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Apple

Apple faces another year of iPhone woes in China as Huawei rises

Fierce competition from Chinese rivals and a broader economic slowdown are contributing to another weak year for Apple, IDC says.

China education

China needs academic shake-up for more innovations like DeepSeek, scholar says

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Semiconductors

US chip design software firm Synopsys halts China sales, services

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Taiwan economy

Trade war elephant in the showroom at Computex Taipei, Asia’s biggest tech expo

As Trump threatens to reinstate high tariffs on Taiwan, tech-sector exporters reliant on the US market fear the worst.

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People attend Computex 2025 at Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei on May 20, 2025. Photo: AFP
Robotics

Self-driving mining trucks offer a glimpse of China’s hi-tech future

A coal mine in Inner Mongolia showcases Beijing’s determination to transform traditional industries with advanced technologies.

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Science

China doubles down on building cutting-edge telescopes in Thailand

13-metre Chiang Mai radio antenna and another being built in southern Thailand expected to aid GPS, climate research and quake forecasting.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s smart cities are streets ahead, but same challenges apply the world over

Data handling concerns and a lack of community engagement are addressed in different ways, with Beijing district a model, analysts said.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
US-China relations

Trump says China has ‘totally violated’ trade deal with US

But American leader believes both sides could ‘work that out’ when he speaks with President Xi Jinping.

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DeepSeek

China’s DeepSeek closes in on US rival OpenAI with upgraded model

Benchmark results cited by DeepSeek show that R1-0528’s performance surpasses Alibaba’s Qwen3 and matches models from OpenAI, Google.

Artificial intelligence

Meta partners with US military contractor to develop VR helmets

The ‘sci-fi-style military helmet’ named ‘Eagle Eye’ is one of several advanced products being developed for the US military.

Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Malaysia

Malaysia’s first AI preacher stirs debate on Islamic principles

Former Islamic affairs minister and mufti unveils avatars built using ChatGPT and trained with thousands of published articles by him.

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AI preachers “AI-Dr Munir” (left) and “AI-Dr Munirah” are trained on more than 9,000 published articles by a former Malaysian minister. Photo: X/drzul_albakri
Foxconn

Foxconn expects robust revenue growth from AI despite US tariffs

The world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer plans to enter the US market by the end of this year, chairman Young Liu says.

Banking & finance

Exclusive | China’s market leaders in tech, energy sectors are focus of investors: JPMorgan

Enthusiasm aligns with Beijing’s efforts to bolster high-productivity sectors to temper slowdown risks, Hong Kong CEO Kwang says.

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History

These ‘floppy discs’ had music that could get you thrown in jail

Back in the USSR of the 1950s and 60s, hipsters, desperate for decadent rock ’n’ roll, cut illegal records using X-ray film.

A disc-cutting lathe shows how records were produced on old X-rays by bootleggers in the Cold War-era Soviet Union. Photo: Getty Images
US-China trade war

As US-China tensions target tech, was Geneva deal just a flash in the pan?

Trump’s latest export controls seen as ‘clear escalation’ since Switzerland talks, while Beijing clings to its dominance over critical minerals.

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Analysts say the trade clash between the US and China is expanding into more difficult areas of their economic relationship. Image: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

Can this US$7,000 single-seat EV spark a revolution in Japan?

Start-up KG Motors’ battery-powered mibot has a range of 100km, a charging time of five hours and a top speed of 60km/h.

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Artificial intelligence

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI bot is used a billion times monthly

Use of Meta AI is growing the fastest on WhatsApp, the company says, as it competes against Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.

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China's military weapons

China extends destroyer strike range with airborne early warning system: CCTV

‘It allows us to identify both air and sea threats far beyond visual range,’ crew member on the destroyer Lhasa tells state broadcaster.

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Chinese state media has confirmed the Type 055 stealth guided-missile destroyer Lhasa could use data links to synchronise with PLA airborne early warning platforms, enabling it to conduct long-range anti-ship and air-defence strikes without relying solely on ship’s radar. Photo: Handout
Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese lidar maker Hesai zeroes in on Southeast Asia for first overseas plant

Construction on the plant will start later this year and production in late 2026, CFO Andrew Fan says.

Science

China plans to arm Tiangong space station with self-defence bots: scientist

Sun Zhibin says robotic thruster could latch onto unidentified object approaching critical Chinese space infrastructure and push it away.

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Nvidia

Nvidia gives solid forecast, even as China slump mars growth

While the chipmaker is being squeezed out of China, other Trump policy changes may help open up additional markets, such as the Middle East.

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The Nvidia logo is seen at its headquarter campus in Santa Clara, California, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
China-EU relations

China, EU semiconductor firms meet to enhance supply-chain security amid ‘bullying’

More than 40 companies participate in a government-hosted meeting in Beijing to enhance supply-chain resilience, with rare earths discussed.

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A worker handles materials during the semiconductor-production process in China’s Shandong province. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Southern China’s Zhuhai backs new firm in race to be AI, robotics hub

The city also announced over US$80 million in subsidies, as local governments in China race to nurture the next DeepSeek.

Art Basel

Despite controversy, some Hong Kong artists are embracing AI art

Some Hong Kong artists are speaking up about the creative potential of AI programmes, insisting they don’t spell a death knell for the industry.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla’s brand is losing its shine, lagging BYD and Xiaomi: UBS poll

Tesla lost favour with global customers, with 18 per cent of buyers considering it their top pick last year, down from 22 per cent, UBS says.

A man placed a sign outside a Tesla dealership during a protest against Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealership in Los Angeles on March 14, 2025. Photo: Reuters
China manufacturing

How China plans ‘new breakthroughs’ in IT manufacturing amid US tech curbs

Country is vying for global leadership in strategic sectors including artificial intelligence, robotics and high-performance computing chips.

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China’s integrated circuit production surged by 22.2 per cent last year. Photo: Shutterstock
TSMC

TSMC to open chip design centre in Munich amid Europe’s AI push

TSMC is building the US$11 billion microchip manufacturing plant through a joint venture, European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Fintech

Ant International: numerical AI is the GPT of financial services

Singapore-based company says model accurately predicts trading volumes and reduces unnecessary hedging and risk-premium costs.

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