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Forget soulless humanoid robots like Tesla’s Optimus. This one’s more Wall-E
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Profits rise for China’s semiconductor firms on AI boom, tech self-reliance push
31 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
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‘Rampant like a pandemic’: why Hongkongers struggle to get peace from junk calls
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US-China relations
Ding Linwei convicted of stealing Google AI secrets for Chinese companies
Some of the blueprints were meant to give Google an edge over Amazon and Microsoft and to reduce Google’s reliance on Nvidia chips.
31 Jan 2026 - 7:34AM
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Robotics
Ant Group’s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work
Flashy robots can dance and backflip on cue, but Ant Group is betting open-source AI can take them beyond scripted moves.
30 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM
Semiconductors
China tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba to ramp up AI infrastructure efforts
The two firms’ actions are poised to further intensify the global AI arms race.
30 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
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Alibaba
Alibaba AI chip push hits 100,000 mark, beating local rival Cambricon: sources
The milestone underscores Alibaba’s growing footprint in AI hardware, as Chinese firms accelerate efforts to build home-grown processors.
30 Jan 2026 - 7:24PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
How Tesla’s AI shift is prompting Chinese rivals to expand tech offerings
As Tesla diversifies into humanoid robots and self-driving cars, its Chinese competitors are also moving into flying cars, robots and chips.
30 Jan 2026 - 1:12PM
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Robotics
China’s humanoid robot sales to double this year as costs fall: Morgan Stanley
The US investment bank revises its China robot sales forecast to 28,000 units this year, while it sees parts prices falling 16 per cent.
30 Jan 2026 - 6:10PM
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China technology
China’s cloud giants race to support Moltbot, the ‘AI that actually does things’
Hyperscalers embrace the AI agent, which can execute tasks without step-by-step instructions, but privacy concerns loom large.
29 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
China jobs
With AI in the driving seat, China moves to rein in job displacement risks
China’s central government unveils plans for policy to reduce industrial labour pains caused by widespread use of artificial intelligence.
29 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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Semiconductors
Alibaba’s T-Head unit unveils details of AI chip designed to rival Nvidia’s GPUs
The launch of the Zhenwu 810E marks the latest initiative by China’s Big Tech firms to develop a domestic alternative to Nvidia’s AI chips.
29 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
Nvidia wins approval for Taiwan headquarters to secure AI chip supply
Jensen Huang’s expansion plan highlights Silicon Valley chip designer’s reliance on TSMC as AI demand accelerates.
29 Jan 2026 - 5:00PM
Hong Kong weather
How AI model predicts heavy rainstorms 4 hours in advance
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese researchers have developed a pioneering AI model.
28 Jan 2026 - 11:29PM
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United States
S&P 500 hits 7,000 for first time amid AI boom and rate cut hopes
AI and Big Tech earnings propel the surge, as rate cut expectations boost market confidence despite earlier jitters.
29 Jan 2026 - 12:35AM
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Semiconductors
Hygon’s chips ‘safe’ from AMD security flaw amid China’s tech self-reliance push
That result shows Hygon’s efforts in redesigning the chip architecture licensed from AMD with self-developed innovations.
28 Jan 2026 - 10:00PM
US-China relations
Would Chinese or US supply lines be more vulnerable in a Pacific conflict?
AI-assisted modelling by the Heritage Foundation finds critical risks to fuel and munitions on both sides.
29 Jan 2026 - 12:03AM
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China trade
What haunts China’s investors? Geopolitics and a demographic abyss, survey finds
Weak domestic demand, shrinking confidence in the property market and a declining fertility rate fuel caution among investors in China’s major hubs.
28 Jan 2026 - 9:30PM
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United States
Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs amid AI shift, post-pandemic restructuring
The restructuring and cost-cutting come despite soaring profits and strategic hiring in key areas.
28 Jan 2026 - 9:24PM
China technology
Moonshot’s newest release narrows US-China AI model development gap: analysts
Kimi K2.5 raises questions about the potency of US controls on advanced chips to constrain China’s AI efforts, Brookings’ Kyle Chan says.
28 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM
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Semiconductors
Beijing weighs H200 imports amid uncertainty for China tech giants
More than 400,000 H200 chips reportedly approved for ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent as China balances AI needs with tech self-reliance push.
29 Jan 2026 - 7:27PM
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Jack Ma
‘Teach our children well’: Jack Ma urges changes to China’s education in AI era
China’s educators must teach students to ask thousands of good questions, rather than give the same correct answer, Ma says.
28 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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Alibaba Cloud
Price rises on horizon for Chinese cloud firms after Google, AWS set new rates
Surging AI workloads, memory prices push Chinese cloud providers to consider increases after global peers act.
28 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund reports record earnings in 2025
The Exchange Fund’s full-year earnings jumped 51 per cent to HK$331 billion (US$42 billion), from HK$218.8 billion in 2024.
31 Jan 2026 - 10:46AM
Hong Kong society
Warning over AI threats as Hong Kong hit by record number of cyberattacks
‘We need more top-down guidance on how to better use AI. This is an inevitable trend,’ Hong Kong Productivity Council says.
29 Jan 2026 - 12:17PM
Banking & finance
Hong Kong’s US$8 billion wealth fund eyes fintech, aerospace and AI for growth
The Hong Kong Investment Corporation will use the city’s advantages amid global competition, geopolitical challenges, CEO Clara Chan says.
28 Jan 2026 - 2:48PM
Fintech
China second to US in global AI finance index, with Hong Kong third as city hub
China rated the strongest country in converting AI capacity into production use, while Hong Kong trailed New York and London as finance hub.
28 Jan 2026 - 11:30AM
Japan
DeepSeek taps Alibaba open-source AI technology to boost OCR performance
The Chinese AI start-up says its latest OCR model delivers stronger performance after adopting an Alibaba-developed open-source model.
27 Jan 2026 - 11:57PM
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