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Intel has appointed chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO, effective March 18. Photo: Handout

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Intel names Malaysian-born chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO

Intel is undergoing one of its bleakest periods, as it struggles to cash in on a boom in advanced AI chips that has benefited rival Nvidia.

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Tesla pins hope on refreshed Model Y to regain share after sales dive in China

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China’s Naura climbs the ranks of world’s top chipmaking equipment suppliers

12 Mar 2025 - 11:41PM

Big Tech

Former ByteDance executive takes helm at Chinese video AI start-up

Luo Yihang’s transition from ByteDance’s Volcano Engine to Shengshu represents a significant hire by a leading Chinese AI video start-up.

12 Mar 2025 - 7:00PM

Luo Yihang, former head of AI solutions at ByteDance’s cloud unit, is now CEO at Shengshu AI. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: Xi’s entrepreneur meeting boosts business confidence

Beijing’s positive signal has solidified the tech giant’s commitment to investing in AI, Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai says.

12 Mar 2025 - 5:00PM

China EVs

Exclusive | Hesai eyes Europe’s smart EVs for lidar sales after Mercedes-Benz deal

Hesai’s 2025 profit may jump to between 200 million yuan and 350 million yuan, from 14 million yuan last year, said its chief financial officer Andrew Fan.

12 Mar 2025 - 6:33PM

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China EVs

1.2 million EVs were sold worldwide last month, mostly in China

About three-quarters of the 1.2 million EVs and hybrids sold worldwide in February were delivered in China, according to Rho Motion.

12 Mar 2025 - 5:17PM

New vehicles awaiting transportation by a so-called ro-ro (roll on/roll off) ship in Yantai in eastern China’s Shandong province on August 6, 2024. Phot: Chinatopix via AP.

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AI agent Manus draws upbeat reviews of nascent service

Manus’ user experience is ‘what so many promised … but this time, it just works’, Hugging Face product head Victor Mustar says.

12 Mar 2025 - 7:00AM

Big Tech

AI agent Manus partners with Alibaba’s Qwen to develop Chinese version

Manus will cooperate with Alibaba’s Qwen team ‘to meet the needs of Chinese users’, the company said.

11 Mar 2025 - 10:55PM

Big Tech

ByteDance says new AI technology boosts model training efficiency

Breakthroughs in reducing the training cost for AI models could lead to lower demand for chips from Nvidia.

11 Mar 2025 - 9:22PM

Big Tech

Meta tests first in-house AI training chip, to be produced by TSMC

The Facebook owner is currently one of Nvidia’s biggest customers, amassing an arsenal of GPUs to train AI models.

12 Mar 2025 - 10:51AM

Facebook owner Meta Platforms is testing an in-house AI training chip, sources say. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

TSMC pitches Nvidia, others about joint venture to run Intel foundry

US President Donald Trump is keen to revive Intel’s fortunes, as he seeks to boost American advanced manufacturing, sources say.

12 Mar 2025 - 1:15PM

China Economy

‘A geopolitical move’: Trump’s big bet on crypto raises questions for China

China has kept unregulated digital currencies at arm’s length, but the US is going all-in on crypto. Will this big bet give the US dollar new life?

12 Mar 2025 - 11:26AMvideocam

Tech Trends

Chinese AI agent Manus transcends chatbots, start-up’s founder says

Founder and CEO Red Xiao Hong said the AI agent is ‘more like a human being’ than chatbots in terms of performance.

11 Mar 2025 - 6:10PMvideocam

Applications like Manus show another avenue for artificial-intelligence innovation by Chinese tech start-ups. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

Alibaba.com targets 100% AI adoption by merchants in 2025

Zhang Kuo, president of Alibaba’s international wholesale marketplace, expects the AI initiative to help sellers and buyers on the platform.

11 Mar 2025 - 12:39PMvideocam

Kumamoto / JAPAN - Oct 3 2020 : Alibaba.com logo on iPhone in cart with Chinese flag. Alibaba Group, Chinese multinational conglomerate holding, is the world's largest retailer and e-commerce company.

Tech Trends

Bitcoin, ether stagger as US stock sell-off weighs on cryptocurrencies

The initial declines on Tuesday came after a sell-off in US equities, led by technology stocks, picked up steam.

11 Mar 2025 - 2:38PM

Big Tech

Apple prepares major interface revamp for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Loosely based on the Vision Pro headset’s software, the new design could help revive demand for Apple’s iPhones.

11 Mar 2025 - 11:32AM

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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.

3 Oct 2023 - 2:26PM

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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.

1 Apr 2023 - 11:13PMvideocam

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.

13 Mar 2023 - 7:36PM

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.

11 Feb 2023 - 12:11PMvideocam

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China’s Naura climbs the ranks of world’s top chipmaking equipment suppliers

12 Mar 2025 - 11:41PM

The combined 2024 revenue of the world’s top 10 chipmaking equipment suppliers rose 10 per cent to about US$110 billion from a year earlier. Photo: Shutterstock

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Tesla pins hope on refreshed Model Y to regain share after sales dive in China

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Customers check a Tesla Model Y at a delivery centre in Beijing on February 27, 2025. Photo: AFP

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Former ByteDance executive takes helm at Chinese video AI start-up

12 Mar 2025 - 7:00PM

Luo Yihang, former head of AI solutions at ByteDance’s cloud unit, is now CEO at Shengshu AI. Photo: Handout

China EVs

Exclusive | Hesai eyes Europe’s smart EVs for lidar sales after Mercedes-Benz deal

12 Mar 2025 - 6:33PM

Hesai’s lidar. Photo: Handout

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Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: Xi’s entrepreneur meeting boosts business confidence

12 Mar 2025 - 5:00PM

Alibaba Group Holding chairman Joe Tsai speaks at an event at Singapore’s Changi Airport on Wednesday. Photo: Handout

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Chinese sex doll manufacturer tries to capitalise on DeepSeek AI boom

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China’s Alibaba releases new AI model, said to outperform competitors Deepseek and OpenAI’s GPT-4o

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