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Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng launched its G7 SUV on Thursday, sending another contender into a fierce battle in the premium SUV segment of

China’s smartphone shipments plunge in May amid weak consumption, fewer new models
Smartphone shipments in China plunged 21.8 per cent year on year in May to 23.7 million units, the biggest decline this year, according to the

Chinese robot maker Dobot’s humanoid cooks steak from 1,800km away using VR
A humanoid robot from the Chinese firm Shenzhen Dobot successfully cooked a steak – even sprinkling salt with its fingers – while being remotely controlled

France fines Shein US$47 million for ‘deceptive’ pricing amid EU scrutiny of small parcels
The French government has fined online retailer Shein €40 million (US$47 million) for “deceptive marketing practices” and incomplete information about the environmental impact of its

More than 90% of Hong Kong’s AI supercomputing capacity in use, Cyberport says
Hong Kong’s ambition to create an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem is bearing fruit, with more than 90 per cent of the city’s flagship supercomputing centre

DeepSeek’s LinkedIn AI job listings show hunger for international Chinese talent
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has posted a flurry of new job openings on the professional networking site LinkedIn over the past week, coinciding

Singapore’s crypto crackdown on unlicensed exchanges could drive liquidity to Hong Kong
Hong Kong could benefit from Singapore’s recent move to oust unlicensed cryptocurrency companies, according to analysts, potentially leading to a significant injection of liquidity. On

Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home
Meta Platforms’ announcement that several prominent Chinese names working in artificial intelligence (AI) would be joining the company has triggered an outpouring of admiration back

Alibaba seeks US$1.5 billion from exchangeable bonds for cloud, e-commerce push
Alibaba Group Holding plans to raise HK$12 billion (US$1.5 billion) via exchangeable bonds to fund its cloud business and international e-commerce operations, the company said

Alibaba leads US$14 million funding round in Chinese corporate AI agent start-up
A Hangzhou-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up specialising in enterprise AI agents has secured over 100 million yuan (US$14 million) from investors led by Alibaba Group

Microsoft’s Most Recent Layoffs: What the 9,000 Job Losses Tell Us About the Tech Giant’s Approach
Microsoft has announced yet another large wave of layoffs, this time impacting about 9,000 employees, a move that has drawn attention from the international tech

Tech war: US lifts export control of chip design software to China
The US said on Thursday it had lifted export controls on certain chip design software to China, according to statements from Siemens, Synopsys and Cadence

Chinese digital yuan partner signs deal with Hong Kong firm to develop stablecoin tech
A Beijing-based fintech services provider, which has provided billing systems for China’s digital yuan, has signed a strategic partnership with a Hong Kong firm to

China AI champion Baidu rolls out most sweeping changes to search platform in a decade
Beijing-based Baidu has now enlarged the mobile app’s search bar and turned it into a “smart box” that supports long text input and handles more

Alibaba’s US$7 billion subsidy deepens China’s instant e-commerce war with JD.com, Meituan
Alibaba Group Holding’s instant commerce service announced on Wednesday a substantial subsidy programme totalling 50 billion yuan (US$7 billion) over the next 12 months for

Hong Kong needs more cybersecurity professionals as threats increase: report
Hong Kong needs more professionals focused on cybersecurity due to persistent threats and a limited talent pool, according to a recent report from the Hong

Huawei to open-source self-developed programming language Cangjie to rival Java and Swift
Huawei Technologies is set to open-source its self-developed programming language, Cangjie, marking the latest step in the company’s pursuit of technological self-sufficiency. First unveiled a

ByteDance in drive to recruit fresh robotics talent as AI remains TikTok owner’s priority
The more than 10 job vacancies recently posted on ByteDance’s website included two directors responsible for robot products and for hardware-embedded AI models. The Beijing-based

TikTok Shop opens for business in Japan as US fate hangs in balance
TikTok has launched its e-commerce platform in Japan, enabling users to directly buy products featured in videos, as the app continues to face an uncertain

Xiaomi’s first AI-powered eyewear brings smartphone firm into ‘war of hundreds of glasses’
Xiaomi debuted its first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses on Thursday, marking the Chinese smartphone and electric vehicle (EV) maker’s entry into a rapidly expanding

Top OpenAI talent from China joins Meta as Zuckerberg bolsters AI team in tech battle
The expertise of Chinese researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) is in the spotlight, as US tech giant Meta Platforms has recruited four leading scientists from

Baidu the latest to join open-source movement with Ernie 4.5 models publicly available
Chinese tech giant Baidu on Monday marked its entry into the highly competitive field of Chinese open-source artificial intelligence (AI) systems, by making its flagship

Chinese chipmaker Sophgo adapts compute card for DeepSeek in Beijing’s self-reliance push
Chinese chipmaker Sophgo has adapted its compute card to power DeepSeek’s reasoning model, underscoring growing efforts by local firms to develop home-grown artificial intelligence (AI)

ASML launches science project in China to discover new talent in lithography
European chip equipment giant ASML has launched a project designed to discover and foster key engineering talent in China, in the latest show of its

Hong Kong sharpens crypto hub focus amid rising global competition with new blueprint
Hong Kong is intensifying its bid to become a global digital asset (DA) hub with the release of an updated policy statement focused on accelerating
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