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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Photo: Reuters

Facing competition from Meta and China’s DeepSeek, OpenAI to build open AI model

‘It feels important,’ OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman said. Move marks strategic shift by OpenAI, which has been a fierce defender of closed model.

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As extension winds down for TikTok sale, analysts say deadline may not matter

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Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, continuing China retreat

China Economy

Flying taxis: China clears way for first companies to begin offering services

Chinese regulators have for the first time granted companies approval to operate autonomous passenger drones.

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The EHang 184, an autonomous aerial vehicle designed to carry one passenger, performs a test flight in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. EHang has become one of the first companies in China to receive approval to put its passenger drones into operation. Photo: Reuters
The EHang 184, an autonomous aerial vehicle designed to carry one passenger, performs a test flight in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. EHang has become one of the first companies in China to receive approval to put its passenger drones into operation. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

Another Apple chip engineer returns to China to nurture next-generation talent

Kong Long left Apple after seven years, following the recent return of M4 CPU engineer Wang Huanyu to China.

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Venture capital veteran Allen Zhu questions humanoid robots’ value

Zhu, who famously backed Didi Chuxing and RedNote, says early-stage venture capitalists should steer away from the embodied-AI sector.

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Big Tech

Huawei’s consumer business sees 38% surge in revenue on robust smartphone sales

Huawei recorded total annual revenue of 862.1 billion yuan in 2024, signalling progress in overcoming US sanctions.

Visitors check out Huawei’s first tri-foldable phone at a shop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 18, 2025. Photo: AP
Visitors check out Huawei’s first tri-foldable phone at a shop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 18, 2025. Photo: AP

Gadgets

Lost your phone? Now you can ask your Samsung fridge to find it

The latest Samsung Bespoke fridges’ AI-enhanced Bixby assistant responds to voice commands to find missing phones and activate appliances.

Fashion & Beauty

A vest that can power a neck fan? Check it out at Osaka World Expo 2025

A Toyota subsidiary will trial vests with solar cells that generate electricity to power devices such as neck fans at the Osaka World Expo.

Big Tech

Trump hints at a TikTok sale deal before April 5 deadline

A group consisting of Blackstone and ByteDance’s non-Chinese shareholders has emerged as front-running buyers.

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US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday. Photo: Abaca Press/TNS

Tech Trends

A DeepSeek moment is playing out in rural China as peasants seek AI advice

Rural residents, who account for a third of China’s 1.4 billion population, are eager to apply AI services.

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Farmers harvest cabbages in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province, November 6, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
Farmers harvest cabbages in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province, November 6, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

China Business

DeepSeek has boosted the faith of rich Chinese investors in tech stocks: StanChart

The AI boom in China has convinced Chinese investors that the markets will continue to rise, Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

Tech War

Chip tool champion SiCarrier offers self-reliance hope amid US restrictions

The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show.

China Business

Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next two decades

CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.

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Xpeng’s AEROHT flying car on display at Liuye Lake Tourist Resort in Changde City, central China’s Hunan province, March 27, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

China EVs

Self navigating to the top: why China leads the global autonomous-driving race

After stamping their authority on EV technology, Chinese firms make strides in adding self-driving features.

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Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen
Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen

United States & Canada

Elon Musk sells X social media platform to his own xAI for US$33 billion

The tech billionaire plans to combine the ‘data, models, compute, distribution and talent’ from the app and start-up.

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Tech Trends

Google’s Android transparency shift unnerves Chinese developers

Google is no longer developing Android in the open, which some developers believe could give an advantage to Huawei’s HarmonyOS.

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Big Tech

Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip

Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.

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Illustration: Davies Christian Surya
Illustration: Davies Christian Surya

Big Tech

ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China

While China had declared AI strategically important as early as 2018, ChatGPT has shattered illusions about the country’s technological prowess.

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Policy

China’s e-CNY blues: major test bed shows sluggish adoption

More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.

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Tech

Can Huawei’s 5G-powered Tianjin Port redefine its enterprise business?

Tianjin Port is the latest technological showpiece of Huawei Technologies, as the world’s largest provider of phone network equipment reinvents itself after nearly four years of crushing US sanctions.

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‘Coming out’: Huawei-related chip tool maker makes splash at Semicon China

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The booth of chip equipment maker SiCarrier drew large crowds at Semicon China on March 26, as people looked for any new information regarding the company’s latest technology. Photo: Ann Cao

Big Tech

Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, continuing China retreat

Microsoft has closed its research lab in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang hi-tech zone, and has already removed its logo from the entrance. Photo: Wency Chen

China Economy

Flying taxis: China clears way for first companies to begin offering services

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The EHang 184, an autonomous aerial vehicle designed to carry one passenger, performs a test flight in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. EHang has become one of the first companies in China to receive approval to put its passenger drones into operation. Photo: Reuters

China Economy

Beijing bids adieu to ‘basic’ farmland with plan to supercharge soil

An aerial drone shot this month shows a farmer plowing a field in China’s Zhejiang province. China is making agriculture advancements more attainable with a new plan. Photo: Xinhua

Global Economy

Lao Airlines cruising to first C909 – a milestone for the made-in-China aircraft

This China-made C909 will operate in Laos and have 90 seats. Photo: CCTV
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