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TSMC trade secrets leak puts Japan’s Tokyo Electron on hot seat
The chip-gear maker and its peers have regularly been targeted for their intellectual property by entities with ties to China.
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China’s chipmakers to see small impact from Trump’s 100% tariff on imports: CLSA
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OpenAI poised to release GPT-5 model days after launching 2 new open systems
7 Aug 2025 - 8:10PM
Robotics
World robotics conference in China marks 10th year with JD.com as partner
JD.com will announce a strategic plan for promoting the industry’s development at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing.
7 Aug 2025 - 7:00AM
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A number of Chinese humanoid robot manufacturers are set to enter mass production this year. Photo: Shutterstock
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Trump says Apple investing another US$100 billion in US manufacturing
CEO Tim Cook says the company will be bringing more of its supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the United States.
7 Aug 2025 - 5:56AM
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Alibaba
Alibaba debuts loyalty scheme with shopping discounts, hotel perks
The membership programme is designed to drive mutual growth in various Alibaba services by leveraging the firm’s core e-commerce business.
6 Aug 2025 - 9:24PM
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Semiconductors
‘No kill switches and back doors’: Nvidia reasserts security of its AI chips
Embedding weaknesses into chips would ‘undermine global digital infrastructure and fracture trust in US technology’, Nvidia says.
6 Aug 2025 - 7:06PM
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Nvidia says there are no back doors, kill switches or spyware on its advanced chips. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI’s new open-source models seen as challenge to China’s lead in the field
Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman said in an X.com post that OpenAI’s two new open-source models were ‘a big deal’.
6 Aug 2025 - 3:00PM
OpenAI
OpenAI in talks for share sale at US$500 billion valuation, sources say
If the deal goes ahead, it would elevate OpenAI’s valuation on paper by two-thirds to US$500 billion, making it one of the world’s largest privately held companies.
6 Aug 2025 - 12:18PM
Artificial intelligence
Palantir books its first US$1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe
Since going public in 2020, the artificial intelligence software company has swung swiftly to a profit and sales are booming.
6 Aug 2025 - 11:40AM
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Standard Chartered says it saves millions of dollars with ‘talent marketplace’
London-based bank says with its talent platform, share of jobs filled internally increases by 10 per cent over the past year.
6 Aug 2025 - 8:45AM
Standard Chartered chief strategy and talent officer Tanuj Kapilashrami. Photo: Edmond So
Artificial intelligence
AI is the new buzzword at China’s biggest video gaming trade show
From AI-generated characters to 3D technology, companies showcase the expanding applications of AI in video games.
6 Aug 2025 - 7:00AM
Alibaba
Alibaba unites online shopping, travel booking under new loyalty scheme
Members of the new membership programme will enjoy benefits across a range of Alibaba services, sources say.
5 Aug 2025 - 9:00PM
Semiconductors
Huawei to open-source AI chip toolkit to take on Nvidia’s proprietary platform
The move will help accelerate innovation from developers, while making Ascend chips easier to use, Huawei’s Eric Xu says.
5 Aug 2025 - 8:29PM
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China jobs
Alibaba, ByteDance kick off campus recruitment campaigns as AI drives growth
Campus recruitments have become routine for Big Tech firms as they answer Beijing’s call to help create jobs for young graduates.
5 Aug 2025 - 6:00PM
A man stands in front of the Alibaba booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 28 2025. Photo: EPA
Softbank
SoftBank’s growing stakes in Nvidia and TSMC show focus on AI gear
Son eyes a more central role in the spread of AI with SoftBank’s access to some of the semiconductor supply chain’s most lucrative parts.
5 Aug 2025 - 5:07PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba, Beijing United Family Hospital partner to use AI in cancer diagnosis
The collaboration will leverage Alibaba research arm Damo Academy’s medical AI screening system, called ‘One Sweep Multi-Check’.
5 Aug 2025 - 5:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
Palantir raises annual revenue forecast again on surging AI demand
The data analytics and defence software firm projected revenue in the range of US$4.14 billion to US$4.15 billion for 2025.
5 Aug 2025 - 10:38AM
The Palantir logo is seen in this illustration taken August 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba
Alibaba’s maps app gets an AI upgrade with Qwen-powered agent
Named Teacher Xiaogao, the tool allows Alibaba to deploy its advanced AI models in practical scenarios, such as navigation and trip planning.
4 Aug 2025 - 9:00PM
Robotics
Baidu partners with Lyft to launch robotaxis in UK and Germany
The deal is part of a broader trend among Chinese autonomous-driving companies to bring their services to international markets.
4 Aug 2025 - 8:00PM
Huawei
Ex-Huawei employees sentenced to jail for stealing semiconductor-related secrets
Shanghai court sentences 14 former Huawei employees to jail for stealing chip-related business secrets from the company.
5 Aug 2025 - 3:04PM
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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.
2 Aug 2025 - 7:17AM
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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
Semiconductors
‘How can we trust you?’: China’s state media urges Nvidia to prove chip safety
Nvidia finds itself trying to please both Beijing and Washington amid an intensifying US-China tech rivalry.
1 Aug 2025 - 10:16PM
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DJI
Chinese drone giant DJI launches its first entry in the 360-degree camera market
This marks DJI’s major push into the broader photography market, where it competes against vendors like Insta360.
1 Aug 2025 - 7:30PM
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.
1 Aug 2025 - 5:30PM
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