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Artificial intelligence
China’s AI race heats up as SenseTime, ByteDance unveil model updates
The two companies are the latest to join DeepSeek, Baidu and Alibaba in enhancing their AI services amid intense market competition.
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US-China tech war
Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays
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Huawei
Chinese tech champions boost Europe ties amid US tensions
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Ant Group
Ant International and Ant Digital to seek stablecoin licences in Hong Kong
The two Ant units’ move aligns with its global ambitions as other companies, including rival JD.com, line up to issue fiat-backed cryptocurrencies.
12 Jun 2025 - 6:29PM
Ant International is one of the largest tech firms yet to announce its intention to issue a stablecoin in Hong Kong. Photo: Ant International
Semiconductors
Nvidia bets on European AI push amid shrinking China revenue
The chip designer pledged to build 20 AI factories on the continent, including a German facility in the works to be equipped with 10,000 GPUs.
12 Jun 2025 - 4:00PM
Alibaba
Jack Ma replies to Alibaba employee’s letter lamenting ‘company disease’
The Alibaba founder highlights ‘changes’ in the company’s development as it embarks on an ambitious AI strategy.
12 Jun 2025 - 11:45AM
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Alibaba
Joe Tsai says open-source AI will boost Alibaba’s cloud business
The Chinese tech giant has made substantial investments in AI and cloud computing following a sweeping restructuring initiative.
11 Jun 2025 - 11:46PM
Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai speaks on stage during the VivaTech trade show in Paris on Wednesday. Photo: Xinmei Shen
Semiconductors
Huawei founder sheds light on China’s strategy to overcome US curbs
Ren Zhengfei’s comments underscore Huawei’s commitment to achieving chip self-sufficiency, with compound semiconductors playing a key role.
11 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
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DJI
DJI launches US$10,000 enterprise drone that can avoid power lines at night
The new Matrice 400 offers a 59-minute flight time, a payload capacity of up to 6kg and a powerful obstacle-sensing system.
11 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
iFlytek says using local chips in AI models extends development time by 3 months
Liu’s comments show how some Chinese tech companies are determined to improve their AI capabilities without access to Nvidia chips.
11 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sources say
The deal underscores how massive computing demands to train and deploy AI models are reshaping the competitive dynamics in the sector.
11 Jun 2025 - 10:38AM
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The OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration created on May 20, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Tencent
Tencent Music to buy Ximalaya, an audio app used by 300 million users
Ximalaya, a platform for podcasts, audiobooks and music, could enhance Tencent Music’s competitiveness in the audio content market.
10 Jun 2025 - 9:26PM
Apple
Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers
The hashtag ‘iOS26 Ugly’ was microblogging app Weibo’s top-trending topic on Tuesday, as thousands of netizens expressed their discontent.
10 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
Business of climate change
China’s solar panel makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, tariffs bite
Market players should aim for technological innovation, enabling higher profit margins and sustainable growth, GCL founder Zhu says.
10 Jun 2025 - 6:35PM
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TikTok
TikTok adds 500 UK jobs in expansion as US fate remains uncertain
A new 135,000 sq ft office is set to open in early 2026, as the ByteDance subsidiary expands in Europe amid looming US sell-or-ban deadline.
10 Jun 2025 - 4:59PM
Signage at TikTok’s current office in London seen on February 9, 2022. The ByteDance-owned social media company is expanding in the UK with a new office in the capital. Photo: AFP
Apple
Apple’s AI takes back seat to design, iPad revamp at WWDC event
The new interface, called Liquid Glass, was introduced Monday at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference.
10 Jun 2025 - 12:03PM
Huawei
Huawei founder Ren says state-of-the-art chip performance can be achieved
Ren Zhengfei says his firm is just one of many Chinese chipmakers, adding that the US has ‘exaggerated Huawei’s achievements’.
10 Jun 2025 - 2:49PM
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Start-ups
Hong Kong backs start-ups at VivaTech show in push for European market
Local start-ups from HKSTP and Cyberport will appear at the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion at VivaTech from June 11 to 14.
9 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan visits the booth of a local tech company at VivaTech in Paris, on May 24, 2024. Photo: Handout
ByteDance
ByteDance’s China head of content quality leaves amid stricter censorship
Li Tong, who led Douyin’s content quality team, is no longer listed in ByteDance’s internal employee system, according to sources.
9 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
Qualcomm chips away at smartphone reliance with US$2.4 billion Alphawave AI bet
As Qualcomm looks to lessen its reliance on the smartphone market, Alphawave would provide it with technology used in data centres.
9 Jun 2025 - 5:44PM
DJI
China’s top drone maker DJI comes down to earth with launch of robotic cleaner
Shenzhen-based DJI will introduce a combo vacuum-mopping robot this month, a project that has been in development for four years.
9 Jun 2025 - 5:00PM
Artificial intelligence
RedNote says its new open-source AI model bests DeepSeek in Chinese
The company, known for its Instagram-like platform, on Friday unveiled dots.llm1, a mixture-of-experts large language model.
9 Jun 2025 - 2:00PM
Chinese social media company RedNote has joined the AI race with its own open-source model, boasting of its performance in Chinese language understanding. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
Meta in talks for Scale AI investment that could top US$10 billion
Scale AI, whose customers include Microsoft and OpenAI, provides data labelling services to help companies train machine-learning models.
9 Jun 2025 - 10:41AM
Electric & new energy vehicles
How BYD and Chinese peers are transforming Europe’s small EV market
Volkswagen, Renault and other EU stalwarts prepare a slew of smaller, cheaper EVs to fight an influx of Chinese models.
9 Jun 2025 - 6:30AM
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VR and AR
Chinese AR glasses maker Rokid is going global with Alibaba partnership
Rokid will launch its AR Spatial glasses on AliExpress through the platform’s ‘BigSave’ programme, shaving off about US$100 off the US$650 eyewear.
7 Jun 2025 - 4:30PM
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