple partners with Alibaba in AI as Chinese rivals embrace DeepSeek

DeepSeek has become the top AI choice for Chinese Android smartphone makers from Huawei to Vivo, as Alibaba scores Apple as local partner.

Customers test an iPhone at an Apple store in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba’s Joe Tsai hails DeepSeek as open-source inspiration for AI developers

‘Let’s find out what are the actual problems in the world and use AI to solve them’, Tsai says at the World Governments Summit.

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US-China trade war

China’s ‘iPhone City’ eerily quiet as Foxconn moves production amid trade war

The giant iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou has cut back on hiring as Apple loses market share in China and Foxconn shifts production overseas.

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Apple’s AI partnership with Alibaba excites Chinese iOS developers

App developers called Alibaba’s open-source Qwen models the ‘ideal’ choice, as news of the deal lifted sentiment about Apple’s China prospects.

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Chinese iOS developers are hopeful that news of a partnership between Apple and Alibaba means an imminent launch of Apple Intelligence on the mainland. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI deal with Apple lifts Hong Kong shares by most in 2 years

The deal, which leverages Alibaba’s Qwen AI model, could boost iPhone sales in China and solidify Alibaba’s position as a leading AI player.

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Alibaba’s Qwen AI model currently powers the world’s top 10 open-source large language models. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba pairs with Apple to develop AI features for China iPhones

The US tech giant wants Alibaba’s Qwen AI model to make up for loss of Apple Intelligence on its iPhones in China.

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US-China relations

China’s ability to launch DeepSeek chatbot draws US panel’s scrutiny

Testimony sounds warning about China’s ability to dominate the ‘potentially world-changing technology’ of artificial general intelligence.

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Apple

How Apple’s parental control features are child’s play to override

Security measures on Apple iPhones, iPads and Macs to protect children from unsuitable content don’t work, recent software tests show.

Children are in danger of being exposed to adult and unsuitable content online if parents rely on devices’ parental controls. Photo: Shutterstock
Smartphones

Samsung unveils AI-powered Galaxy S25 smartphones running only Qualcomm chips

Samsung unveiled new AI features in its latest handsets, which do not use any of the company’s Exynos processors, in a setback for its chip business.

People try the latest Galaxy smartphones, including the Galaxy S25, the Galaxy S25 Plus, and the Galaxy S25 Ultra AI during the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025 winter event in San Jose, California, on January 22. Photo: Reuters
Smartphones

Apple trails Huawei, Vivo in China smartphone market in 2024

iPhone shipments plummeted 25 per cent in China last quarter, pushing Apple to third place for the year amid rising competition.

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Apple leads smartphone market in fourth quarter, overcoming China decline

iPhone shipments surged to grab 23 per cent of the market in the final quarter of 2024, as a rebounding market saw growth start to slow.

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