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Elon Musk wields a chainsaw on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Centre on February 20 in Oxon Hill, Maryland, US. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Technology

Opinion | Forget Doge, it’s Musk’s Tesla that looks in need of a rescue

Once an audacious pioneer in electric cars, Tesla is being out-competed by cheaper, more innovative rivals and suffering by association with Musk.

Donald Trump

US judge bars Musk, Doge from further efforts to shut down USAID

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Artificial intelligence

AMD CEO visits China, touts chip compatibility with DeepSeek models

Banking & finance

CEO Lei Jun sees progress as Xiaomi raises 2025 EV deliveries target by 16%

Xiaomi is entering the high-end segment of the EV market and also eyeing overseas sales as it ramps up production.

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Xiaomi’s founder and CEO Lei Jun during the launch of the company’s first electric vehicle, the SU7, in Beijing in December 2023. Photo: Reuters
Canada

On Balance | How the allure of US exceptionalism is fading for Canada

Disillusioned by the Trump administration’s tariff war, more Canadians are seemingly looking at their national differences as strengths.

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Social media

Meet Jay Graber, the young female CEO of X alternative Bluesky

Unlike billionaire social media owners Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Graber deploys a collectivist approach to Bluesky, which now has over 30 million users.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Who is Adam Dell, the venture capitalist ex of former TV chef Padma Lakshmi?

The pair dated in 2009 and when Lakshmi had a daughter in 2010, she refused to reveal her paternity – that and custody were eventually settled, and a brief reconciliation followed.

Venture capitalist Adam Dell, pictured in New York, in 2001. Photo: Getty Images
Millionaires and billionaires

Who is Tesla billionaire and Doge head Elon Musk’s ex, Jennifer Gwynne?

Jennifer Gwynne and Elon Musk met at the University of Pennsylvania, but couldn’t make a long-distance relationship work – she auctioned their keepsakes, including an emerald pendant, in 2022.

United States

Outside In | Elon Musk and the worrying political reach of the super-rich

This unprecedented empowerment of the US ‘political donor class’ risks jeopardising the proper functioning of democracy.

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Artificial intelligence

Former ByteDance executive takes helm at Chinese video AI start-up

Luo Yihang’s transition from ByteDance’s Volcano Engine to Shengshu represents a significant hire by a leading Chinese AI video start-up.

Luo Yihang, former head of AI solutions at ByteDance’s cloud unit, is now CEO at Shengshu AI. Photo: Handout
United States

US judge orders Musk’s Doge to release records: ‘unusual secrecy’

Last week, Trump responded to growing criticism over unprecedented cuts by Doge, saying they should be carefully targeted.

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Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House on March 9, 2025. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

Trump to buy a Tesla in show of support for Musk

Tesla has lost more than one-third of its market value since mid-December as Musk deepens his association with Trump.

Hong Kong science and tech

Round table: what can women in STEM do to lead change?

PostMag hosted a discussion between 5 Hong Kong-based innovators blazing a trail: Florence Chan, Angela Wu, Wendy Lam, Gina Jiang and Megan Lam.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI agent Manus transcends chatbots, start-up’s founder says

Founder and CEO Red Xiao Hong said the AI agent is ‘more like a human being’ than chatbots in terms of performance.

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Applications like Manus show another avenue for artificial-intelligence innovation by Chinese tech start-ups. Photo: Shutterstock
TikTok

Trump says 4 bidders in play for TikTok’s US business in deal expected ‘soon’

ByteDance-owned TikTok faces a deadline of April 5 to strike a deal for its US operations or be banned from the country’s app stores.

TikTok’s US business was estimated to be worth as much as US$50 billion last year. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Having more women on boards makes business sense. Hong Kong gets it

In this increasingly complex world, it is vital for businesses to embrace gender diversity, and diversity more broadly, for long-term success.

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E-commerce

JD.com nearly triples quarterly profit on back of revived consumer spending

JD.com reported a better-than-expected profit of 9.9 billion yuan in the fourth quarter, up from 3.4 billion yuan a year ago.

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DeepSeek

China’s AI start-ups scramble to respond to DeepSeek amid shift to open source

Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has dominated the spotlight in China’s AI arena at the expense of local peers such as Moonshot and MiniMax.

DeepSeek’s presence looms large in China’s nascent artificial intelligence industry. Photo: Reuters
United States

Opinion | From Musk to Bannon, Trump’s rabble of backers are heading for a brawl

The competing agendas of Trump’s elite supporters are clashing, with the sharpest conflict between the economic nationalists and techno-right.

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Donald Trump

Elon Musk stars at Trump’s first cabinet meeting

The US president insisted his team was ‘thrilled’ to have the tech billionaire present, even as his Doge agency created chaos in Washington.

Donald Trump

Elon Musk to attend Trump’s first cabinet meeting

Meanwhile, 21 staff from the billionaire’s Doge agency have quit, while their boss confused US government workers with a new ultimatum.

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Elon Musk (left) listens as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on February 11. Photo: TNS
Millionaires and billionaires

Meet Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, part of the Trump team at Elon Musk’s Doge

Gebbia co-founded Airbnb in San Francisco in 2008 and is now worth at least US$8.7 billion – he sits on the boards of Airbnb and Tesla, and has worked with Musk on various projects and investments.

Elon Musk has a new colleague at Doge in Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia. Photos: TNS, @joegebs/Instagram
Donald Trump

Trump administration tells workers they can ignore Musk ultimatum

Confusion reigns as US federal workers face deadline imposed by Elon Musk that required them to explain their work achievements.

China technology

Home of DeepSeek, Black Myth: Wukong, can Hangzhou rival Shenzhen’s tech crown?

Shenzhen, long the heart of China’s tech industry, may have a new rival as Hangzhou’s companies take centre stage. Will they compete or collaborate?

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Nicole Avant, ex-US ambassador and wife of Netflix boss Ted Sarandos?

She’s made her mark as a prominent figure in Hollywood and politics, produced a documentary on her music-mogul father, and written a memoir about her journey through grief.

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Ex-US ambassador Nicole Avant and Netflix boss Ted Sarandos, husband and wife since 2009. Photo: @nicoleavant/Instagram
Donald Trump

Musk says all US government employees must justify their work or lose jobs

Employees were asked in an email to submit five things they ‘accomplished last week’ by Monday.

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Elon Musk (left) listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office on February 11. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek

China is right to celebrate DeepSeek but AI race isn’t over, academic warns

Zheng Yongnian at CUHK-Shenzhen says ‘excessive nationalism would be detrimental for China in the fiercer tech competition down the road’.

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Science

Chinese in Musk’s Grok squad line up against China in race for AI supremacy

Media in China is taking notice of the large number of key developers, researchers and scientists born and educated in China at work in US.

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