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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to during the closing session of a forum on artificial intelligence in Paris on February 11. Photo: AFP
India

India scrambles to secure its place in US-China AI race, post-DeepSeek

With the US and China racing ahead, India grapples with the challenge of innovation and investment in artificial intelligence.

US-China relations

Opinion | The AI that Silicon Valley fears: how DeepSeek democratised innovation

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Science

The Chinese-origin scientists who helped to hone the US’ leading edge in defence

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Japan

Cash-flush Toyota builds a city to test AI, green technology

Daisuke Toyoda, an executive in charge of the project, stressed it’s not ‘a smart city’ but a ‘test course for mobility’.

This photo provided by Woven by Toyota shows the square at the center of the apartment complexes of Woven City in Susono city, Shizuoka Prefecture in February. Photo: AP
DeepSeek

China is right to celebrate DeepSeek but AI race isn’t over, academic warns

Zheng Yongnian at CUHK-Shenzhen says ‘excessive nationalism would be detrimental for China in the fiercer tech competition down the road’.

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Science

Chinese scientists use dengue fever virus to build safer gene-editing system

The plant-editing system uses mRNA to avoid the risk that foreign DNA could be left behind and create unwanted mutations.

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China's economic recovery

Chinese gobble up goods as subsidies and trade-ins fuel sales, but can it last?

Millions have applied for subsidies for purchases ranging from smart devices to electric vehicles, and Premier Li Qiang says ‘consumption must be placed in a more prominent position’ to boost economy.

China has seen strong sales of home appliances as the government encourages people to consume. Photo: Getty Images
Diplomacy

Opinion | We need a new system that reflects the world’s complexity

Sustainable internationalism would embrace diversity and evidence-based problem-solving, rather than reducing the world to a chessboard.

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Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index unchanged, tech and enterprises gauges tweaked

Tencent Music and Horizon Robotics added to Hang Seng Tech Index, while ZTO Express and BeiGene added to Hang Seng China Enterprises Index.

Wellness

No phones. Only real people. Welcome to The Offline Club

Over 2,000 people have attended The Offline Club’s London events in just a few months, mostly adults aged 20 to 35 eager to digitally detox.

People attend a digital detox event run by The Offline Club at the Sherriff Centre in London on February 12, 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

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.

An employee gestures next to a Lenovo logo at Lenovo Tech World in Beijing on November 15, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

In the battle against scams, Malaysians are now armed with a chatbot

Scammers on Hold AI aims to keep potential fraudsters engaged as long as possible and to annoy them to the point of giving up.

Climate change

Outside In | Why isn’t Hong Kong a test bed for China’s green energy innovations?

The city should take advantage of China’s burgeoning edge in alternative solar cell technologies to become a hub for renewables.

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US-China tech war

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
Smartphones

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
US-China relations

US should consider barring Chinese citizens from its national labs, Senate hears

Hearing showcases support for restricting access to American scientific research as Beijing’s ‘stealing’ cited.

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Artificial intelligence

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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United States

Opinion | Why the Quad and Aukus will gain traction under Trump 2.0

Unlike Biden’s balanced and careful strategy, Trump will demand results and expect his allies to deliver.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Huawei

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.

Science

Chinese in Musk’s Grok squad line up against China in race for AI supremacy

Media in China is taking notice of the large number of key developers, researchers and scientists born and educated in China at work in US.

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Ant Group

Ant Group jumps into humanoid robots as China’s AI advances

The fintech giant is hiring for a range of ‘embodied intelligence’ roles responsible for developing the brains and bodies of humanoid robots.

An Ant Group building in Hangzhou, eastern China. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Semiconductors

Microsoft unveils first quantum chip that uses Majorana particles

The field of quantum computing has seen a flurry of recent announcements indicating that the machines may be nearing practical utility.

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum computing chip. Photo: Handout
China food security

How China plans to use AI, biotech in agricultural self-sufficiency push

Calling scientific and technological innovation the ‘main battlefield of international strategic competition’, agriculture official says the race for dominance is on.

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Apple

Apple unveils US$599 iPhone 16e, a budget-friendly AI handset

The 16e will include a powerful chip to run Apple Intelligence, a set of features with access to ChatGPT.

US-China relations

US must update wavelength policies or be left behind by China, Congress hears

Senate Commerce Committee debates balancing economic and national security needs as Beijing deploys next-generation wireless infrastructure.

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The US needs to update its wavelength policies or risk being eclipsed by China, a US Senate committee was told on Wednesday. Illustration: Shutterstock
China technology

Opinion | In tech war, China is gunning for mass adoption over premium innovation

From artificial intelligence and biotech to autonomous driving, China is disrupting the traditional high-cost model of proprietary innovation.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Meet Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Kim K’s pal and a Silicon Valley royal

Boasting 5 qualifications from Stanford University (including 1 from nursery school), to which her late father donated US$300 million, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen is a professor and philanthropist

Science

Chinese scientists build world’s most powerful spy camera

The laser-based system could potentially allow China to scrutinise foreign military satellites with unparalleled precision.

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