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A trader at the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 has surged more than 23.5 per cent and the Nasdaq about 32 per cent since their recent lowest close on April 8. Photo: Xinhua
United States

S&P500, Nasdaq hit record highs on renewed AI bets, rate-cut hopes

A US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Iran that sparked higher crude prices also boosted market confidence.

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Germany

DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong leader taps 2 tech heads from Hangzhou’s ‘Little Dragons’ as advisers

Singapore

‘It’s a human issue’: will NTU case prompt rethink on AI use for students?

Saga involving three students accused of academic misconduct reveals gaps in universities’ dispute resolution processes, observers say.

Students at The Hive learning hub at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. Three NTU students were accused of academic misconduct over the use of generative AI. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xiaomi’s SU7 SUV a hit with mainland Chinese motorists as bookings reach 240,000

Bookings for the SUV, priced from US$35,366, hit 200,000 in just three minutes, company says.

Alibaba

Alibaba trims partnership as company bets on younger leaders

Nine partners – including former CEO Daniel Zhang – have left, bringing the number down from 26 to 17.

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Artificial intelligence

UN agency pushes AI ethics standards as US-China tech rivalry deepens

Unesco hosted a forum in Bangkok this week to drive the adoption of its AI ethics recommendations.

Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra delivers opening remarks during the Unesco Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, in Bangkok on June 25, 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Over 40% of agentic AI projects forecast to be scrapped by 2027

Many current models do not have the maturity and agency to autonomously achieve complex business goals, Gartner analysts say.

Smartphones

Trump Mobile drops ‘made in USA’ smartphone claims from website

But a spokesman insists that ‘T1 phones are proudly being made in America’.

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China-EU relations

Exclusive | China has begun issuing rare earth export licences to European firms: EU sources

Development comes as bloc continues push for structural solution to tense issue that has leapt atop bilateral agenda.

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Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xiaomi takes aim at Tesla with 4% cheaper YU7 SUV, a Model Y competitor

YU7 starts at around US$35,322; Xiaomi CEO says ‘we have set an unreasonable goal of beating the Model Y’.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Science

New Dawn: Pan Jianwei reveals high-orbit quantum satellite for global network

China’s ‘father of quantum’ tells German conference that project has laid groundwork to potentially redefine international basic unit of time.

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Semiconductors

ASML launches science project in China to discover new talent in lithography

The competition is committed to creating a ‘window for contestants to deeply explore lithography technology’, according to the company.

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Artificial intelligence

OpenAI: Zhipu AI is fuelling China’s global push for US tech alternatives

The Beijing-based start-up is racing to secure clients in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, the ChatGPT maker says.

A Zhipu AI booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Nvidia climbs to record high to become world’s largest stock again

With Wednesday’s gain, Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as the world’s largest stock.

Nvidia is the world’s largest stock by market cap. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general

America’s top space force official voices concern about Beijing’s growing capabilities, echoing previous warnings about ‘kill chain’.

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China economy

Opinion | China is taking Silicon Valley’s market ‘hacks’ to a whole new level

From ‘blitzscaling’ to leveraging network effects, China is using these same methods to dominate supply chain and disrupt markets.

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In Good Taste

For this French entrepreneur, a good life includes plenty of family travel

French co-founder Diego Dultzin Lacoste of flash-sale platform On The List on having fun – and the power of a smile.

Diego Dultzin Lacoste with his sons, Gabino (left) and Pablo, at home in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
US-China relations

China-tied AI tools like DeepSeek face US federal ban over ‘threat’

Bipartisan bid would also prohibit American agencies from procuring or deploying such tech developed in Russia, Iran and North Korea.

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Banking & finance

Opinion | We’re sleeping on threats from AI, shadow banking and cryptocurrency

The financial industry’s use of emerging technologies could lead to cascading crises if regulators don’t act fast to enforce transparency.

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Science

China’s Feitian 2 hypersonic vehicle shows critical capabilities in test flight

University subject to US sanctions says test flight proved key capabilities, such as autonomous flight with variable angle of attack.

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Northwestern Polytechnical University announced on Monday it successfully conducted a flight test of its Feitian 2 hypersonic vehicle at a site in northwestern China. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

15 suspicious cases uncovered in Hong Kong tech voucher programme

Random checks on 1,860 projects funded by subsidy scheme have also been conducted.

The Innovation and Technology Commission introduced the subsidy scheme in 2016 to help local businesses and other organisations improve their operations through technological upgrades. Photo: Sam Tsang
E-commerce

JD.com hires full-time food delivery riders to challenge Meituan, Alibaba

Recruitment drive suggests that company urgently needs to strengthen its courier workforce to fight resourceful rivals.

The Philippines

In the Philippines, AI fakes duel over VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment

Even after being exposed as fakes, supporters of Sara Duterte remained unfazed, claiming the AI-generated content still made a valid point.

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Science

China-led study proposes global green-energy network to solve power crisis

Researchers evaluate global solar-wind potential to develop a phased pathway to a fully coordinated system by the 2050s.

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China’s technological capabilities are likely to shape a global energy system, according to scientists studying the possibilities and logistics of a global network. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic wins ruling on use of copyrighted books to train AI

A US judge rules that training AI on copyrighted books is fair use, but the downloading of pirated books is not.

Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books for AI training is fair use, a US judge has ruled. Photo: AP
South China Sea

Opinion | How data-sharing can help defuse South China Sea tensions

A project to share maritime information could contribute to turning the region from a geopolitical flashpoint into a model for preventive diplomacy.

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US-China relations

‘Summer Davos’ panel mulls US economy secret sauce: did China crack the recipe?

At World Economic Forum event, the US-China rivalry is all the buzz.

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