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Huawei
Huawei defends AI models as home-grown after whistle-blowers raise red flags
An account on the open-source community GitHub alleged that the Huawei model had ‘extraordinary correlation’ with Alibaba’s Qwen-2.5 14B.
7 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
US curbs, Nvidia delays likely to drive Samsung’s profit down 39%
7 Jul 2025 - 5:05PM
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Hong Kong stock market
KFC, Pizza Hut operator Yum China adopts AI to spur efficiency, profitability
6 Jul 2025 - 3:33PM
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VR and AR
Meet the Chinese start-up behind Google’s Android XR glasses
Despite waves of hype, mixed-reality technology has yet to achieve mainstream adoption due to high costs, hardware limitations and application scarcity.
6 Jul 2025 - 9:00AM
Project Aura’s AR glasses are powered by Android XR. Photo: handout
Robotics
Chinese robot maker Dobot’s humanoid cooks steak from 1,800km away using VR
A Dobot Atom completed some delicate tasks, including flipping the meat and sprinkling salt over the dish.
5 Jul 2025 - 9:30AM
Artificial intelligence
Hong Kong’s AI ambitions take shape with 90% of supercomputing capacity now in use
Cyberport’s Supercomputing Centre, launched in December, is benefiting from a US$418.6 million subsidy scheme to attract companies.
4 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s LinkedIn AI job listings show hunger for international Chinese talent
DeepSeek joins a global scramble for AI talent that includes the biggest players, from Meta and OpenAI to ByteDance and Alibaba.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
DeepSeek has posted a flurry of job listings on LinkedIn over the past week, all in Mandarin. Photo: dpa
Semiconductors
Chip design software firms climb as US lifts curbs on China exports
The export resumption means Synopsys and Cadence will only lose one month of revenue in the current quarter.
4 Jul 2025 - 9:54AM
Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home
Seven of 11 publicly listed recruits at the new Meta Superintelligence Labs graduated from prestigious Chinese universities before moving to US.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y
The G7, Xpeng’s first model to feature its in-house Turing AI chip, starts at 195,800 yuan (US$27,325).
3 Jul 2025 - 9:48PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba AI model-based agentic framework tops global ranking
DeepSWE, trained on the Qwen3-32B model, scored 59 per cent accuracy in the latest industry benchmark to outperform a DeepSeek-V3 variant.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:11AM
Artificial intelligence agents are software programs that are capable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system. Photo: Shutterstock
Apple
Apple’s China iPhone sales face headwinds in second half: Counterpoint
Sales of Apple’s flagship device ‘will stumble amid weak consumer spending and an ageing iPhone 16 cycle’, Counterpoint analyst says.
3 Jul 2025 - 8:16PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba leads US$14 million funding round in Chinese AI agent start-up
AI agents, designed to perform specific tasks, are increasingly seen as the future of business automation.
3 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI to rent massive amount of computing power from Oracle
Totalling about 4.5 gigawatts, the unprecedented sum of energy could power millions of homes.
3 Jul 2025 - 11:45AM
US-China tech war
Tech war: US lifts export control of chip design software to China
Siemens, Synopsys and Cadence – three of the world’s largest EDA software developers – are set to resume sales to China.
3 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM
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The US has lifted recently imposed export restrictions on certain chip design software to China. Photo: DigiTimes
Artificial intelligence
Microsoft cuts 9,000 roles in its largest lay-off in years
The cuts will have an impact across teams, geographies and tenure, a company representative says.
3 Jul 2025 - 9:46AM
Digital currencies
Mainland Chinese digital yuan partner to develop stablecoin tech in Hong Kong
Shenzhen-listed North King says Hong Kong will be a springboard into international fintech markets, with plans for stablecoin wallets.
3 Jul 2025 - 10:40AM
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Artificial intelligence
China AI champion Baidu rolls out sweeping changes to online search platform
As an initial effort, Baidu’s search bar was enlarged and turned into a ‘smart box’ that handles more tasks than simple text queries.
2 Jul 2025 - 10:03PM
Baidu’s platform upgrade reflects the firm’s stated goal to “expand the boundaries of search” using AI. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors
Mainland China chipmaking capacity to outstrip Taiwan by 2030: report
Mainland China is expected to account for 30 per cent of global foundry capacity by 2030, market research firm Yole Group projects.
2 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
Honor
Honor’s AI agent-equipped foldable smartphone is world’s thinnest and lightest
The Shenzhen-based firm’s newly launched Magic V5 has an AI agent that can make presentations and coordinate ride-hailing across multiple apps.
2 Jul 2025 - 8:56PM
Alibaba
Alibaba’s US$7 billion subsidy deepens China’s instant shopping battle
The renewed push follows JD.com’s aggressive entry into China’s food delivery market in February.
2 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
ByteDance
ByteDance’s Douyin launches Yelp-like AI chatbot to suggest eateries, reviews
The chatbot called Tanfan can also be used to compare selected restaurants and watch food video blogs.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
Tanfan, which translates to “discover meals” in English, is only accessible via the Chinese short video app Douyin. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles
BYD, Geely bank on big discounts to set record car sales, dent smaller rivals
BYD had its best month this year in June, while Geely Auto is gunning for record deliveries in 2025 after a robust first-half performance.
2 Jul 2025 - 4:05PM
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Alibaba
Alibaba Cloud expands AI footprint with data centres in Malaysia, Philippines
Southeast Asia is a key market for China’s Big Tech firms and a battleground for US-China AI rivalry.
2 Jul 2025 - 2:16PM
Artificial intelligence
Scale AI CEO stresses start-up’s independence after Meta deal
Scale’s 28-year-old former CEO and co-founder Alexandr Wang left the start-up to lead a new superintelligence unit at Meta.
2 Jul 2025 - 12:05PM
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