29 March 2025

SiCarrier, a three-year-old chip equipment manufacturer backed by the Shenzhen government, debuted an array of new products this week, touting them as “100 per cent domestically controllable”, in a further sign of progress in China’s efforts to achieve semiconductor self sufficiency amid escalating US restrictions. “For semiconductor equipment, SiCarrier has established comprehensive capabilities spanning system […]

Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind Spirited Away and other beloved films, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them reproduce popular internet memes or personal photos in the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki. But the trend highlights ethical concerns about artificial intelligence tools trained

Hong Kong is positioning itself as the ideal place for climate and clean energy technology companies to locate and grow, steered by the government’s strategy to transform the city into a global green tech and finance hub. In his budget speech last month, Financial Secretary Paul Chan reiterated funding and subsidies for the development of

Chinese companies are gearing up to redefine the future of transport, betting big on flying cars and robotaxis as competition in the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market intensifies. Premium EV maker Xpeng will invest 3 billion yuan (US$413 million) in the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft business this year, as the company

Last week, Yale Dong finally got his chance to test Tesla’s much-heralded Full Self-Driving (FSD) autonomous navigation feature in China. He did so in a US$32,100 Model 3. The experience was underwhelming, the Shanghai resident said, as the Model 3 failed to read lane markings and traffic lights several times on the public road, performing

China’s top foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) said its revenues in 2024 reached an all-time high, but net profit almost halved from a year earlier, an indication of the increasing competition in legacy chip production on the mainland. In its annual report filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday, the company said