7 March 2025

US mulls ban on China’s DeepSeek from government devices, insider says

US mulls ban on China’s DeepSeek from government devices, insider says

The Trump administration is weighing a ban on Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from US government devices over national security concerns, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. US officials are worried about DeepSeek’s handling of user data, which the company says it stores in servers located in China, according to The Wall Street […]

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Tencent heats up AI video-generation competition in China with new open-source product

Tencent heats up AI video-generation competition in China with new open-source product

Shenzhen-based Tencent, which runs the world’s largest video-gaming business by revenue and China’s biggest social-media network, made the new model widely available on Thursday through online developer platforms like GitHub and HuggingFace. Users can also add lip-synched voice to their videos as well as background sound effects, according to Tencent. In a demonstration video released

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Trump wants the US to be the world’s crypto capital. Will China take notice?

Trump wants the US to be the world’s crypto capital. Will China take notice?

US President Donald Trump’s creation of a cryptocurrency reserve shortly before headlining a White House summit on the popular digital asset will get global attention if the reserve grows big enough to affect trading or market prices, but China already has safeguards against any potential impact, analysts said. On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order

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NetEase to shut down public cloud service as AI boom intensifies competition

NetEase to shut down public cloud service as AI boom intensifies competition

Chinese internet and video-gaming giant NetEase is shutting down one of its public cloud computing services amid intense competition in a crowded market. The Hangzhou-based company on Friday informed its corporate clients that its public cloud service would be taken offline on April 7, citing a “business strategy adjustment”. Clients with unused credits in their

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Beyond the plate: Hong Kong’s food tech innovators cultivate a sustainable future

Beyond the plate: Hong Kong’s food tech innovators cultivate a sustainable future

04:38 Top chef in Hong Kong joins hands with local food tech pioneers to make dining sustainable Top chef in Hong Kong joins hands with local food tech pioneers to make dining sustainable Today’s advanced food production methods allow people to access a larger variety of produce from around the world, but this has also

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MWC 2025: Chinese AI firm iFlyTek eyes Europe expansion as US trade war heats up

MWC 2025: Chinese AI firm iFlyTek eyes Europe expansion as US trade war heats up

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm iFlyTek was planning to expand its European business as trade tensions rise between the United States and China, vice-president Vincent Zhan said. “The US and China trade war has some impact for us,” Zhan said in an interview on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week,

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