US President Donald Trump is poised to meet next week with leaders of some of the country’s largest technology companies, which are facing the prospect of import tariffs and stricter export rules that could upend their businesses. A group that includes the chief executives of HP, Intel, IBM and Qualcomm has discussed meeting with the […]
Apple has rolled out updated MacBook Air laptops and Mac Studio desktops, seeking to maintain a sales resurgence for the company’s computer line. The new MacBook Air gets the speedier, AI-focused M4 processor, an upgrade from the M3. The models come in the same 13-inch and 15-inch sizes and start at US$999 and US$1,199 respectively,
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According to a report on Thursday by state-owned investment bank China International Capital Corp (CICC), about 5 per cent of the country’s AI server demand will be generated from industries that produce sensitive information including government, finance, public services and healthcare. These sectors are expected to adopt the DeepSeek-powered AI machines, lifting total 2025 sales
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A decade after launching the Ethereum blockchain, co-founder Gavin Wood is maintaining his vision for a Web3 beyond cryptocurrency and creating a truly decentralised internet alive through Polkadot. At the Polkadot Jam Tour, during which Wood met Polkadot blockchain developers around the world and spoke of his vision for updates to the protocol, the Web3
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The growing strength of stablecoins as a bridge between Web3 and traditional finance could give an edge to markets like Hong Kong, which has its currency pegged to the US dollar (USD), but the Asian financial hub still faces challenges in attracting major blockchain businesses. The Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the US currency is
Tesla continued to lose market share on the mainland to its Chinese rivals in February, as sales plunged more than 50 per cent. The US carmaker delivered 30,688 Shanghai-made Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) to buyers last month, a decline of 51.5 per cent from January and 49.2 per cent from a
