Advertisement
Advertisement
TOPIC

Technology

Technology
Latest news features and opinion on technology, covering everything from AI innovation to smartphone makers and apps.
China has introduced a voluntary industry code of conduct for AI smart glasses following growing privacy concerns over covert recording. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

China keeps an eye on AI smart glasses as privacy concerns come into focus

Voluntary code aims to address privacy fears surrounding AI smart glasses as shipments surge and hidden recordings spark public outrage.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s big economic dreams: what’s the reality and where do poor fit in?

16
China-Latin America relations

EU pitches Brazil a ‘more beneficial’ rare earths deal than US or China

videocam
US-China relations

US hearing warns Chinese economic espionage now targets AI

Witnesses say decades of technology theft have strengthened Beijing, while others caution against broad anti-China measures.

videocam
David Shedd, a former acting director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, testifies before the House Select Committee on China on Thursday. Photo: X/Select Committee on China
US-China relations

US officials fear ‘supervillain’ China pulling ahead in AI race even a little

US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Senator Jim Banks expressed concerns about China eroding America’s lead.

videocam
20
China-India relations

Exclusive | US assures India over AI ‘kill switch’ as ‘Pax Silica’ expands to counter China

New Delhi says Washington pledged AI access would continue after Anthropic restrictions as the US-led initiative adds new members.

videocam
16
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek on hiring spree – seeks newcomers, not just AI geniuses

The Chinese AI giant is looking to double in size as it seeks to become a ‘driving force’ in the creation of artificial general intelligence.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

How a Chinese physical AI start-up’s new paradigm bypasses US road maps

Shanghai-based Fysics AI says Fysiverse is a ‘new-generation physics-based world model that adheres to real-world physical laws’.

videocam
Artificial intelligence

Mutually assured disruption? Why China wants its own Mythos AI deterrent

Anthropic’s Mythos has become a ‘cyber nuclear weapon’ that China cannot afford to leave in US hands alone, says 360 founder Zhou Hongyi.

Semiconductors

China’s Big Fund becomes SMIC’s third-largest shareholder after record buyout

The landmark deal consolidates the Big Fund as third largest owner of SMIC, China’s largest wafer foundry.

SMIC's facilities in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

Semiconductors | Could China’s photonic chips help it leapfrog US on AI?

Light-based chips could take over AI model training and inference from US-made GPUs – and launch next-generation optical computing.

Could China’s photonic chips help it leapfrog US on AI?
Artificial intelligence

Huawei and Cambricon tighten grip on China’s AI chip market as Nvidia slips

Huawei and Cambricon are set to dominate China’s AI server market as geopolitics and self-reliance accelerate Nvidia’s retreat.

Science

The end of junior lawyers? How a new AI tool is transforming China’s law firms

‘The industry has become unwelcoming to inexperienced newcomers, prompting many to switch careers’: Beijing-based legal officer.

videocam
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can take the regulatory high road amid US-China AI decoupling

As a global ‘sovereign AI premium’ emerges and US weaponisation of AI models triggers panic, Hong Kong can bridge diverging AI ecosystems.

videocam
Anthropic’s US-ordered shutdown of AI models showed a nation’s digital ecosystem could be paralysed overnight by foreign regulatory caprice. Photo: Reuters illustration
Semiconductors

China’s JCET to build new plant in Shanghai to expand advanced chip packaging

US$1.15 billion investment underscores advanced packaging’s role in boosting China’s chipmaking capabilities amid rapid AI development.

Employees work in JCET’s plant in Jiangsu province. Photo: Getty Images
The Future of Marketing in Asia

Basking in the shadows: marketing to and through Hong Kong

Experts at Hungry Digital, Jules & Co and Red Ant Asia discuss the city’s evolving role in marketing strategies.

The Future of Marketing in Asia

China’s digital platforms redefine global marketing strategies

The mainland’s app ecosystem integrates content, discovery and transaction into a single and seamless experience.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
The Future of Marketing in Asia

Marketing guru Sorrell says AI will dismantle the old order

Industry legend maps out how AI will shrink creative teams, supercharge hyper-personalisation and turn media buying into an algorithmic science.

Martin Sorrell has spent decades thinking about the changing nature of marketing. Photo: Humphrey Ng
The Future of Marketing in Asia

The art of persuasion enters the AI era

Content creators have risen to eclipse traditional ad formats, but now, as AI takes centre stage, the battle for authenticity is on.

The Future of Marketing in Asia

Print campaigns thrive in Asia’s luxury media landscape

Trust is written not in pixels but on paper ... for Asia’s affluent, print offers prestige and emotional depth.

Huawei

Danish court orders state to pay telecoms firm US$12m for Huawei gear removal

Court in Copenhagen says Huawei gear removal from TDC NET’s network went beyond regulation, entitling Danish firm to damages.

4
Huawei has been supplying equipment to TDC NET since 2011. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba slashes Qwen AI model price during US working hours in fight for users

The aggressive price cut comes amid intense rivalry between US and Chinese artificial intelligence firms.

The Qwen and Alibaba logos. Photo: Reuters
China's economic recovery

China’s Xi joins leadership blitz of hub visits in pre-GDP fact-finding push

The president, premier and vice-premiers blanket agricultural and tech centres to gauge local strains and industrial progress before key July policy summit.

China’s private sector

iPhone supplier Luxshare passes key hearing for Hong Kong listing

The firm, a key supplier for AirPods and iPhones, is a step closer to joining other mainland Chinese tech heavyweights in HKEX listing.

US-China relations

‘China Initiative 2.0’: US crackdown on Chinese scholars intensifies

Immigration lawyers and activists claim the Trump Administration has ramped up its targeting of Chinese scientists and researchers in US.

videocam
7
Chinese semiconductor researcher Wang Danhao died at the University of Michigan in March, shortly after being questioned by US federal law enforcement. Photo: Handout
Anthropic

As I see it | US Anthropic ban is best advert for Chinese AI

Cutting off the company’s latest models for non-Americans only serves to highlight China’s open-source alternatives to the rest of the world.

videocam
7
A person holds a phone with the logo of the AI assistant “Claude Mythos” built by Anthropic, on June 10. Photo: AFP
United States

US stocks slide, as Wall Street gets AI wake-up call

The tech rout engulfed global stocks as worries about frothy valuations ignited a fresh bout of volatility.

US-China relations

Pentagon sued by Alibaba over ‘arbitrary’ military blacklist targeting Chinese firms

Technology giant says US defence department wrongly labelled it a Chinese military company without evidence.

videocam
12
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement