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Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washingto in November. Photo: AFP
European Union

EU hits Musk’s X with US$140 million fine, risking Trump’s ire

US Vice-President J.D. Vance fired a warning against ‘attacking’ US firms through ‘censorship’ before the penalty was even made public.

Blockchain

Crypto giant Binance appoints co-founder He Yi as co-CEO

US-China relations

Nvidia CEO meets Trump, says he’s not sure if China would accept H200 chips

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Tencent

Elon Musk reiterates aim to transform X into a ‘WeChat++’ super app

Users ‘live their life on WeChat in China’ and there is no equivalent app elsewhere in the world, the entrepreneur says.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Chinese tech giants from Kuaishou to Tencent reap early gains from big AI bets

Executives double down on long-term AI growth, as return-on-investment culture cushions tech companies amid worries over costs, analysts say.

Artificial intelligence

Lenovo downplays surge in memory chip prices, pushes AI agent for devices

The world’s largest personal computer maker posts record sales of US$20.5 billion in the September quarter.

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Artificial intelligence

Nvidia’s strong forecast calms AI bubble jitters, for now

Shares of the chip designer jump 5 per cent in extended trading after falling nearly 8 per cent in November.

The Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Photo: EPA
Ant Group

Alibaba founder Jack Ma visits Ant Group as fintech giant ramps up AI efforts

Ma’s visit marks almost a year since he publicly endorsed Ant Group’s AI initiatives during the firm’s 20th anniversary.

Donald Trump

Ronaldo, Musk attend Trump’s White House dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk was among business titans invited to the gala dinner, as tensions with Donald Trump thaw.

United States

ChatGPT and X among sites disrupted in worldwide Cloudflare outage

The company, whose network handles around a fifth of web traffic, says a fix has been deployed and services restored.

A woman holds a smartphone displaying the logo of social network X. Thousands of users reported issues with the platform on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
United States

Opinion | With AI looking increasingly like a liability, a storm is coming

It is the tech sector’s projected spending that points to trouble ahead. Are investors prepared to wait for the return on their investment?

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Data centre servers and components containing the newest AI chips from Nvidia are displayed at the company’s GTC software developer conference in San Jose, California on March 19. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

China’s Moonshot claims to build models with fewer AI chips than US rivals

In a Reddit forum, a Moonshot AI executive says start-up is ‘outnumbered’ by US rivals in terms of ‘high-end GPUs’ used for training models.

Technology

‘Western tech dominance fading,’ Web Summit CEO says at ‘Davos for geeks’

Paddy Cosgrave says that situation is clearer ‘this year, more than any year before’, which is evidence of a multipolar tech industry.

Artificial intelligence

Intel CEO to oversee its AI efforts after executive departs for OpenAI

CEO Tan Lip-bu will take over the chipmaker’s artificial intelligence efforts after AI chief Sachin Katti leaves to join OpenAI.

Intel’s chief technology officer and AI head is leaving for OpenAI. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek

China’s DeepSeek makes rare comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses

Remarks by CEO Liang Wenfeng’s delegate highlight potential dangers of race to build superintelligent systems.

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Founders and top executives of companies collectively known as China’s “six little dragons” of AI attend the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Sam Altman says OpenAI does not want a government bailout for AI

The CEO says OpenAI only had discussions about ‘loan guarantees’ for building chip fabrication plants in the US.

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United States

Tesla shareholders approve stratospheric US$1 trillion Musk pay package

The unprecedented agreement paves the way for the world’s richest person to become the first trillionaire.

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United States

Trump again nominates Musk ally Isaacman to be Nasa chief

The billionaire private astronaut was renominated six months after the US president withdrew his initial choice amid a bitter row with Elon Musk.

Jared Isaacman has flown multiple private space missions aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets. Photo: AP
United States

Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to rival ‘left-biased’ Wikipedia

The website’s content is generated by artificial intelligence and generative AI assistant Grok.

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Artificial intelligence

Airbnb chooses Alibaba’s open-source AI over ‘not ready’ ChatGPT

Airbnb ‘relies heavily’ on Alibaba’s Qwen models to power its AI customer service agent, CEO Brian Chesky says.

United States

OpenAI to allow erotica on ChatGPT for verified adults

CEO Sam Altman says stricter rules on conversational AI had made the chatbot ‘less enjoyable’ for many users.

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OpenAI’s plan includes the release of an updated version of ChatGPT that will allow users to customise their AI assistant’s personality. Photo illustration: Reuters
Xiaomi

Xiaomi’s initial 17-series handset sales ‘exceeded expectations’, CEO says

Founder and CEO Lei Jun’s post on Weibo reflects Xiaomi’s confidence in the premium smartphone segment against rivals Apple and Huawei.

Xiaomi’s new 17 Pro smartphone model. Photo: SCMP
Robotics

SoftBank strikes deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for US$5.4 billion

The deal marks a significant push by SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son into robotics, as he expands investment after a period of retrenchment.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla’s Elon Musk becomes first person to hit US$500 billion net worth: Forbes

After a turbulent start to the year, Tesla shares have gained on improved investor sentiment as Musk’s focus returned to his companies.

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Artificial intelligence

China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ US in chips, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

Allowing US companies to compete globally – including in China – would ‘maximise’ US economic success and influence, Huang says.

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO and founder, speaks on BG2, a podcast hosted by tech investors Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley, on an episode posted on September 26, 2025. Photo: Handout
Xiaomi

Xiaomi unveils 17-series smartphones, ramps up efforts in premium handset market

The Xiaomi 17-series models feature a thin design and a new imaging system co-developed with partner Leica.

Xiaomi’s new 17 Pro Max model. Photo: SCMP
United States

Trump administration recalls employees laid off by Doge as job cuts backfire

The hundreds of fired federal employees have been given until Friday to return to work, ending what amounts to a seven-month paid holiday.

Huawei

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, Dongfeng Motor’s Yang Qing talk deeper EV collaboration

Dongfeng and Huawei ‘will collaborate in product definition, intelligent technologies and marketing’, the state-owned carmaker says.

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