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Apple is planning a new AirPods feature that allows the earbuds to live-translate an in-person conversation into another language, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The capability would be offered as part of an AirPods software upgrade due later this year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the effort […]

Tencent Holdings’ Weixin Pay, a leading digital payment platform in China, is expanding its presence in Southeast Asia to capitalise on the post-Covid surge of mainland tourists, as the company moves to diversify beyond a lacklustre domestic market. “Over the last few years, we received a lot of feedback from merchants in Southeast Asia that

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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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

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

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

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

Hesai Group’s profit this year is poised for a 10-fold jump, as the world’s most valuable producer of laser radars casts its sights on Europe to put its sensors on more self-driving electric vehicles (EV) to help them navigate. The Shanghai-based company, which sealed a deal on Tuesday to supply Mercedes-Benz with light detection and

A former ByteDance executive has joined Shengshu AI as CEO, marking a significant hire by one of China’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) video start-ups amid fierce competition for talent in the rapidly evolving industry. Luo Yihang – the former head of AI solutions at ByteDance’s cloud unit, Volcano Engine – will oversee research and development,