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TikTok has been expanding overseas amid turmoil in the US, its largest market, where it has about 170 million users. Photo: Reuters

Tech War

TikTok’s fate still in limbo as Trump extends deadline to sell its US operations

Analyst assessments reflect the uncertainty on whether Trump can – or will – keep extending the TikTok ban.

Hong Kong could serve as stablecoin test bed to raise yuan’s profile

JD.com founder bets on stablecoins to cut cross-border e-commerce payment costs

Big Tech

DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model matches Google, Anthropic in coding benchmark

The updated reasoning model, released in May, performed well against leading US models in the real-time WebDev Arena tests.

A DeepSeek poster seen during the 2025 Global Developer Conference on February 22 in Shanghai. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
A DeepSeek poster seen during the 2025 Global Developer Conference on February 22 in Shanghai. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

Big Tech

Alibaba recruits top Chinese AI scientist to lead speech-recognition push

Li, who holds a PhD in Computer and Information Sciences, has taken a pivotal role leading speech AI research at the e-commerce giant.

Tech Trends

Waymo expands robotaxi services into more parts of San Francisco Bay Area

The self-driving technology firm had received approval from California last month to expand operations.

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Tech Trends

US Senate passes stablecoin bill in win for crypto, Trump

Industry backers hope the legislation will turn stablecoins into a mainstream form of payment.

An illustration picture taken on May 8, 2022, shows a cryptocurrency Tether (USDT) coin arranged in front of a screen displaying US dollar notes. Photo: AFP
An illustration picture taken on May 8, 2022, shows a cryptocurrency Tether (USDT) coin arranged in front of a screen displaying US dollar notes. Photo: AFP

China Economy

As China sees boom in humanoid robotics, firms pay 3 times national average

Beijing’s push to dominate cutting-edge sector fuels hiring boom – but skilled engineers in short supply.

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China Business

Could old coal mines help ease China’s solar-panel overcapacity?

The country leads the world in converting old coal mining sites into solar-power projects, according to Global Energy Monitor.

United States & Canada

Elon Musk’s xAI burning through US$1 billion a month as costs pile up

The artificial intelligence start-up is seeking to raise US$9.3 billion, with plans to spend over half of it in just the next three months.

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Elon Musk’s start-up, which is responsible for the AI-powered chatbot Grok, expects to burn through about US$13 billion over the course of 2025. Photo illustration: AFP

United States & Canada

Trump to extend TikTok deadline again, giving ByteDance 90 days to find buyer

The US president ‘does not want TikTok to go dark’, the White House says, as Trump prepares to put off a threatened ban for the third time.

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US President Donald Trump had signed an order in early April to keep TikTok running for another 75 days after a potential deal to sell the app to American owners was put on ice. Photo: dpa
US President Donald Trump had signed an order in early April to keep TikTok running for another 75 days after a potential deal to sell the app to American owners was put on ice. Photo: dpa

Tech Trends

DeepSeek rival MiniMax says its first AI reasoning model halves compute of R1

The Shanghai-based firm said its open-source M1 model is more efficient in tasks including maths and coding than the popular DeepSeek-R1.

Big Tech

Unitree Robotics boosts capital base, paving the way for new fundraising round

Unitree has garnered significant attention, becoming a poster child for China’s dynamic robotics sector.

Big Tech

Alibaba updates open-source Qwen3 models for AI deployment on Apple devices

This development appears to reflect Apple’s efforts to expand the availability of its Apple Intelligence suite to mainland China.

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In the MLX format, Qwen3 makes it possible to train and run a range of artificial intelligence models on the iPhone and other Apple devices. Photo: Shutterstock

China Economy

China hails Nvidia expo appearance as ‘vote of confidence’ amid tensions

The American chip giant will attend China’s flagship supply chain event for the first time in July, despite rising US-China friction over tech issues.

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Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, takes part in a media event in Taiwan. Nvidia will exhibit at China’s flagship supply chain expo for the first time in July. Photo: Reuters
Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, takes part in a media event in Taiwan. Nvidia will exhibit at China’s flagship supply chain expo for the first time in July. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

China internet pioneer urges students to put off graduate school, start-up plans

Sohu.com founder Charles Zhang says college students need to ‘gain some real experience’ by working for a company.

Tech War

US pushes Vietnam to decouple from Chinese tech, sources say

Vietnam has been asked ‘to reduce its dependency on Chinese hi-tech’, say one of the people familiar with the discussions.

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Big Tech

Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip

Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.

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Illustration: Davies Christian Surya
Illustration: Davies Christian Surya

Big Tech

ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China

While China had declared AI strategically important as early as 2018, ChatGPT has shattered illusions about the country’s technological prowess.

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Policy

China’s e-CNY blues: major test bed shows sluggish adoption

More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.

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Tech

Can Huawei’s 5G-powered Tianjin Port redefine its enterprise business?

Tianjin Port is the latest technological showpiece of Huawei Technologies, as the world’s largest provider of phone network equipment reinvents itself after nearly four years of crushing US sanctions.

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Tech Trends

DeepSeek rival MiniMax says its first AI reasoning model halves compute of R1

MiniMax-M1 consumes half the resources and has a context window 10 times the size of DeepSeek-R1, according to the start-up. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model matches Google, Anthropic in coding benchmark

A DeepSeek poster seen during the 2025 Global Developer Conference on February 22 in Shanghai. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

Big Tech

Alibaba recruits top Chinese AI scientist to lead speech-recognition push

The Alibaba logo displayed on a smartphone. Photo: Shutterstock Images

China Economy

At Paris Air Show, China’s aviation suppliers circle for a landing

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The number of Chinese suppliers attending the Paris Air Show has more than doubled for this year’s edition. Photo: Xinhua

China Economy

As China sees boom in humanoid robotics, firms pay 3 times national average

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A robot competes in a feedbox handling contest during the 2025 International Humanoid Robot Skills Competition held at Zhangjiang Science Hall in Shanghai, China, on May 29, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
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