https://www.scmp.com/rss/35973/feed Microsoft Corporation is one of the world’s biggest software makers and manufactures and licenses a range of products and services related to computing. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the company is probably best known for its Windows software, although it has begun an aggressive drive into the mobile sector seeking to make inroads on market share held by Google and Apple. It paid 5.44 billion euros for the handset business of Nokia in September 2013. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Victoria Bela Victoria Bela China would be closely watching the US Artemis 2 lunar fly-by mission, which has already encountered challenges, including a malfunctioning toilet soon after launch, an expert said. As China gears up to bring astronauts to the moon, the first human return to lunar orbit since the Apollo era over 50 years ago could offer Beijing valuable technical insights. Quentin Parker, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Hong Kong, described China as watching the Artemis 2 mission “like a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3348929/china-watching-hawk-us-artemis-2-crew-fixes-toilet-moon-trip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3348929/china-watching-hawk-us-artemis-2-crew-fixes-toilet-moon-trip?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that they would target leading US technology firms like Apple, Google and Meta if more Iranian leaders were killed in “targeted assassinations”. “These companies, starting from 8pm Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1, should expect the destruction of their relevant units in exchange for every assassination in Iran,” the Guards said in a statement listing the names of 18 companies it alleged were complicit in the killing of officials. “We advise the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3348585/iran-says-will-target-apple-google-and-meta-if-more-its-leaders-are-killed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3348585/iran-says-will-target-apple-google-and-meta-if-more-its-leaders-are-killed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:23:28 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Manycore Tech, a Hangzhou-based developer of spatial design software, has passed its listing hearing in Hong Kong, moving a step closer to an initial public offering (IPO) as it pushes deeper into what it calls “spatial intelligence” – the integration of artificial intelligence with the physical world. The company is one of Hangzhou’s “Six Little Dragons” – a group of rising start-ups that includes AI developer DeepSeek, robotics firms Unitree Robotics and Deep Robotics, Black Myth creator Game... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3348377/firing-manycore-first-hangzhous-six-little-dragons-near-hong-kong-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3348377/firing-manycore-first-hangzhous-six-little-dragons-near-hong-kong-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:11 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow ByteDance has bolstered its controversial video-generation model Seedance 2.0 with “advanced” watermarking and intellectual property (IP) protection guardrails ahead of its global roll-out, the TikTok owner has said. The much-anticipated international release comes amid intense scrutiny from Hollywood studios over alleged IP theft after numerous Seedance-generated videos featuring famous Hollywood actors and characters went viral in February. On Wednesday, ByteDance said its global safety and... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3348290/bytedance-bolsters-seedance-20-watermarking-ip-safeguards-ahead-global-roll-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3348290/bytedance-bolsters-seedance-20-watermarking-ip-safeguards-ahead-global-roll-out?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:00:13 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has become a sponsor of OpenClaw after public complaints from the creator of the popular open-source artificial intelligence agent. Tencent and its cloud computing unit officially became sponsors of OpenClaw on Monday, as featured on the project’s GitHub page alongside OpenAI and Chinese AI giant Baidu. The GitHub page has a section that lists the project’s sponsors. Earlier on Sunday, an account belonging to Tencent Cloud Lighthouse – the tech giant’s team... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3346796/tencent-sponsors-openclaw-after-creators-complaints-copying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3346796/tencent-sponsors-openclaw-after-creators-complaints-copying?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:44:50 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo There is no artificial intelligence (AI) race to dominate the technology except in the minds of America’s billionaire tech bros and the ruling elites in Washington. Unfortunately, the global news media often uncritically adopt this dog-eat-dog narrative, including sometimes this newspaper. Now, I am not denying the intense competition between China and the United States in AI and other major industries of the 21st century. I am, however, claiming that competition is basically an end in itself... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3346675/humane-chinese-ai-versus-dog-eat-dog-american-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3346675/humane-chinese-ai-versus-dog-eat-dog-american-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:30:08 +0000 Oscar Liu Oscar Liu In the second of a two-part series on AI in Hong Kong, Oscar Liu reports on how society, from government and companies to institutions and individuals, is scrambling to embrace AI, as work itself gets redefined. Keith Li King-wah’s business once thrived during the 2010s. In a crowded field of more than 100 rivals, his programming consultancy, Innopage, easily secured contracts worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars to develop basic digital tools, such as a mortgage calculator, for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3346561/hong-kongs-bid-win-ai-where-are-road-map-and-guardrails?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3346561/hong-kongs-bid-win-ai-where-are-road-map-and-guardrails?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:30:12 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Southeast Asia is facing a growing cyber spillover risk from the widening US-Israel war with Iran, with security experts warning that state-linked hackers and criminal groups are seeking to exploit turmoil around energy, shipping and banking networks to hit targets far beyond the Middle East. The assessment comes as Iran said it would target economic and banking interests linked to the United States and Israel in the region after an attack on an Iranian bank, while the United Arab Emirates said... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3346342/southeast-asia-faces-spillover-cyber-risk-iran-war-blast-radius-widens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3346342/southeast-asia-faces-spillover-cyber-risk-iran-war-blast-radius-widens?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:12 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong OpenClaw has sparked frenzied buying on mainland China’s stock markets, defying the broader gloom stemming from Middle East hostilities, as investors chase companies compatible with deploying the open-source artificial intelligence tool. OpenClaw’s meteoric rise has fuelled the so-called “lobster” trade, a buzzword coined by traders after the AI tool’s logo. Hangzhou Shunwang Technology, which claimed it had embedded OpenClaw in its AI cloud infrastructure, soared 21 per cent in Shenzhen over... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3346307/openclaw-frenzy-diverts-chinese-investors-lobster-trade-amid-us-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3346307/openclaw-frenzy-diverts-chinese-investors-lobster-trade-amid-us-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:00:10 +0000 Zoey Zhang Zoey Zhang In modern China, the so-called 996 work culture, working six days a week from 9am to 9pm, has become a major point of contention. While some advocate for the gruelling schedule as a fast track to success, others decry it as “modern slavery”, pointing to cases where excessive work hours have led to severe health problems or even death. The debate was first ignited in 2019, when an anonymous protest on GitHub, a global developer platform owned by Microsoft, drew attention to how the 996 culture... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3345675/china-996-work-culture-dates-back-2200-years-shows-work-life-balance-struggles-through-ages?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3345675/china-996-work-culture-dates-back-2200-years-shows-work-life-balance-struggles-through-ages?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:00:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes battle with the US military over usage restrictions on its technology. Anthropic said in its lawsuit that the designation was unlawful and violated its free speech and due process rights. The filing in federal court in California asked a judge to undo the designation and block federal ‌agencies from enforcing it. “These actions are... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346019/anthropic-sues-us-government-row-over-ai-use-military-deepens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346019/anthropic-sues-us-government-row-over-ai-use-military-deepens?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:36:30 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang As global concern rises over artificial intelligence and the potential for AI agents to disrupt lives and industries, people in southern China are rushing to embrace the technology even as privacy concerns intensify. On Friday, nearly 1,000 people lined up outside Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings’ Shenzhen headquarters to install OpenClaw – a popular open-source AI agent software – on their computers. The crowd, a mix of amateur developers, retired space engineers, housewives, students and AI... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3345865/openclaw-fever-why-china-rushing-raise-lobster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3345865/openclaw-fever-why-china-rushing-raise-lobster?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:00:08 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin As China and the United States compete to shape the future of artificial intelligence, Africa’s rapidly expanding digital landscape is emerging as a new arena for their rivalry, far from the technology hubs of Silicon Valley or Shenzhen. With a growing population, expanding internet access and linguistic diversity, Africa is increasingly seen as a critical region for AI development, according to analysts. Early infrastructure and platform decisions can shape the future of emerging technology... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3345483/africa-emerges-new-arena-us-china-competition-over-artificial-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3345483/africa-emerges-new-arena-us-china-competition-over-artificial-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:10:11 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Artificial intelligence will be a focal point of the scientific agenda at Beijing’s annual legislative meeting and coming five-year plan, as China and the US pursue divergent AI paths putting their tech ecosystems at odds. Just over a year ago, Chinese start-up DeepSeek released an open-source AI model that changed how the world viewed the country’s AI capabilities and ambitions. Chinese companies have embraced an open-source approach to AI development, which has rapidly scaled usage of their... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3345440/two-sessions-two-paths-china-prioritises-ai-integration-amid-us-tech-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3345440/two-sessions-two-paths-china-prioritises-ai-integration-amid-us-tech-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:55:08 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Tencent Holdings plans to expand its cloud-computing presence in Europe with new data centres in Germany, as the Chinese tech giant rides on the rising demand for artificial intelligence services globally. The Shenzhen-based company will open a new availability zone – a cluster of physically independent data centres – in the second quarter this year in Frankfurt, adding to the existing two in Germany, Tencent’s cloud-computing unit announced on Monday at MWC Barcelona. The move aimed to meet the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3345069/tencent-expands-cloud-computing-presence-europe-new-data-centres-germany?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3345069/tencent-expands-cloud-computing-presence-europe-new-data-centres-germany?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:00:09 +0000 Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham For over a year, Europe has become the world’s geopolitical punching bag, taking economic roundhouses from the east and geopolitical uppercuts from the west without ever swinging back. From US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and covetous glances at Greenland to Beijing’s rare earth embargoes and lightning blockade of semiconductor shipments, Europe’s first response has been to freeze, not fight. But now, it may be ready to counterpunch. After a fresh Trump tariff threat emerged last week, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345028/europe-worlds-geopolitical-punching-bag-ready-hit-back-us-and-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345028/europe-worlds-geopolitical-punching-bag-ready-hit-back-us-and-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:00:08 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji As tech titans and world leaders descended on New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit in February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out his ambition for the country to become a major global power in artificial intelligence – a technology currently dominated by the United States and China. “My vision is that India should be among the top three AI superpowers globally, not just in the consumption of AI but in creation,” Modi told Asian News International in an interview about the summit. Top tech... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3344919/indias-ai-superpower-dream-lands-us200-billion-now-comes-hard-part?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3344919/indias-ai-superpower-dream-lands-us200-billion-now-comes-hard-part?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:00:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Bill Gates has admitted making a “huge mistake” in associating with Jeffrey Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying involvement in the disgraced financier’s crimes. The Microsoft co-founder is among the prominent names appearing in documents released by the US Justice Department that revealed close friendships, illicit financial dealings and private photos with convicted sex offender Epstein. In a town hall on Tuesday with staff at... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344646/bill-gates-says-he-had-affairs-2-russian-women-denies-ties-epsteins-victims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344646/bill-gates-says-he-had-affairs-2-russian-women-denies-ties-epsteins-victims?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:30:08 +0000 Yating Yang Yating Yang A Chinese influencer with more than 12 million followers has sparked controversy after filming his wife’s 23-hour childbirth and posting the video online. The footage included her suffering severe post-partum bleeding and images of her exposed body. The influencer known as “Paul in USA”, who was born in 1990, graduated from Columbia University in the United States and is based in Seattle. He previously worked as a product manager at Microsoft. In February 2019, he began posting videos online... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3343290/nudity-china-influencer-slammed-profiting-privacy-live-streaming-wifes-childbirth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3343290/nudity-china-influencer-slammed-profiting-privacy-live-streaming-wifes-childbirth?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:00:10 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin They are young, intensely competitive, and unapologetic about 80-hour work weeks. Welcome to the United States’ new generation of tech founders. Gen Z’s start-up class is reframing “millennial hustle culture” by shifting from side gigs and personal branding to a more rigid office grind, while looking to China for inspiration. It’s for this reason that US artificial intelligence start-ups are openly embracing 996, the controversial 9am to 9pm, six-day-a-week schedule popularised by Chinese tech... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3344052/996-goes-west-us-ai-start-ups-adopt-china-techs-controversial-work-schedule-get-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3344052/996-goes-west-us-ai-start-ups-adopt-china-techs-controversial-work-schedule-get-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:00:07 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. Sometimes seemingly modest films have the greatest making-of stories. So it is with the 2004 romcom Saving Face, the first American film about an Asian-American lesbian couple to get a cinema release. The story of New York surgeon Wilhelmina “Wil” Pang (Michelle Krusiec), her new love Vivian (Lynn Chen) and her pregnant – and, crucially, unmarried –... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3343990/why-alice-wus-saving-face-most-important-asian-american-lesbian-film-ever-made?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3343990/why-alice-wus-saving-face-most-important-asian-american-lesbian-film-ever-made?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:15:08 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji One of the world’s most high-profile gatherings on artificial intelligence (AI) has opened in India, with analysts saying it could shift the focus from the race to build ever more powerful models to the challenge of deploying them at scale. As policymakers and tech executives convene for the India AI Impact Summit, they say the five-day event offers emerging and middle-ranking economies a chance to reframe AI as public infrastructure and work together to put it into public services, rather than... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3343818/india-ai-summit-aims-shift-focus-model-races-scaled-reality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3343818/india-ai-summit-aims-shift-focus-model-races-scaled-reality?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:12 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo US ambassador to Nato Matthew Whitaker must have mistaken China for his boss, Donald Trump. After all, it was the US president who kept saying he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference last week, Whitaker claimed Beijing could stop Russia’s war in Ukraine in a day if it wanted to. “China could call Vladimir Putin and end this war tomorrow and cut off his dual-purpose technologies that they’re selling,” he said. “China could stop buying Russian oil... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3343643/china-and-un-are-not-problem-ukraine-and-palestine-west?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3343643/china-and-un-are-not-problem-ukraine-and-palestine-west?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:34:58 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Moore Threads – one of China’s domestic artificial intelligence chip champions – has entered the intensifying race for AI coding tools with the launch of a new service built on its latest graphics processing unit (GPU). The Beijing-based company on Tuesday unveiled its “AI Coding Plan”, a vertically integrated development suite that runs on a fully domestic hardware-to-model stack, marking a strategic push beyond chipmaking into developer-facing software services. AI coding has emerged as a key... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3342398/moore-threads-sees-beyond-silicon-push-ai-coding?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3342398/moore-threads-sees-beyond-silicon-push-ai-coding?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:00:38 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Twenty years ago, technologies developed by Liang Jie at Microsoft were incorporated into products like the Windows Media Video Player and Blu-ray discs used by millions worldwide. A decade on, while a professor in Canada, Liang ventured into entrepreneurship, developing an intelligent sensor system for elderly care to address global population ageing. Today, he brings his top-tier expertise in image and video compression back to China. According to the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341662/north-americas-top-computer-vision-scientist-liang-jie-returns-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341662/north-americas-top-computer-vision-scientist-liang-jie-returns-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 02:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A fresh cache of files released on Friday related to the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contains documents that refer to numerous high-profile figures. US President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk and Britain’s former prince Andrew are among those making headlines after being named in the documents. Here are key details about some of the others mentioned, none of whom has been accused of wrongdoing: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates In a draft email... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341970/who-else-epstein-files-billionaires-celebrities-and-norways-crown-princess?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341970/who-else-epstein-files-billionaires-celebrities-and-norways-crown-princess?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:30:50 +0000 Reuters Reuters Former Google software engineer Ding Linwei was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco ‌on Thursday of stealing AI trade secrets from the US tech ‍giant to benefit two Chinese companies he was secretly working for, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday. Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national, was found guilty after an 11-day trial ⁠of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information. Each... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341909/ex-google-engineer-ding-linwei-convicted-stealing-ai-secrets-chinese-companies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341909/ex-google-engineer-ding-linwei-convicted-stealing-ai-secrets-chinese-companies?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:30:30 +0000 Zoey Zhang Zoey Zhang Not long ago, a humble fruit stall in Shanghai saw its sales skyrocket when Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, dropped by for some food. Meanwhile, a once-obscure village in southern China has become a tourist hotspot, drawing over 10,000 visitors daily, simply for being the hometown of Liang Wenfeng, the founder of the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek. During Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 44-hour visit to China in 2023, the buzz surrounding his meals and itinerary on mainland social... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3341558/why-tech-billionaires-enjoy-rock-star-treatment-china-compared-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3341558/why-tech-billionaires-enjoy-rock-star-treatment-china-compared-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:00:08 +0000 Yulu Ao Yulu Ao Hong Kong stocks extended gains for a seventh day on Thursday, supported by resource and property firms, with analysts maintaining an earnings-driven “slow bull” outlook for the market. The Hang Seng Index closed 0.5 per cent higher at 27,968.09, after briefly crossing 28,000 points, a level last seen in July 2021. The benchmark gained 2.6 per cent on Wednesday. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 1 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index rose 0.8 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3341611/hong-kong-stocks-snap-gains-profit-taking-concerns-over-ai-investment-returns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3341611/hong-kong-stocks-snap-gains-profit-taking-concerns-over-ai-investment-returns?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:20:11 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Tsinghua University and Microsoft researchers have developed a synthetic data pipeline for training artificial intelligence models without the need for real-world data, using chips from leading US chip designer Nvidia. The pipeline called SynthSmith was able to develop a small coding model that outperformed a model twice its size, potentially addressing a key bottleneck of real-world data scarcity for improving AI models, according to the paper published on open access repository arXiv on... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3341238/tsinghua-and-microsoft-researchers-train-ai-model-using-synthetic-data-nvidia-chips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3341238/tsinghua-and-microsoft-researchers-train-ai-model-using-synthetic-data-nvidia-chips?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:45:51 +0000 Shaoshan Liu Shaoshan Liu Europe’s debate over its technological future is both timely and necessary. The centre of gravity for platform technologies, advanced semiconductors, hyperscale cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) has undeniably shifted towards the United States and China. While the US boasts giants like Microsoft and Nvidia, and China has cultivated powerhouses like Huawei and Tencent, Europe has seen its share of the digital platform market shrink. However, viewing this shift as inevitable... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3339748/europes-tech-strength-lies-deployment-not-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3339748/europes-tech-strength-lies-deployment-not-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:30:10 +0000 Ningrong Liu Ningrong Liu The anticipated rise of Shenzhen’s Nanshan district to a “trillion-yuan district” marks a monumental milestone, placing it alongside Shanghai’s Pudong and Beijing’s Haidian as the only districts to reach such a GDP threshold. Beyond a mere numerical benchmark, the “trillion-yuan” label signifies China’s transition into a technology-powered economic era. This achievement underscores more than local success – it amplifies the resilience of China’s economy, increasingly driven by hi-tech... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3339686/chinas-trillion-yuan-districts-reveal-gains-and-gaps-its-hi-tech-push?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3339686/chinas-trillion-yuan-districts-reveal-gains-and-gaps-its-hi-tech-push?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:30:15 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. In a blog post this week, published ahead of the first anniversary of DeepSeek’s release of breakthrough reasoning model R1 on January 20, OpenAI said another “seismic shock” from China could be on the cards, as anticipation heightened about a potential new major release from the Hangzhou-based start-up around the Lunar... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3339901/openai-expects-another-seismic-shock-china-amid-speculation-new-deepseek-release?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3339901/openai-expects-another-seismic-shock-china-amid-speculation-new-deepseek-release?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:00:11 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Personal computer giant Lenovo Group has unveiled a new personal AI agent and a host of enterprise artificial intelligence initiatives at CES this year, in a splashy display of its AI ambitions. Lenovo on Tuesday announced Qira, a “personal AI super agent” designed to work across multiple devices including Lenovo laptops, tablets and Motorola smartphones. Qira can summarise notifications, offer real-time transcriptions and translations, and coordinate other AI agents for tasks such as travel... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3339119/lenovo-unveils-new-ai-agent-nvidia-tie-glitzy-show-ces-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3339119/lenovo-unveils-new-ai-agent-nvidia-tie-glitzy-show-ces-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:12:20 +0000 Reuters Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday that the company’s next generation of chips is in “full production”, saying they can deliver five times the artificial intelligence computing of the company’s previous chips when serving up chatbots and other AI apps. In a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the leader of the world’s most valuable company revealed new details about its chips, which will arrive later this year and which Nvidia executives told Reuters are already in the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338845/nvidia-ceo-huang-says-next-generation-chips-full-production?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338845/nvidia-ceo-huang-says-next-generation-chips-full-production?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:51:23 +0000 Mark Pirie,Christopher Tang Mark Pirie,Christopher Tang Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping educational practices across Hong Kong, mainland China and beyond, yet the rapid integration of AI into learning environments reveals significant risks that cannot be overlooked. Protecting young users requires coordinated action: parents, policymakers and AI developers must work together to strengthen safety standards and ensure responsible deployment. AI is no longer merely a virtual tutor that supports students’ learning. It is increasingly... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3338315/why-reducing-ai-harm-requires-more-tech-firms-empty-promises?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3338315/why-reducing-ai-harm-requires-more-tech-firms-empty-promises?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:30:13 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng China-founded start-up Tripo AI on Tuesday launched a major update to its flagship platform, renamed Tripo Studio 1.0, that speeds up artificial intelligence-driven 3D content creation by up to 200 per cent compared with its previous version, as the company’s international user community continues to expand. A pioneer in large-scale, general-purpose 3D models, Tripo AI’s user base has more than doubled to 6.5 million from 3 million in August, company founder and CEO Simon Song Yachen told the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3338202/china-founded-tripo-ai-updates-3d-content-creation-platform-users-more-double?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3338202/china-founded-tripo-ai-updates-3d-content-creation-platform-users-more-double?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:00:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The European Union is back in the crosshairs of the Trump administration over its tech rules, which Washington denounced as an attempt to “coerce” American social media platforms into censoring viewpoints they oppose. The US State Department said on Tuesday it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, saying they “have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states – in each case targeting American speakers and American companies”. Trump has vowed to punish countries that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337663/trump-vs-eu-european-laws-curbing-big-tech-and-irking-us-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337663/trump-vs-eu-european-laws-curbing-big-tech-and-irking-us-president?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:00:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse,Associated Press Agence France-Presse,Associated Press A US federal judge on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s US$100,000 fee to process H-1B visa applications, while also acknowledging it could “inflict significant harm on American businesses and institutions of higher education”. In a 56-page opinion, US District Judge Beryl Howell wrote that the president has “broad statutory authority” to address “a problem he perceives to be a matter of economic and national security”. The US$100,000 application fee announced in September gave companies... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337657/trumps-us100000-h-1b-visa-fee-upheld-judge-lottery-system-ends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337657/trumps-us100000-h-1b-visa-fee-upheld-judge-lottery-system-ends?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:42:33 +0000 Michael Edesess Michael Edesess In the past three years, we have experienced an extraordinary level of hype around artificial intelligence. AI as a concept has been around for nearly 70 years but the discussion has exploded since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. ChatGPT uses a technology called a large language model (LLM). It is not the only AI technology, but it’s the one that has seemingly drawn all the attention. It is the model that enables ChatGPT and other chatbots to write impressive prose and even poetry, and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3336751/why-ai-chatbots-are-unlikely-bring-about-human-extinction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3336751/why-ai-chatbots-are-unlikely-bring-about-human-extinction?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:30:09 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg OpenAI is in initial discussions to raise at least US$10 billion from Amazon.com and use its chips, a potential win for the online retailer’s effort to broaden its AI industry presence and compete with Nvidia. The deal under discussion could value OpenAI north of US$500 billion and see it adopt Amazon’s Trainium chip, a person with knowledge of the matter said, asking to remain anonymous to describe private negotiations. Talks, however, are at a preliminary stage and terms could change, the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3336750/openai-talks-raise-us10-billion-amazon-and-adopt-trainium-chips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3336750/openai-talks-raise-us10-billion-amazon-and-adopt-trainium-chips?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:50:44 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse In pursuit of the AI dream, the tech industry this year has plunked down about US$400 billion on specialised chips and data centres, but questions are mounting about the wisdom of such unprecedented levels of investment. At the heart of the doubts: overly optimistic estimates about how long these specialised chips will last before becoming obsolete. With persistent worries of an AI bubble and so much of the US economy now riding on the boom in artificial intelligence, analysts warn that the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3335997/ais-us400-billion-problem-are-chips-getting-old-too-fast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3335997/ais-us400-billion-problem-are-chips-getting-old-too-fast?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 03:46:32 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Microsoft pledged to invest US$17.5 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing in India over four years, targeting the world’s most populous nation to help fuel its growth. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella made the announcement Tuesday after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, ahead of a tour through the country. Microsoft said the investment will focus on three pillars – scale, skills and sovereignty – which align with Modi’s goal of building a broad... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3335847/microsoft-makes-us175-billion-pledge-ai-cloud-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3335847/microsoft-makes-us175-billion-pledge-ai-cloud-india?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:03:04 +0000 Richard Harris Richard Harris Drilling down on the artificial intelligence (AI) investment story is becoming critical as stock markets find excuses for ever greater enthusiasm. Any little story with an AI theme is driving up stock prices, assisted by the billions pledged for the building of data centres to handle all of our future searches. The share price of Fanuc, a Japanese robotic company, jumped 9 per cent on the opening bell on Tuesday after it announced a tie-up with AI darling Nvidia. AI is likely to be a great tool,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335053/winners-ai-spending-mania-wont-necessarily-be-innovators?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335053/winners-ai-spending-mania-wont-necessarily-be-innovators?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:35:33 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan As fears over the artificial intelligence bubble bursting linger in global markets, one Southeast Asian tech founder thinks it could be a much-needed reset to a crowded space. Dylan Tan, founder of replyr.ai, a Singapore-based start-up that creates AI WhatsApp sales agents for its clients, said there was a disconnect between the investor hype driving up tech stocks and an understanding of how AI would transform the future of businesses. Replyr.ai was founded with venture capitalist funds in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3334451/singapore-malaysia-tech-firms-double-down-ai-despite-bubble-fears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3334451/singapore-malaysia-tech-firms-double-down-ai-despite-bubble-fears?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:00:22 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow There remains considerable potential to enhance artificial intelligence models by scaling up computing power and data, according to Yao Shunyu, a senior staff research scientist at Google DeepMind and former researcher at US AI start-up Anthropic. Amid heated discussions in the AI community about the future of scaling – the process of increasing computational resources and training data to develop better AI models – Yao said the method was still expected to yield results for at least a year... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334248/scaling-compute-still-fruitful-advancing-ai-google-deepmind-scientist-china-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334248/scaling-compute-still-fruitful-advancing-ai-google-deepmind-scientist-china-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:00:08 +0000 Ann Cao,Bien Perez Ann Cao,Bien Perez E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding expects to stay ahead of its Chinese Big Tech peers in artificial intelligence-related capital expenditure, as the firm’s AI and cloud computing unit posted its fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth. Alibaba Cloud on Tuesday reported a 34 per cent year-on-year revenue growth to 39.8 billion yuan (US$5.6 billion) in the three months ended September 30, as the Hangzhou-based parent’s overall revenue in its financial second quarter reached... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334253/alibaba-lead-ai-capital-spending-among-chinas-big-tech-firms-amid-strong-market-demand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334253/alibaba-lead-ai-capital-spending-among-chinas-big-tech-firms-amid-strong-market-demand?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:30:09 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Anthropic is rolling out a new version of its most powerful artificial intelligence model that is designed to be better at automating coding and office tasks, part of an effort to compete with OpenAI and Alphabet’s Google for business customers. The new model, Claude Opus 4.5, was more capable than previous versions at software engineering work, like fixing bugs, without needing a user’s help, Anthropic said. Opus 4.5, released on Monday, is also intended to be better at carrying out complicated... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334013/anthropic-says-its-new-ai-model-better-coding-and-office-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334013/anthropic-says-its-new-ai-model-better-coding-and-office-work?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:46:26 +0000 Kolette Lim Kolette Lim As countries and economies around the world scramble for a slice of the growing artificial intelligence pie, Southeast Asia is also aiming to usher in a new dawn of higher productivity, fuelled by more investment and research opportunities in the technology. But tech experts warn that a deepening economic and tech divide is looming as nations in the region adopt AI at a different pace. On Wednesday, Google DeepMind announced the opening of a research lab in Singapore, focused on researching and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3333690/why-aseans-ai-ambition-may-lead-widening-economic-and-tech-divide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3333690/why-aseans-ai-ambition-may-lead-widening-economic-and-tech-divide?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:15:29 +0000 Reuters Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday shrugged off concerns about an artificial intelligence bubble as the company surprised Wall Street with accelerating growth after several quarters of slowing sales. The chipmaker’s stellar third-quarter earnings and fourth-quarter forecast calmed, at least temporarily, investor nerves over concerns an AI boom has outrun fundamentals. Global markets have looked to the chip designer to determine whether investing billions of dollars in AI infrastructure... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3333473/nvidias-strong-forecast-calms-ai-bubble-jitters-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3333473/nvidias-strong-forecast-calms-ai-bubble-jitters-now?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:48:48 +0000