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Prince Antonio Licata di Baucina (right) and Riccardo Lanza are co-founders of London-based events company Lanza & Baucina, the planners behind Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding in Venice. Photo: Getty Images
Jeff Bezos

Meet the planners behind Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice wedding

Founded by Italian aristocrats, the events and travel company describes itself as ‘responsible for masterminding the world’s most exclusive, private and spectacular parties’.

Tesla

Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service

Elon Musk

How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?

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United States

SpaceX Starship explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission

A huge blast enveloped the rocket as it stood upright on a test stand in Texas.

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A SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase in Texas late on Wednesday. Photo: rocketfuture.org via AP
Semiconductors

How Huawei’s AI chips outperform Nvidia’s in running DeepSeek’s R1 model

Performance of Huawei’s AI data centre architecture, CloudMatrix 384, illustrates the firm’s progress in overcoming US tech control measures.

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United States

Elon Musk’s xAI burning through US$1 billion a month as costs pile up

The artificial intelligence start-up is seeking to raise US$9.3 billion, with plans to spend over half of it in just the next three months.

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China’s private sector

China internet pioneer urges students to put off graduate school, start-up plans

Sohu.com founder Charles Zhang says college students need to ‘gain some real experience’ by working for a company.

Charles Zhang Chaoyang, the founder, chairman and CEO of Sohu.com. Photo: Shutterstock
Rare earths

My Take | China attains leverage in trade war on the back of its trump card: rare earths

Rare earths are vital components used in various modern technologies, including smartphones, EV batteries and precision-guided missiles.

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US-China tech war

Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays

Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.

Donald Trump

‘Went too far’: Musk regrets some Trump criticisms

Trump said his relationship with Musk was over after a social media dispute, where Musk called the president’s tax and spending bill a ‘disgusting abomination’.

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US President Donald Trump presents a “key to the White House” to Elon Musk during a news conference in the Oval Office on May 30. Photo: TNS
United States

Musk’s father says Elon made mistake, bets ‘Trump will prevail’

Errol Musk claims stress was behind public spat with the US president, dismissing feud as a ‘small thing’.

US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in March, months before their public row. File photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump warns Musk against funding Democrats, thinks their relationship is over

The Tesla CEO is making a ‘huge mistake’ going after the US president, VP J.D. Vance says.

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United States

US Supreme Court allows Doge to access Social Security data of Americans

Elon Musk remains influential post-White House as Supreme Court supported Donald Trump, allowing Doge access to Social Security data and raising privacy concerns.

Robotics

Unitree eyes pre-IPO fundraising, valuing robot maker up to US$2 billion: report

Raising fresh capital casts a spotlight on how China’s leading humanoid robot makers are pushing forward mass production this year.

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Passersby film a Unitree G1 humanoid robot at a park in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
Elon Musk

Explainer | Caught in a bad bromance: Trump and Musk go for the throat – what just happened?

The gloves have come off as the besties turn on each other, attacking policy decisions, threatening repercussions and levelling scandalous accusations.

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Before their public feud this week, US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attended a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30. Photo: Reuters
United States

Musk escalates public spat with Trump by making Epstein files claim

Elon Musk claimed the US president ‘is in the Epstein files’, but offered no evidence.

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SpaceX

Trump-Musk clash threatens to ground US space ambitions

US president’s threat to pull Musk contracts casts a shadow over critical Nasa, Pentagon and commercial space initiatives.

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Donald Trump

Trump and Musk feud in real time as bromance implodes in spectacular fashion

A ‘disappointed’ Trump threatened the tycoon’s US contracts, while Musk said the president would have lost the election without him.

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s unlikely bromance has imploded in spectacular fashion. Photo: AFP
Xiaomi

Xiaomi founder stays on as honorary chairman at Chinese software firm

Kingsoft Office is best known for its WPS Office software, a popular local alternative to Microsoft Office.

Donald Trump

Musk and hardline Republicans ramp up attacks on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the tax and spending bill will add US$2.4 trillion to the US debt pile.

Donald Trump

Musk calls Trump mega-bill ‘disgusting abomination’, days after farewell

White House dismisses Musk’s criticism of the US president’s signature tax-cut and spending bill.

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Elon Musk exited his role as an official US government employee last week, lauded by US President Donald Trump for spearheading a federal spending cuts programme. Photos: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk raises new funds for xAI as he steps back from politics

The billionaire is selling US$5 billion in debt for his AI start-up through Morgan Stanley.

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Elon Musk is refocusing on his business after leaving Washington. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Japan

Elon Musk’s alleged child with Japanese pop star sparks online storm in Japan

The claim by conservative influencer Ashley St Clair has fuelled speculation and debate over the billionaire’s growing family.

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United States

Musk says Oval Office black eye was because son, 5, punched him in the face

The tech tycoon says he got the bruise while horsing around with X Æ A-Xii before a Trump press conference to mark his last day at Doge.

Donald Trump

Drug claims overshadow Elon Musk’s Oval Office farewell with Trump

A news report says the tech billionaire used so much ketamine on the 2024 campaign trail that he developed bladder problems.

Elon Musk listens as US President Donald Trump (not pictured) speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office on Friday. Photo: AP
Blockchain

‘A huge win for crypto’: US dismisses lawsuit against Binance

The dismissal marks a dramatic shift in the SEC’s regulatory stance on cryptocurrency under US President Donald Trump.

The US SEC has dropped its enforcement case against cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Elon Musk leaves Trump team, capping turbulent tenure in Washington

Billionaire Musk says his work at the White House is over, and is heading back to business.

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Donald Trump

Elon Musk criticises Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ as bromance falters

The US president responded that more changes could be made to the legislation, saying he’s ‘not happy about certain aspects of it’.

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