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The median service length of employees at ByteDance showed that the firm was an attractive employer in mainland China’s technology industry. Photo: Shutterstock
ByteDance

ByteDance finds median service length of employees at about 3 years

About half of the company’s 120,000 employees have spent more than three years at the social media giant.

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Semiconductors

‘How can we trust you?’: China’s state media urges Nvidia to prove chip safety

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DJI

Chinese drone giant DJI launches its first entry in the 360-degree camera market

E-commerce

China’s instant commerce giants commit to a truce in brutal price war

The intensified competition was exemplified last month when they offered incentives such as free cups of milk tea and free lunchboxes.

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An Ele.me courier (blue) and a Meituan courier pass each other on the street in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, on May 14, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
An Ele.me courier (blue) and a Meituan courier pass each other on the street in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, on May 14, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Apple

Apple’s China sales rise with subsidy boost, but Huawei threat looms

Sales of the MacBook Air, Mac Mini and MacBook Pro saw double-digit growth in China in the June quarter, according to Apple.

Apple

Apple’s India exports to emerge unscathed from Trump tariffs

India has already surpassed China to become the top supplier of iPhones to the US market.

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Amazon

Amazon shares slide as cloud growth falls behind Microsoft and Google

Amazon shares, which declined in extended trading after the earnings report, slid further during an earnings call with CEO Andy Jassy.

A truck with the Amazon Prime logo. Photo: AFP
A truck with the Amazon Prime logo. Photo: AFP
E-commerce

Meituan, JD.com build central kitchens to ratchet up China’s delivery war

China’s catering industry is transforming, as internet platform operators become more involved in the food supply chain.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek founder shares best paper award at top global AI research conference

More than half of the first-named authors on accepted papers originated from China, up from less than 30 per cent last year.

Semiconductors

China summons Nvidia to explain ‘back-door’ safety risk of H20 chip

The Cyberspace Administration of China says it has interviewed Nvidia over risks associated with the potential tracking functions of the chips.

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President and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang delivers a speech during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei in May. Photo: AP
Semiconductors

Samsung chip arm logs big profit miss in sign of widening crisis

Profit fell after Samsung’s foundry arm booked a one-time inventory cost as export controls led to unsold AI chips.

A woman walks past a logo of Samsung Electronics displayed on a glass door at the company’s Seocho building in Seoul on July 8, 2025. Photo: AFP
A woman walks past a logo of Samsung Electronics displayed on a glass door at the company’s Seocho building in Seoul on July 8, 2025. Photo: AFP
E-commerce

JD.com to buy German electronics retailer Ceconomy for US$2.5 billion

The deal would allow JD.com, which competes with Alibaba and Amazon, to expand in Europe.

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft nears US$4 trillion market cap as earnings beat expectations

The tech giant reported better-than-expected growth in its cloud business on rising AI demand.

E-commerce

ByteDance heats up China’s instant delivery race with Alibaba, Meituan

The company is integrating Douyin Supermarket and Douyin Hourly Delivery, as it strives to strengthen its e-commerce business.

TikTok’s Chinese counterpart is reportedly merging its online supermarket and instant delivery service. Photo: Reuters
Foxconn

Apple supplier Foxconn partners with motor maker Teco to build AI data centres

The move underscores Foxconn’s efforts to grow beyond its traditional role as Apple’s main iPhone assembler, as it taps opportunities in AI.

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Beyond its work as an Apple supplier, Foxconn Technology Group has a big AI server business and is actively expanding its electric vehicle operations. Photo: Shutterstock
Beyond its work as an Apple supplier, Foxconn Technology Group has a big AI server business and is actively expanding its electric vehicle operations. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba, Zhipu roll out new AI models amid heated open-source race

Wan2.2 claims to be the industry’s ‘first open-source large video generation models incorporating the Mixture-of-Experts architecture’.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s finance chief voices confidence in China’s AI boom

Toby Xu Hong says Alibaba’s substantial investments in AI and delivery services are are an endorsement of China’s progress.

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Artificial intelligence

AI chip start-up Groq nears US$600 million funding deal

The new funding round brings the start-up’s total cash haul to more than US$2 billion and doubles its valuation.

Groq designs semiconductors and software for AI, and aims to take on Nvidia. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Groq designs semiconductors and software for AI, and aims to take on Nvidia. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Microsoft nears OpenAI agreement for ongoing tech access

While the tone of the talks has been positive, some of the people cautioned that the deal is not finalised and could hit new roadblocks.

Apple

Apple loses fourth AI researcher in a month to Meta’s superintelligence team

In response to the job offers from Meta and others, Apple has been marginally increasing the pay of staffers in its foundation models group.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba, Standard Chartered partner to accelerate AI adoption in banking sector

The British multinational bank will leverage AI solutions from Alibaba Cloud to boost operational efficiency and elevate customer experience.

Standard Chartered will leverage artificial intelligence solutions from Alibaba Cloud, the AI and cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group Holding. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics

China’s humanoid robots put on a show as Tesla’s Optimus kept behind glass

The humanoid robot market segment is seeing demand from enterprises gather speed, as some manufacturers start mass production this year.

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A woman reaches out to touch the hand of a humanoid robot at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Monday. Photo: AFP
A woman reaches out to touch the hand of a humanoid robot at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Monday. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong’s ‘superconnector’ status highlighted in US-China AI talent flow

The report found that Tsinghua University and Peking University ranked first and second, respectively, for producing global AI talent.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Big Tech vies for AI agent supremacy after Manus relocates

Tencent showcases a dozen AI agents at China’s biggest AI event, intensifying the competition in a heated market.

Artificial intelligence

WAIC Shanghai: China reveals new great leap forward with 1,509 AI models

That number accounted for more than 40 per cent of the 3,755 total AI models known worldwide, according to data from the Shanghai conference.

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A long-exposure image shows visitors at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Monday. Photo: AFP
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‘How can we trust you?’: China’s state media urges Nvidia to prove chip safety

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Chinese state media’s attention increases the pressure on Nvidia to meet Beijing’s demands, while abiding by Washington’s trade restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock

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