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PsiQuantum, a US start-up, is raising at least US$750 million in a funding round led by BlackRock. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

US start-up PsiQuantum raising US$750 million in quantum computing race

Start-ups and major tech firms are chasing quantum computing, with Google, Microsoft and Amazon having unveiled new quantum chips.

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia to open quantum computing lab in Boston, CEO Jensen Huang says

US-China relations

US needs H-1B visas for tech race with China, says Democrat ‘glad’ Trump agrees

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Amazon

Amazon unveils quantum computing chip after Google, Microsoft

Recent announcements of quantum hardware from big tech companies suggest the form of computing may solve real problems in the coming years.

Amazon Web Services’ Ocelot quantum computing chip is seen at the company’s quantum facility in Pasadena, California. Photo: Handout
Science

Record transmission by Chinese team lays ground for future quantum internet

Team’s new quasi-quantum secure direct communication protocol ‘offers a unique method to detect eavesdropping online’.

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Science

China-US chip war takes a quantum leap with breakthroughs declared on same day

Peking University and Microsoft research teams’ papers reveal very different approaches to achieving stable, error-free qubits.

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Semiconductors

Microsoft unveils first quantum chip that uses Majorana particles

The field of quantum computing has seen a flurry of recent announcements indicating that the machines may be nearing practical utility.

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum computing chip. Photo: Handout
Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

With Trump’s inauguration, US-China rivalry opens new and uncertain chapter

Whether and how the mercurial president-elect delivers on his various pledges on trade with Beijing and other issues will be anyone’s guess.

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US-China tech war

Opinion | US-China quantum contest winner will shape the world’s future

On top of technological supremacy, the quantum race could reshape the very nature of international relations and global power dynamics.

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US-China relations

Opinion | US-China science pact renewal a ray of hope amid techno-nationalism

The pact sustains targeted collaboration, but it also risks reinforcing emerging scientific blocs, potentially reshaping the global research landscape.

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US-China relations

US restrictions on outbound investments to China scrapped from spending bill

Earlier version had included provisions on overseas transactions involving China in sectors like chips, quantum technology and AI.

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The US Capitol in Washington, where members of Congress must pass a temporary spending bill to avert a shutdown of the American government. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China relations

For US to edge China in tech, add visa options to lure quantum workers: official

‘Significant’ labour shortfall runs into tens of thousands as Washington and allies worry about Beijing cracking their encryption.

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Google

Google announces quantum computing chip breakthrough

Willow processor completes statistical tasks that are beyond the reach of the world’s fastest supercomputers.

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Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong’s AI efforts link China, rest of the world amid geopolitical tensions

Chief technology officer at Hong Kong Productivity Council says city remains an important launching pad for international AI firms.

The Hong Kong Productivity Council has been pushing for a wider adoption of artificial intelligence in local industries. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Chinese supercomputer tops global computing efficiency list

Tianhe Exa-node Prototype tops big data category, as Graph500 deems energy-aware big data computing necessary for future industry.

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Tianhe, developed by the National University of Defence Technology, is ranked at the top of the latest list of the world’s most power-efficient big data processing systems. Photo: Xinhua
US presidential election 2024

Howard Lutnick named US commerce chief, will ‘lead’ on tariffs and trade

Wall Street CEO co-chairs Donald Trump’s transition team and was previously said to be in the running for treasury secretary.

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US-China relations

US to ban outbound investments in China’s chips, AI for national security

From January 2, engagement involving ‘defined set of technologies and products’ is prohibited to guard against fuelling PLA’s modernisation.

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Science

China’s quantum computing leap risks stumbling into a talent-innovation void

China has a critical need for top hi-tech talent, but must overcome internal risks that hinder inspiration and ingenuity, leading academic says.

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The Zuchongzhi quantum computer. Like other sciences, China’s tech sector faces challenges from a lack of talent as well as its own “involution”. Photo: USTC
US-China relations

Wary of China, US ranks Japan ‘first’ among Aukus partners: envoy

‘Very close’ talks under way as Washington seeks Tokyo’s cyber-related and other technological support amid deeper Indo-Pacific engagement.

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China’s Communist Party

Xi Jinping pushes hi-tech message during visit to once-poor Hefei

Hi-tech development cannot be begged for, president is quoted as saying during trip to Anhui capital, now an innovation powerhouse.

Science

China is quietly extracting itself from a US helium ‘stranglehold’

Years of research and development are helping China become less reliant on overseas sources of the valuable noble gas.

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Scientific and engineering advances are shifting China away from a US-controlled monopoly of helium, according to experts. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Chinese scientists hack encryption in quantum computer experiment: paper

Breakthrough poses a ‘real and substantial threat’ to password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, team says.

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Chinese scientists say they have successfully attacked a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. Image: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

China boosts quantum computer production with self-developed chips

Origin Quantum, a research firm added to the US trade blacklist this year, is expanding its superconducting quantum computer production.

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Science

China’s ‘father of quantum’ says global secure communications just 3 years away

Physicist Pan Jianwei outlines timetable for quantum-based ultra-secure networks that will have coverage across the world.

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US-China relations

China quickly outpacing US in preparing for next war, Congress hears

Pentagon’s red tape and its slowness to embrace new technologies leave allies like Britain, Australia, Japan and South Korea in the lurch.

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The Pentagon, headquarters for the US Department of Defence, in Arlington, Virginia, has been accused of excessive bureaucracy and outdated procurement procedures. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China relations

US study finds China’s tech innovation ‘much stronger’ than understood

Performing best in nuclear power, EVs and batteries, mainland companies will ‘likely equal or surpass Western firms within a decade or so’.

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People visit a booth for Chinese battery manufacturing giant CATL at Automechanika, a leading trade fair for cars, in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 11. Photo: Xinhua
China education

Chinese universities alter course to meet country’s need for hi-tech workforce

President Xi Jinping leads the call for more trained-up professionals in AI, circuitry, quantum tech, cybersecurity and other hi-tech areas.

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China’s Communist Party

China’s hi-tech scientists have their moment in the Beidaihe sun

Dozens of researchers in high-priority fields such as AI and quantum physics invited to annual gathering on the Bohai Sea.

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