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China’s ZTE names Fang Rong as chairman amid AI pivot, revenue drop

2025-04-01 21:00:09                scmp.com

The telecoms industry veteran’s ascension reflects ZTE’s efforts to revive its fortunes in 2025 via its AI strategy.

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Xiaomi to cooperate with police after fatal crash involving SU7 EV’s self-driving feature

2025-04-01 20:27:09                scmp.com

Company says it submitted the driving data and relevant operational information to the police and deeply regrets the tragedy.

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Alibaba woos back DingTalk founder to lead office app’s AI push

2025-04-01 19:30:08                scmp.com

Chen Hang, who created the app in 2015, will return as DingTalk CEO as Alibaba plans to take a stake in the entrepreneur’s start-up.

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Guangdong aims to become global AI and robotics hub after DeepSeek’s success

2025-04-01 18:30:08                scmp.com

A new initiative seeks to position Guangdong as a ‘global highland’ for AI and robotics, following DeepSeek’s success.

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US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase sees worst quarter since FTX collapse

2025-04-01 18:17:13                scmp.com

Nearly every major firm linked to cryptocurrencies were hammered this quarter, as concerns about the US economy weighed on digital assets.

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China advances in brain-computer interface technology, aiming for US$900 per procedure

2025-04-01 17:00:14                scmp.com

The semi-invasive system developed by CIBR and its affiliated start-up NeuCyber NeuroTech have completed their first three human implants.

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How tech innovation can bolster Pakistan’s relationship with China

2025-04-01 16:30:08                scmp.com

Pakistan’s start-up ecosystem is set to flourish and collaboration with China in areas such as agritech and fintech can boost growth and prosperity.

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China ranks itself 10th in new global innovation league table

2025-04-01 15:08:51                scmp.com

But China has risen up the rankings faster than any other nation over the past 12 years, according to the report.

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TSMC affirms commitment to Taiwan with new domestic fab amid overseas expansion

2025-04-01 10:45:08                scmp.com

‘We’ll continue to look for space to expand investments in Taiwan,’ TSMC executive Y.P. Chyn says.

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Intel CEO Tan Lip-bu says company will spin off noncore units

2025-04-01 09:39:42                scmp.com

Speaking at his first public appearance as CEO, Tan also says the firm will create new products including custom semiconductors.

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OpenAI to build open AI model as it faces competition from Meta and China’s DeepSeek

2025-04-01 06:06:07                scmp.com

Announcement marks a strategic shift by OpenAI, which until now has been a fierce defender of closed, proprietary models.

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Extension for TikTok sale winding down, but deadline may not matter: analysts

2025-03-31 23:11:12                scmp.com

US President Donald Trump might ignore the law Congress passed and use the app as a bargaining chip in trade talks with Beijing.

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Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, signalling a broader pullback from China

2025-03-31 21:25:14                scmp.com

The IoT & AI Insider Lab in the Zhangjiang hi-tech zone likely closed in January or February, nearby workers say.

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Flying taxis prepare for lift-off in China as first companies gain key licence

2025-03-31 20:30:20                scmp.com

Chinese regulators have for the first time granted companies approval to operate autonomous passenger drones.

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Apple chip engineer returns to China, joins Fudan University amid push for talent

2025-03-31 19:30:11                scmp.com

Kong Long left Apple after seven years, following the recent return of M4 CPU engineer Wang Huanyu to China.

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Thinking Fast and Slow: the GenAI Conundrum for Financial Services

2025-03-31 17:18:28                scmp.com

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The financial services sector has not been shy to put money into GenAI, since a white paper by the World Economic Forum and Accenture revealed that spending is projected to reach US$97 billion by 2027. While the industry remains cautious due to strict regulatory framework and compliance requirements, the momentum is unmistakable as it is now evident that AI can play a fundamental role in navigating more complex use cases.   McKinsey's 2025 State of AI report indicated that 21% of financial services institutions have adopted the transformative technology in risk, legal and compliance functions, in comparison to the industry average of 11%. The general optimism reported towards GenAI, combined with recent developments of DeepSeek, served as the perfect timing and conversation starter for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Financial Services Executive Forum and Luncheon.  Behind closed doors on March 20, 2025, industry heavyweights and policy regulators came together to discuss the hottest industry topics. With the theme being ‘Leave Your Legacy • Redefine Your Future’, the full-day event explored the transformative potential of technology through a series of keynote speeches, panel discussions and interactive demos. GenAI, data innovation and analytics, security and resilience, as well as customer experience enhancement were all on the agenda, shining a light on best practices and guidelines. Addressing the Past: Charting a Roadmap for AI Breakthroughs Robert Wang, Managing Director of AWS Hong Kong and Taiwan, opened the forum by tracing the evolution and adoption of GenAI in financial services, calling attention to distinct milestones that brought the technology to where it is today. 2023 no doubt marked the start of GenAI’s explosive growth, but even until recently, businesses had mainly made use of applications centred around improving productivity and cost, wary of risking intellectual property and consumer trust.  This…

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Chinese venture capital veteran Allen Zhu questions humanoid robots’ commercial value

2025-03-31 17:00:16                scmp.com

Zhu, who famously backed Didi Chuxing and RedNote, says early-stage venture capitalists should steer away from the embodied-AI sector.

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Tech war: Huawei’s consumer business reports 38% surge in revenue on robust smartphone sales

2025-03-31 16:00:12                scmp.com

Huawei recorded total annual revenue of 862.1 billion yuan in 2024, signalling progress in overcoming US sanctions.

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Samsung’s latest AI-powered fridges can find misplaced phones and control home appliances

2025-03-31 13:15:07                scmp.com

The latest Samsung Bespoke fridges’ AI-enhanced Bixby assistant responds to voice commands to find missing phones and activate appliances.

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Solar-power-generating smartwear to have trial at World Expo 2025 in Osaka

2025-03-31 12:16:27                scmp.com

A Toyota subsidiary will trial vests with solar cells that generate electricity to power devices such as neck fans at the Osaka World Expo.

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Trump hints at a TikTok sale deal before April 5 deadline

2025-03-31 10:48:25                scmp.com

A group consisting of Blackstone and ByteDance’s non-Chinese shareholders has emerged as front-running buyers.

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A DeepSeek moment is playing out in rural China as peasants seek AI advice

2025-03-30 10:00:27                scmp.com

Rural residents, who account for a third of China’s 1.4 billion population, are eager to apply AI services.

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DeepSeek has boosted the faith of rich Chinese investors in tech stocks: StanChart banker

2025-03-30 09:30:11                scmp.com

The AI boom in China has convinced Chinese investors that the markets will continue to rise, Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

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China’s new chip tool champion SiCarrier offers self-reliance hope amid US restrictions

2025-03-30 07:00:14                scmp.com

The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show.

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Why major powers’ race for quantum supremacy inspires awe and fear

2025-03-30 05:30:08                scmp.com

With no rules in place, a breakthrough that shreds our system underpinning security will bring chaos and deepen the global tech divide.

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Chinese chip equipment manufacturer SiCarrier debuted ~30 "domestically controllable" products at the Semicon China show, as China pushes for chip self-reliance (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)

2025-03-30 00:35:01                scmp.com

Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: Chinese chip equipment manufacturer SiCarrier debuted ~30 “domestically controllable” products at the Semicon China show, as China pushes for chip self-reliance  —  The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show

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Xpeng bets big on flying cars with US$413 million investment in new Guangzhou factory

2025-03-29 15:51:38                scmp.com

CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.

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Sci-fi to reality: Chinese EV makers outpace Tesla in the autonomous-driving race

2025-03-29 12:00:18                scmp.com

After stamping their authority on EV technology, Chinese firms make strides in adding self-driving features.

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Elon Musk’s xAI buys social media platform X for US$33 billion

2025-03-29 06:26:26                scmp.com

The tech billionaire plans to combine the ‘data, models, compute, distribution and talent’ from the app and start-up.

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Google’s Android transparency shift unnerves Chinese developers, sparking debate

2025-03-28 20:03:05                scmp.com

Google is no longer developing Android in the open, which some developers believe could give an advantage to Huawei’s HarmonyOS.

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Chinese EV makers pressed to accelerate global expansion amid tariff challenges

2025-03-28 20:00:25                scmp.com

Companies should balance exports and overseas production while seeking to achieve win-wins with foreign partners, former vice-minister says.

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TikTok Shop to expand to Germany, France, Italy next week amid uncertainty in US

2025-03-28 17:23:51                scmp.com

The move marks a major expansion of the short-video app’s e-commerce operations in Europe as it faces a looming ban in its largest market.

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Tech war: China’s top foundry SMIC reports revenue growth in 2024, but net profits plunge

2025-03-28 15:30:18                scmp.com

Full-year revenue grew 27 per cent to US$8 billion but net profit plunged 45.4 per cent to US$493 million.

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Taiwan probes China chipmaker SMIC for allegedly poaching staff

2025-03-28 13:07:37                scmp.com

SMIC set up a branch in Taiwan posing as a Samoa-based company and tried to hire local talent, prosecutors said.

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Opening of GreenTech Hub aims to power Hong Kong’s green future

2025-03-28 12:00:14                scmp.com

Supported by government-industry-academia partnerships, GreenTech Hub is at the forefront of new technologies that help get start-ups off the ground.

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ChatGPT’s AI images in Studio Ghibli style delight some fans but raise copyright issues

2025-03-28 11:50:08                scmp.com

AI images mimicking Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki’s intricate style have delighted fans, but what did ChatGPT train on to make them?

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Hong Kong to get world’s first tokenised money-market ETFs from Bosera and HashKey

2025-03-28 11:00:59                scmp.com

Bosera HKD Money Market ETF and USD Money Market ETF, which have been approved by the SFC, are set to launch in April.

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Trump’s TikTok stance differs from some Republicans ahead of sell-or-ban deadline

2025-03-28 05:52:14                scmp.com

‘If ByteDance stays involved in any way, the deal is illegal – plain and simple,’ said one senior Republican lawmaker.

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Alibaba’s Taobao e-commerce site targets fake AI-generated product images in crackdown

2025-03-27 20:00:13                scmp.com

Taobao’s initiative aligns with China’s broader regulatory efforts to address the misuse of generative AI.

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Alibaba launches AI model that can process images and video on phones and laptops

2025-03-27 18:00:15                scmp.com

The multimodal Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model is designed to run locally on mobile devices and tops rivals in some benchmarks.

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Cathie Wood sees AI driving US$10 trillion global robotaxi revolution

2025-03-27 17:16:59                scmp.com

The CEO of Ark Investment says the market will help propel a near 10-fold jump in Tesla’s share price to US$2,600 in five years.

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China’s 2025 cloud spending to grow 15% on the back of DeepSeek-driven AI adoption

2025-03-27 17:00:12                scmp.com

Cloud spending, which totalled US$40 billion in 2024, is expected to reach US$46 billion this year as cloud providers expand investments.

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SenseTime’s 2024 net loss narrows even if it misses analysts’ target amid AI competition

2025-03-27 16:47:12                scmp.com

The company reported net loss of 4.3 billion yuan (US$592 million) in 2024, compared with estimate of 4 billion yuan loss.

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US robotics firms push for national strategy to compete with China

2025-03-27 15:31:06                scmp.com

Tesla, Boston Dynamics and others are pushing for US policies that would boost American companies in the global robotics race.

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US and Chinese robotics start-ups attract 75% of global funding, study finds

2025-03-27 14:30:10                scmp.com

America and China are ‘reinforcing their leadership’ in robotics, allowing them to shape the future of automation, new study finds.

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Unitree robotics profitable since 2020, eyes expansion amid high demand

2025-03-27 12:01:48                scmp.com

The Hangzhou start-up known for its robot dogs told local media it had no immediate plans for additional fundraising.

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Unitree Robotics profitable since 2020, eyes expansion amid high demand

2025-03-27 12:01:48                scmp.com

The Hangzhou start-up known for its robot dogs told local media it had no immediate plans for additional fundraising.

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Microsoft abandons data centre projects in US and Europe, sparking oversupply fears

2025-03-27 10:09:51                scmp.com

Microsoft’s retrenchment in the last six months included lease cancellations and deferrals, analysts at investment bank TD Cowen said.

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Low-altitude economy can soar if Hong Kong plays to its strengths

2025-03-27 09:30:09                scmp.com

The city can leverage its R&D capabilities and regional connectivity while catching up on infrastructure and policy guidance – and act fast.

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Beijing research lab says inclusion on export control list undermines global AI cooperation

2025-03-26 22:00:09                scmp.com

The updated BIS list includes more than 50 new Chinese entities, including six units of cloud computing provider Inspur Group.