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ASML Holding, the world’s top supplier of advanced chipmaking equipment caught in the US-China tech rivalry, will build a “reuse and repair” centre in Beijing this year, showing its commitment to the world’s second-largest economy despite pressure from Washington. The Dutch firm, which has been unable to sell its extreme ultraviolet lithography systems to its […]

Shenzhen has received a boost to its role in manufacturing humanoid robots after Unitree Robotics set up a new venture to leverage the supply chain and supportive policies of the southern tech hub. Unitree, the country’s hottest robot maker and one of the so-called six Little Dragons based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou,

Following the launch of its QwQ-32B model, Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares surged 7.2 per cent to HK$139.30 in Thursday morning trading. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Despite its relatively modest 32 billion parameters, Alibaba’s new model matched or outperformed DeepSeek’s R1, which boasts 671 billion parameters, in areas such as mathematics, coding and

DeepSeek sent shock waves across China’s artificial intelligence (AI) community after its low-cost models upended conventional thinking in the industry, prompting other start-ups to launch open-source models and seek fresh funding. A spin-off from a hedge fund owned by Liang Wenfeng, DeepSeek grabbed headlines for its impact on Wall Street and Silicon Valley. The Hangzhou-based

“Your Chips Act is horrible, horrible thing,” Trump said in a prime time address to Congress on Tuesday. He implored US House Speaker Mike Johnson to “get rid” of the legislation and use “whatever is left over” to “reduce debt or any other reason you want to”. His remarks were met with applause in a

US chip giant Nvidia holds a significant advantage with its CUDA computing platform, while OpenAI may be unwise to heavily invest in the “scaling law”, according to a top Chinese scientist addressing two critical issues affecting the future of artificial intelligence (AI) development and US-China technology rivalry. Li Guojie, a prominent computer scientist at the

TikTok sibling Douyin – which had 880 million monthly active users in January, according to market research firm Analysys Qianfan – recently allowed selected users to initiate conversations with Doubao, without having to log on to the chatbot. Douyin users could start chatting via the short video app’s direct messaging section, where Doubao automatically appears

China is producing twice as many research papers as the US on chip design and fabrication, laying the foundation for a possible leadership role in next-generation semiconductor technology, according to a US think tank. While China is behind in advanced semiconductors and is restricted from buying high-end chipmaking tools such as the extreme ultraviolet lithography

Chinese technology firm Baidu plans to issue yuan-denominated bonds in offshore markets to repay existing debt and fund general corporate purposes, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday. The exact size, interest rate and maturity of the offering would be determined later based on market conditions, the Beijing-based company said. It would be Baidu’s first

Apple rolled out a new iPad Air along with a redesigned keyboard accessory and an upgraded low-end tablet, enhancing devices that helped lift holiday sales despite an iPhone slump. The new iPad Air models come in the same 11-inch and 13-inch size options, priced at US$599 and US$799, with a move from the M2 chip