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Chinese smartphone brands beat Apple to the AI punch at home

With no word on when Apple Intelligence will arrive in China, domestic players from Xiaomi to Honor are touting their own AI features.

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China’s Zhejiang province rolls out platform to grow cross-border e-commerce

Zhejiang’s new e-commerce service platform expects to serve 15,000 enterprises within the next three years.

31 Oct 2024 - 8:00PM

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Temu’s debut in Vietnam faces scrutiny after Indonesian ban

The Chinese bargain shopping site is accused of operating in Vietnam without government approval, according to local reports.

31 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

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Hong Kong crypto ETFs see tepid investor demand even as bitcoin prices surge

Bitcoin’s price jumped 7.84 per cent over the past five days and 12 per cent over the past month, ahead of the US presidential election.

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Banking & Finance

Global outage gives banks pause about reliance on tech vendors

Such grand-scale outages have served as a wake-up call to the financial services industry, panellists tell conference.

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Toyota, NTT to spend US$3.27 billion on mobility AI system for self-driving cars

The mobility AI platform is envisioned to support autonomous driving, while targeting a reduction of traffic accidents to zero.

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Microsoft’s quarterly sales up 16% as investors ask if AI spending worth it

AI-related products are now on track to contribute about US$10 billion to the company’s annual revenue.

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Samsung’s third quarter operating profits soar to US$6.6 bn but misses forecast

Although operating profit nearly tripled compared to a year ago, it was down 12 per cent compared to the previous quarter.

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Chinese AI unicorn MiniMax scores big in US with Talkie chatbot app

Talkie, part of the fast-growing ‘companion AI’ market segment, was the fourth most-downloaded AI app in the US in the first half of 2024.

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Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com to accept Alipay as ‘walled gardens’ fall

The Alipay move comes on the heels of Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao announcing it would provide services on JD.com.

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Chinese cities dominate Amazon seller network, outnumbering US hubs

More than half of Amazon’s top 20 seller bases are in China, including top-ranked Shenzhen.

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Xiaomi unveils US$114,000 Ferrari lookalike in luxury car venture

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Huawei gears up for launch of new flagship smartphone model Mate 70 next month

Huawei’s smartphone sales on the Chinese mainland surpassed those of Apple in August, the first time in 46 months, according to CINNO.

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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.

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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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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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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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