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Robotics
US software firm opens doors for global adoption of China’s humanoid robots
OpenMind works with several Chinese robotics companies including Unitree, UBTech, AgiBot and Engine AI.
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Artificial intelligence
China’s tech giants pursue AI, semiconductor talent in US amid fierce rivalry
21 Feb 2026 - 9:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
How Chinese AI put a new spin on Winter Olympics action
20 Feb 2026 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
The next interface race: how AI is bringing smart glasses into focus
LLVision CEO Wu Fei explains how advances in AI and hardware are pushing smart glasses closer to everyday use.
20 Feb 2026 - 2:38PM
LLVision’s Leion Hey2 focuses on real-time translation at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 in Las Vegas. Photo: Wency Chen
Artificial intelligence
Moonshot AI targets US$12 billion valuation as revenue surges for Kimi models
The latest round was jointly led by existing investors including Alibaba, Tencent, Andon and 5Y Capital, according to a source.
18 Feb 2026 - 8:00PM
Robotics
China’s humanoid robot orders surge after Spring Festival spotlight
Interest also spiked in Noetix’s Bumi, a companion robot that appeared in a family-themed comedy sketch at the gala.
18 Feb 2026 - 7:00PM
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Cryptocurrency
‘Sentiment is bleak’: bitcoin declines amid geopolitical tensions
Bitcoin prices drop as much as 3.2 per cent to US$66,604 on Tuesday, before paring the decline.
18 Feb 2026 - 2:06PM
Many bitcoin investors see US$60,000 as a key support level for the world’s leading cryptocurrency. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics
China’s Unitree eyes 20,000-robot output after viral success of annual gala
With shipments set to jump and investors watching closely, Unitree is positioning itself at the forefront of China’s humanoid robotics push.
18 Feb 2026 - 9:30AM
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Semiconductors
China’s tech self-sufficiency progress evident in these 2 companies
GigaDevice and Montage carve a niche in the semiconductor sector, with the global memory supercycle boosting their fortunes further.
17 Feb 2026 - 3:54PM
Artificial intelligence
Global AI race heats up as Chinese tech giant releases new model
With multimodal capabilities and open weights, Qwen-3.5 signals Alibaba’s ambition to anchor the next phase of global AI deployment.
16 Feb 2026 - 7:05PM
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Artificial intelligence
ByteDance ‘strengthening safeguards’ after Seedance AI video controversy
Pledge comes after Hollywood, governments speak out against tool amid deluge of video clips featuring celebrities, copyrighted characters.
15 Feb 2026 - 7:04PM
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Characters from Star Wars, a Disney property, are among the copyrighted material the Seedance tool can purportedly produce. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity
Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI
The viral clip was generated with a two-line prompt on Seedance 2.0, a platform owned by ByteDance, the company behind TikTok.
14 Feb 2026 - 10:51AM
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Semiconductors
Hua Hong reports record Q4 revenue as AI-driven memory crunch fuels price hikes
Revenue growth primarily driven by increases in wafer shipments and improved average selling prices, company says.
13 Feb 2026 - 4:31PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s MiniMax releases AI model ‘designed for real-world productivity’
Company says it is ‘first frontier model … delivering on the promise of intelligence too cheap to meter’.
13 Feb 2026 - 6:41PM
Cryptocurrency
Policy to products: Web3 innovation takes centre stage at Consensus Hong Kong
SFC CEO Julia Leung Fung-yee announced that the regulator will greenlight virtual asset margin financing for clients with strong credit profiles.
12 Feb 2026 - 9:59PM
A booth at last year’s Consensus held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, February 19, 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence
China’s Lenovo warns of ‘prolonged’ memory crunch, looks to AI for rebound
Top PC maker posts a 21 per cent profit drop amid chip squeeze, but bets on AI-powered devices to sustain growth amid industry upheaval.
12 Feb 2026 - 8:14PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Qwen tops 120 million orders in 6 days amid China’s AI shopping battle
Campaign has sparked a behavioural shift towards AI-powered shopping, which Alibaba says is becoming a more popular lifestyle choice.
12 Feb 2026 - 5:07PM
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Mainland China
Baidu unveils AI-driven Wikipedia challenger in bid for global users
BaiduWiki, a version of the firm’s Baidu Baike online encyclopaedia, is available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Japanese.
12 Feb 2026 - 10:51AM
People gather near the Baidu booth at the Shanghai New Expo Center during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025 in Shanghai on July 28, 2025. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek boosts AI model with 10-fold token addition as Zhipu AI unveils GLM-5
The upgrade will allow DeepSeek’s AI model to remember and process more information in a single conversation or task.
11 Feb 2026 - 10:29PM
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Artificial intelligence
Alibaba unveils RynnBrain, an embodied AI model that gives robots a ‘brain’
The model, which was unveiled by Alibaba’s Damo Academy, matched leading embodied models from Google and Nvidia.
11 Feb 2026 - 8:00PM
Cryptocurrency
Consensus 2026 kicks off in Hong Kong amid tighter Beijing oversight
Organised by CoinDesk, the event is an important gathering for digital finance and cryptocurrency professionals.
11 Feb 2026 - 9:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Indonesia telco chief warns of digital colonisation, backs China open-source AI
Indonesian executives stress that localisation and sovereignty are key to AI adoption in the fast-growing Southeast Asian market.
10 Feb 2026 - 11:00PM
From left are Jean Iau, SCMP reporter; Jo Miyake, head of banking, Asia and Middle East, corporate and institutional banking at HSBC; Qian Shihong, chief strategy officer at Huawei Indonesia; Vikram Sinha, president director and CEO at Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison; and Sean Yuan, vice president at Alibaba Cloud International and general manager of South Pacific Region, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group. Photo: SCMP
Artificial intelligence
China’s ByteDance, Alibaba unveil AI image tools to rival Google’s popular Nano Banana
The tech giants’ new image models lower the barrier for individual users or businesses to produce professional-looking images.
10 Feb 2026 - 10:00PM
China’s private sector
Before the factory floor, the dance floor: robots find path to market at US$145
Humanoid robots may one day transform factories and warehouses, but for now their most immediate role is keeping the party going.
10 Feb 2026 - 8:30AM
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Robotics
Chinese vacuum maker using Temu’s playbook dreams big with Super Bowl debut
Dreame showcases robot vacuum in a Super Bowl commercial, drawing on Temu’s US prime-time campaign that helped it challenge Amazon.com.
9 Feb 2026 - 10:20PM
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