13 March 2025

Alibaba revamps Quark search engine into AI super assistant as China’s tech race picks up

Alibaba revamps Quark search engine into AI super assistant as China’s tech race picks up

Alibaba Group Holding has revamped its web-search and cloud-storage tool Quark into a super artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, signalling the tech giant’s efforts to strengthen its foothold in the emerging field of AI agents. The new version of Quark is powered by Alibaba’s Qwen series reasoning model. It offers advanced capabilities such as a chatbot, […]

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OSL Builds Global Digital Asset Platform with AWS

OSL Builds Global Digital Asset Platform with AWS

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] OSL, Hong Kong’s first licensed digital asset platform and a member of OSL Group (863.HK), demonstrates how institutional-grade infrastructure can transform digital asset markets. Through a long-standing partnership with AWS, OSL continues to power its growth trajectory across global markets. The sustained growth

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China manufacturing, AI pose an ‘existential threat’ to US in robotics sector

China manufacturing, AI pose an ‘existential threat’ to US in robotics sector

Automation enabled by intelligent robots will allow for a massive expansion in production capacity across industries, and China is currently “the only country that is positioned” to achieve a high level of automation, according to a report published this week by US-based independent research company SemiAnalysis. “China’s robotics localisation effort is well under way,” the

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China’s UBTech debuts US,000 humanoid robot in race to build cheaper machines

China’s UBTech debuts US$41,000 humanoid robot in race to build cheaper machines

UBTech Robotics has unveiled a life-size humanoid robot for research purposes, priced at 299,000 yuan (US$41,200), as China’s robotics industry strives to produce advanced products at more affordable prices, ahead of Tesla’s expected mass production of its Optimus robot later this year. The Tien Kung Xingzhe – developed in collaboration with the Beijing Humanoid Robot

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Intel appoints Malaysian-born chip industry veteran Tan Lip Bu as CEO

Intel appoints Malaysian-born chip industry veteran Tan Lip Bu as CEO

Intel on Wednesday named former board member and chip industry veteran Tan Lip Bu as its CEO and signalled the struggling but storied chipmaker was unlikely to split up its chip-design and manufacturing operations. Tan, a former Intel board member, had been seen as a CEO contender thanks to his deep experience in the chip

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Opinion | AI is no longer a mere investment, but a matter of sovereignty

Opinion | AI is no longer a mere investment, but a matter of sovereignty

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer simply a technological innovation – it has become the defining fault line in global geopolitics, illuminating a widening chasm between nations prepared for the future and those falling dangerously behind. The escalating semiconductor restrictions by the Donald Trump administration, pressuring allies like Japan and the Netherlands while contemplating stricter

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