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AI has far-reaching consequences for emerging markets

18 Sep 2018 - 6:23am

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Society

Chinese social media stunned as nearly 10,000 accounts shut down

13 Nov, 11:30pm 15

Tech

China tech sector hit by trade war, censors and slowing growth

13 Nov, 10:39pm 1

Start-ups

Zhongguancun: Beijing’s innovation hub explained

13 Nov, 11:18am 2

News & Trends

China’s top 8 must-download apps

13 Nov, 5:00pm

Enterprises

Tesla, Amazon recognised at Wuzhen Internet Conference

7 Nov, 11:45pm

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Tech

Huawei’s Honor unveils feature-packed Magic 2 phone

1 Nov, 1:06pm

Tech & Design

Why is POCOPHONE F1 from Xiaomi a big deal in Korea?

1 Nov, 10:08am 2

Start-ups

Xiaomi says it has corrected accounting errors

30 Oct, 5:55pm

Tech & Design

The rumours about Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 you should know

30 Oct, 2:30pm

Enterprises

The Chinese firm behind audacious US$3.6 billion Dutch chip maker takeover

30 Oct, 7:57am 2

Gadgets

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 brings back the satisfaction of a slider screen

30 Oct, 7:19pm

Gear

Xiaomi ships 100 million smartphones, beats target by two months

29 Oct, 10:46pm 1

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Opinion

Why a good teacher is a great leader and cheerleader

17 Nov, 11:33am 1

People & Events

What did we learn from Singles’ Day?

17 Nov, 9:00am

Education

Stay optimistic and nurture talent, Alibaba executive tells fresh grads

17 Nov, 10:15am 1

Innovation

Robotic bartenders and smart hotels: a glimpse into the future

16 Nov, 6:11am

Letters

What we have lost in the frenzy of shopping ‘festivals’

15 Nov, 7:00pm

Enterprises

MTR picks new mobile payments system to rival Octopus

16 Nov, 6:42am 35

Ratio's robotic arm, powered by Alibaba's cloud and payment services, allows customers to place coffee and cocktail orders via their smartphones. Photo: Handout

Robotic bartenders and smart hotels: a glimpse into the future

It was half-past midnight on November 12, and Alibaba had just announced a record-breaking US$30.8 billion in e-commerce purchases for Singles’ Day 2018.

16 Nov 2018 - 6:11am More on Alibaba

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AlipayHK wins bid to provide QR code payment solution for Hong Kong’s MTR

MTR picks new mobile payments system to rival Octopus

16 Nov 2018 - 6:42am 35

China to boost its ‘national team’ to meet goal of global AI leadership by 2030

China calls for help to boost ‘national team’ to meet 2030 deadline in AI

15 Nov 2018 - 2:33pm 1

FCC launches first US high-band 5G spectrum auction

FCC launches first US high-band 5G spectrum auction

15 Nov 2018 - 12:30pm

Tencent posts better-than-expected US$3.4 billion third quarter profit as social ad revenues offset uncertainties in games sector

Tencent posts better-than-expected US$3.4b third quarter profit

15 Nov 2018 - 2:40pm

Tencent seeks to kill silo culture that gave it WeChat as it expands into AI, big data

Tencent thinks its warring fiefdoms are now a liability

15 Nov 2018 - 2:44pm 2

The Zhongguancun Science Park is a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Photo: Handout

Zhongguancun: Beijing’s innovation hub explained

13 Nov 2018 - 11:18am 2

‘Post-90s’ generation dominates consumer spending in Singles’ Day 11.11 shopping festival

‘Post-90s’ generation dominates 11.11 festival

13 Nov 2018 - 6:04pm

Tencent to reserve one in five promotions for young talent to refresh managerial ranks

Tencent to reserve one in five promotions for young talent

12 Nov 2018 - 11:03pm

Joseph Tsai, executive vice-chairman of Alibaba Group, during the Alibaba Tmall 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in Shanghai. Photo: Simon Song

Trade war won’t derail rise of China’s middle class, Joe Tsai says

12 Nov 2018 - 6:05pm 14

Digital economy and AI key to China’s post-internet future, say country’s tech leaders

Digital economy and AI high on the minds of China’s tech leaders

11 Nov 2018 - 10:03am

Daniel Zhang, CEO of Alibaba Group, making a speech in Shanghai after the 2018 Singles’ Day Shopping Festival ended at midnight on Sunday, setting a record of 213.5 billion yuan. Photo: Simon Song

Alibaba sets record US$30.8 billion in Singles’ Day sales

12 Nov 2018 - 7:57pm 121

How Singles’ Day has helped Alibaba ascend on an AI-powered cloud in China

Shopping frenzy helps Alibaba build billion-dollar cloud business

10 Nov 2018 - 7:20pm

10 years on: Singles’ Day is ‘Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Black Friday all wrapped into one’

Shoppers gear up for 10th anniversary of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day

10 Nov 2018 - 7:21pm 4

A poster for Tmall Singles’ Day global shopping festival at a subway station in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song

Buicks, Burberry scarves snapped up in China as Singles’ Day nears

9 Nov 2018 - 5:23pm 1

Tencent slashes game marketing budget amid Chinese regulatory freeze

Tencent slashes game marketing budget amid regulatory freeze

8 Nov 2018 - 9:55pm

Huawei’s Ken Hu says company has little to do with Beijing’s ambitious 2025 blueprint

Huawei executive says company has little to do with Beijing’s 2025 plan

8 Nov 2018 - 8:07am 6

Pony Ma Huateng, the chairman and chief executive of Tencent Holdings, speaks at the opening of the 5th World Internet Conference held at Wuzhen, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on November 7, 2018. Photo: SCMP

Pony Ma focuses on social responsibility amid anti-addiction drive

7 Nov 2018 - 11:45pm 1

Where is Richard Liu? JD.com founder not seen at China events

7 Nov 2018 - 11:45pm

A marriage of machines, data and humans – the industrial internet explained

The industrial internet – a marriage of machines, data and humans

7 Nov 2018 - 6:04am

Alibaba to help bring US$200 billion of goods into China

6 Nov 2018 - 11:23pm 5

A US$64 million stake in a Tencent-backed bank WeBank is up for auction on Alibaba’s Taobao page for judicial sales

Up for auction on Taobao: US$64 million bank stake, US$500 abandoned dog

6 Nov 2018 - 12:00pm 1

Tencent to require all gamers to verify their identities with police database from next year

Tencent to require all gamers to verify their ID with police database

5 Nov 2018 - 11:00pm 2

Tencent sign is seen outside its new headquarters in Shenzhen, China. 21MAY18. SCMP/ Chua Kong Ho

Tencent to step up investments in industrial internet

5 Nov 2018 - 1:12pm

Alibaba posts 54 per cent quarterly revenue growth ahead of Singles’ Day shopping festival

Alibaba posts 54 per cent quarterly revenue growth ahead of Singles’ Day

2 Nov 2018 - 11:19pm 3

Pony Ma steers Tencent to 20th anniversary with eye on industrial internet

How Pony Ma went from Halley’s Comet to building Tencent

12 Nov 2018 - 2:48pm 5

Apple warns on holiday sales, sending value below US$1 trillion

Apple warns on holiday sales, sending value below US$1 trillion

2 Nov 2018 - 8:07am 2

Baidu, China’s biggest internet search service provider, is providing its open-source autonomous driving software Apollo to a slew of self-driving passenger car initiatives in the world’s biggest car market. Photo: Zigor Aldama

Can China seize car market leadership if connectivity, not combustion, is key?

1 Nov 2018 - 9:52pm 2

Many of us need to clear out boxes and drawers full of clutter, including old, out-dated technology such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers, which we hoard for years but will never use again. Photo: Shutterstock

Let it go! Time to de-clutter your life and ‘delete’ old technology