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AI-driven blood analysis may be the key to unlocking cancer’s secrets

AI helps researchers recognise patterns in the gene fragments they find in blood plasma, sparking a revolution in the field of epigenetics.

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ByteDance restructures AI division, hiring new expert from Google

China’s Tencent restructures AI product portfolio as competition heats up

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Xpeng to double global presence to 60 markets in 2025, CEO says

The expansion in Thailand, where only one Xpeng model, the G6, is currently available, is part of its ‘go-global 2.0 strategy’.

He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of Xpeng, drives a right-hand version of the X9 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Saturday. Photo: Coco Feng
He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of Xpeng, drives a right-hand version of the X9 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Saturday. Photo: Coco Feng

Tech Trends

China approves 110 domestic, 3 imported video games in February

Among the imported titles to receive approval were the tower defence game Plants vs. Zombies 3 and shooter game Door Kickers: Action Squad.

Science

Hong Kong doctor bets on blood tests after saving mums from the needle

Lo’s blood tests can potentially reveal more information about patients’ health, from cancers to neurodegenerative conditions to age-related diseases.

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Big Tech

Alibaba investors hail e-commerce giant’s AI pivot, major outlay

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares surged 15 per cent on Friday, following an 8 per cent gain overnight in New York.

Alibaba’s artificial intelligence investment strategy is expected to boost the company’s efforts to become a major player in this field. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba’s artificial intelligence investment strategy is expected to boost the company’s efforts to become a major player in this field. Photo: Shutterstock

China Economy

China’s finance minister pledges fiscal support for tech breakthroughs

China has traditionally maintained a fiscal deficit ceiling of around 3 per cent, but many expect it to rise to 4 per cent this year.

Big Tech

Lenovo reshuffles leadership amid AI-driven growth and DeepSeek adoption

The world’s largest PC maker named a new CFO and board members after months of double-digit growth and aggressive AI adoption.

Big Tech

What did China’s tech titans tell Xi Jinping at the symposium?

Ren Zhengfei from Huawei, Lei Jun from Xiaomi and Wang Xingxing from Unitree all gave speeches at the high-profile meeting.

A giant screen at a Beijing shopping centre shows news footage of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei speaking next to BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu and New Hope’s founder and chairman Liu Yonghao at a symposium with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

DeepSeek commits to ‘full transparency’ with 5 new open-source code repos

‘No ivory towers – just pure garage-energy,’ DeepSeek said in post on X committing to releasing new code starting next week.

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Open-source AI model development has been critical to the success of Chinese start-up DeepSeek. Photo: Shutterstock
Open-source AI model development has been critical to the success of Chinese start-up DeepSeek. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

Meet Wang Xingxing, the Unitree robotics star at Xi’s symposium

Wang, 35, is the founder and CEO of Unitree – one of China’s top developers of quadrupedal and humanoid robots.

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Big Tech

Alibaba Cloud AI model Animate Anyone 2 simplifies lifelike character animation

China appears to have upped the ante in this field of generative AI, which is poised to disrupt the entertainment and advertising industries.

Big Tech

Google to open its first physical stores in India, taking on Apple

The company currently has five retail stores, all in the US, which sell its products such as Pixel phones, watches and earbuds.

The Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

Alibaba to ramp up AI, cloud investments as quarterly profit surges

CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba will ‘aggressively invest’ in AI infrastructure and bolster research and development on advanced new AI models.

The Hangzhou-based tech conglomerate on Thursday reported total revenue of 280.2 billion yuan in the three months ended December 31. Photo: Shutterstock
The Hangzhou-based tech conglomerate on Thursday reported total revenue of 280.2 billion yuan in the three months ended December 31. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

China approves RedNote’s AI translation along with 5 other models

Approval for RedNote comes after claims last month that it might be using an unapproved model for its newly launched translation service.

Big Tech

Former Huawei ‘genius youth’ recruit joins Chinese alma mater

Xu Ke’s move follows several high-profile departures of Chinese scientists from top tech companies to join academia.

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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

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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‘Impressive progress’: China’s humanoid robot industry dominates despite hurdles

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A humanoid robot developed by UBTech moves a heavy load at a factory in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. China now has by far the world’s largest humanoid robot industry, according to a Morgan Stanley report.

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AI-driven blood analysis may be the key to unlocking cancer’s secrets

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Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming, the founder of the Centre for Novostics at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park on 7 January 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Big Tech

China’s Tencent restructures AI product portfolio as competition heats up

Tencent Holdings’ revamp of its artificial-intelligence product portfolio is expected to bolster the firm’s competitiveness in the domestic AI market. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech

Xpeng to double global presence to 60 markets in 2025, CEO says

He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of Xpeng, drives a right-hand version of the X9 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Saturday. Photo: Coco Feng

Science

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