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The latest news and information about the tech sector's CEOs and former CEOs.

Elon Musk is seen with a bruise near his right eye during a news conference in the Oval Office on Friday. Photo: AFP

Musk says Oval Office black eye was because son, 5, punched him in the face

The tech tycoon says he got the bruise while horsing around with X Æ A-Xii before a Trump press conference to mark his last day at Doge.

31 May 2025 - 4:21AM

Drug claims overshadow Elon Musk’s Oval Office farewell with Trump

31 May 2025 - 3:45AM

‘A huge win for crypto’: US dismisses lawsuit against Binance

30 May 2025 - 10:38AM

Elon Musk leaves Trump team, capping turbulent tenure in Washington

Billionaire Musk says his work at the White House is over, and is heading back to business.

29 May 2025 - 4:36PM

Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in February. File photo: Reuters

Elon Musk criticises Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ as bromance falters

The US president responded that more changes could be made to the legislation, saying he’s ‘not happy about certain aspects of it’.

29 May 2025 - 3:23AM

Xiaomi founder flexes semiconductor prowess with ‘very strong’ XRing O1 chip

The XRing O1’s launch marked the culmination of Xiaomi’s four-year-long journey to develop an advanced chip to rival those from Apple.

22 May 2025 - 11:33PM

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Trump White House asks Supreme Court to block transparency orders on Musk’s Doge

The US government argues that Doge is a presidential advisory body, not a federal agency, and is exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.

22 May 2025 - 1:56AM

Elon Musk (left) accompanied by US President Donald Trump and his son X Musk, speaks in the Oval Office. Photo: TNS

Trump backer Elon Musk says he will spend ‘a lot less’ on political campaigns

The decision could reflect the world’s richest man’s disenchantment with politics after his tenure at Doge saw intense blowback on Tesla.

21 May 2025 - 3:47AMvideocam

Xiaomi’s new 3-nanometre chip takes on rival products from Apple, Qualcomm

The chip marks another milestone for China’s technology self-sufficiency drive amid tightened US export controls on advanced semiconductors.

20 May 2025 - 7:55PM

Artificial intelligence

Musk, who is suing Microsoft, also software giant’s guest in Grok AI partnership

Grok 3, which Musk’s AI outfit introduced earlier this year, will be available on Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform.

20 May 2025 - 12:10PM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is silhouetted as a pre-recorded interview with Elon Musk is played. Photo: AFP

Xiaomi now one of China’s biggest semiconductor investors, founder Lei Jun says

Lei said Xiaomi has allocated US$6.9 billion for semiconductor development in China over a 10-year period.

22 May 2025 - 2:41PM

Xiaomi is sharpening its focus on semiconductor development in China. Photo: Shutterstock

Nvidia’s Huang teases new Taiwan office, supercomputer plans in Computex speech

In his keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Jensen Huang said Nvidia secured a lease for a new property and is partnering with local firms, including Foxconn.

19 May 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Who is #RichTok influencer Becca Bloom, who flaunts her lavish lifestyle online?

Bloom grew up with wealthy parents in California but now works in finance to fund her lavish lifestyle: she even gave away a Van Cleef & Arpels Sweet Alhambra bracelet to a fan.

21 May 2025 - 12:26PM

Fame and celebrity

Who is OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair, who claims the platform is ‘feminist’?

Keily Blair was a partner at a law firm before taking the reins at OnlyFans, but the Taylor Swift fan said a bank once refused her custom because of her connection to the platform.

16 May 2025 - 6:00PM

Keily Blair, CEO of OnlyFans, at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in 2024. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

China’s humanoid robot makers lack unified ‘end-to-end’ AI system: Unitree CEO

That system allows robots to execute general tasks, which dispenses with running separate programs for specific activities.

12 May 2025 - 7:29PM

The G1 humanoid robot model from Unitree Robotics gives a hug at the firm’s exhibition hall in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, on April 23, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Who is billionaire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s long-time wife Lori?

Jensen Huang may be one of the richest men in the world, but he is also thought to be one of America’s biggest tax dodgers – here’s what you need to know about his wife Lori, who shares his fortune.

12 May 2025 - 6:00AM

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng ‘takes no short cuts’, Li Auto CEO says

That assessment reflects how Liang, an ‘extremely self-disciplined person’, led DeepSeek to become a true innovator in AI.

9 May 2025 - 7:18PM

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Millionaires and billionaires

Gates to give away 99% of fortune, says Musk ‘killing’ world’s poorest children

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder speeds up donation plan, urges governments, wealthy people to help world’s poor.

9 May 2025 - 1:35PM

Bill Gates has pledged to give away some US$200 billion to the world’s poorest people in the next two decades. Photo: Reuters

Elon Musk’s Starbase takes off as SpaceX city wins vote to rename Boca Chica

Virtually all of the inhabitants of the Texas beachfront town are Musk’s SpaceX employees or their family members.

4 May 2025 - 10:48AM

Opinion | Deja vu for Hong Kong as Tesla becomes lightning rod for public anger

Unresolved issues like poor governance, economic troubles and corporate power can lead to public frustration, resulting in violence and destruction.

2 May 2025 - 9:30AM

Chinese AI scientists may threaten US tech dominance, think tank says

It’s time to reassess assumptions ‘that the world’s best and brightest naturally want to study and stay in the United States’: paper.

30 Apr 2025 - 9:43PMvideocam

An American think tank paper says analysis of DeepSeek developers’ credentials shows “China’s growing capacity to develop world-class AI talent domestically without relying on Western expertise”. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Baidu offers new AI models at lower cost than DeepSeek’s products

The lower cost would help developers focus on creating ‘more super interesting and useful’ AI applications, Baidu CEO Robin Li says.

25 Apr 2025 - 7:00PM

Baidu has made available to developers its latest artificial intelligence models, Ernie 4.5 Turbo and X1 Turbo. Photo: Shutterstock

DeepSeek on recruitment drive as start-up remains tight-lipped on new AI model

This marks the first time DeepSeek has published product-related job openings, as it has largely focused on fundamental AI model research.

24 Apr 2025 - 10:42PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Tesla is testing robotaxi service with employees in Texas, California

The plan is to launch this summer a Robotaxi service that would be driverless and under remote supervision.

24 Apr 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

Shanghai chip firm doubles quarterly profit as China expands supply chain role

Semiconductor design firm Montage Technology is currently one of the world’s three main suppliers of connector chips to the DRAM market.

24 Apr 2025 - 7:00AM

Montage Technology’s latest input/output hub chip for cloud computing, big data and enterprise storage applications. Photo: Montage Technology

Elon Musk to cut back work with Trump and Doge after Tesla sales skid

The billionaire CEO’s political actions as a close adviser to the US president have damaged the brand and caused blowback.

23 Apr 2025 - 7:03AMvideocam

Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in March. Photo: TNS

Fame and celebrity

Meet Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi, who once worked at Facebook

Randi runs her own media company, was executive producer of a TV adaptation of one of her books, and is married to product executive Brent Tworetzky, with whom she has 3 children.

22 Apr 2025 - 5:00AM

Tech war: founder of Chinese chip equipment maker AMEC renounces US citizenship

The change of citizenship for AMEC’s Gerald Yin Zheyao, 81, comes amid the escalating tech war between the world’s two largest economies.

18 Apr 2025 - 8:00PM

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