double-skinned crabs Vietnamese crab exporter

Advertisement

Advertisement

Tech

Users of DeepSeek’s Harness consume around 92 trillion tokens a day, according to the company. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

DeepSeek’s AI agent push gains speed as Harness tops 1.5 million daily users

Hangzhou-based start-up ramps up efforts to monetise its powerful foundation models as AI agent platform gains traction.

2 hours ago

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits to affair; board orders investigation

49 minutes ago

Open Questions | Consumer goods ‘should not be dragged into political conflicts’: Dong Mingzhu

9 Nov 2026 - 10:04AM

Big Tech

AI will soon master biology, unleashing new safety risks: Tencent AI chief

Frontier AI systems could soon be capable of accelerating drug discovery – but also creating new bioweapons and starting the next pandemic.

8 Nov 2026 - 6:29PM

Vinces Yao Shunyu, chief AI scientist at Tencent Holdings, has warned that AI is close to mastering biology, creating new safety risks. Photo: Handout

Tech Trends

Service robot leader Pudu pivots to humanoids to fuel global ambitions

The company opened its European headquarters in Germany last month, following the launch of a US base in Dallas in April.

8 Nov 2026 - 5:00PM

Big Tech

China’s robotaxis aren’t perfect. But no awkward small-talk? Count me in

Road-testing China’s driverless taxis threw up some unexpected issues, but also helped me understand why they are becoming so popular.

7 Nov 2026 - 9:32PM

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Tech Trends

China’s AI models, led by Kimi, rule open-source enterprise spending

Chinese systems account for 89 per cent of spending on open-source models, but the category is small compared with spending on proprietary models.

6 Nov 2026 - 9:30PM

Use of open-source models like Moonshot AI's Kimi represents just 4 per cent of overall enterprise spending on AI. Photo: AFP

Cryptocurrency

Crypto heavyweight eyes Hong Kong expansion to tap growing tokenisation demand

City is still behind the US in tokenisation, but demand is beginning to accelerate, blockchain firm executive says.

6 Nov 2026 - 8:19PM

Big Tech

China’s AI chipmakers report first profits, but will the trend continue?

Sky-high memory costs and other supply-chain difficulties lead major investment banks to pare margin forecasts.

6 Nov 2026 - 6:30PM

Markets

AI bubble bursts, fifth plenum resolution, Singles’ Day

This week: Stocks fall as US Democrats’ landslide jeopardises data centre boom, Communist Party posts resolution from fifth plenum, and Russia says Putin may meet Trump and Xi. Next week: October inflation data comes out, Cop31 gathers in Turkey, Singles’ Day shopping festival concludes, and more.

6 Nov 2026 - 9:33PM

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

Does the Democratic midterm victory spell the end of US AI data centre boom?

Forecasters warn that proposed project freezes in Texas and federal regulatory pushback could stall up to 30 per cent of planned US facilities.

6 Nov 2026 - 2:10PM

Electrical substation and power grid infrastructure for an AI data centre campus is seen in Hutto, Texas. Photo: Getty Images

Big Tech

As political bet fails, what happens now to Musk’s Tesla, SpaceX and China ties?

Billionaire may face congressional scrutiny over SpaceX’s government contracts and Tesla’s China links, analysts say.

6 Nov 2026 - 3:35AM

Big Tech

Chinese chipmaker Hua Hong bets big on silicon photonics amid AI boom

China’s No 2 contract chipmaker is aggressively expanding into silicon photonics technology, as its net profits surge 147 per cent.

5 Nov 2026 - 9:27PM

Tech Trends

No Intel, no Qualcomm: Huawei unveils its first ‘100% domestic’ desktop

Tech giant expands HarmonyOS beyond laptops and tablets as it accelerates efforts to replace US technology.

5 Nov 2026 - 9:15PM

Huawei has launched the Qinyun HM650 series desktop computers for enterprise and government users. Photo: handout

Tech Trends

Powered by GPT-6, Unitree humanoid robots master painting without prior training

Unitree founder says the industry’s biggest hurdle is no longer digital reasoning or planning but closing a ‘last-millimetre’ mechanical gap.

5 Nov 2026 - 7:00PM

Unitree G1 robots perform at the company’s booth at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, August 20, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Tech

China blocks SoftBank’s US$5.4 billion takeover of ABB’s robotics division

Case marks second major deal blocked by China this year after Meta was ordered to unwind its acquisition of AI start-up Manus.

5 Nov 2026 - 8:56PM

Big Tech

Open Questions | China’s appliance queen on quest for greener cooling, growth overseas

Gree Electric Appliances’ Dong Mingzhu says ‘If making money is not your only purpose, you keep asking harder questions’.

6 Nov 2026 - 4:30PM

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Big Tech

In Focus | The AI promise was automation. The reality? Managing digital workers

As businesses race to build AI workforces, supervising them is becoming the next big challenge.

18 Oct 2026 - 10:14PM

Illustration: Huy Truong

Tech War

In Focus | Will Xi and Trump find common ground on AI risk amid an escalating tech war?

Despite US AI leaders’ warnings over the risks of rapid development, they remain locked in a high-stakes race against each other – and China.

24 Sep 2026 - 11:41AM

Big Tech

In Focus | Will US cloud computing restrictions rain on China’s AI parade?

If Washington expands its tech blockade to include cloud networks, China’s AI sector will face its most severe choke point since the chip bans.

21 Sep 2026 - 10:03AM

Tech Trends

In Focus | China’s rocket recovery was a space race milestone. Is a relaunch within reach?

SpaceX might have a head start in reusable rockets, but Chinese commercial space companies are exploring ways to catch up in the cost-saving tech.

18 Sep 2026 - 6:36AM

Illustration: Huy Truong

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

China Future Tech

HIGHLIGHTS FROM

China Future Tech

Big Tech

How Democratic sweep could slow AI growth in US – and help China’s ambitions

5 Nov 2026 - 1:14AM

A field with a sign against the construction of data centers is seen in Kansas on election day. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

DeepSeek’s AI agent push gains speed as Harness tops 1.5 million daily users

2 hours ago

Users of DeepSeek’s Harness consume around 92 trillion tokens a day, according to the company. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

AI will soon master biology, unleashing new safety risks: Tencent AI chief

8 Nov 2026 - 6:29PM

Vinces Yao Shunyu, chief AI scientist at Tencent Holdings, has warned that AI is close to mastering biology, creating new safety risks. Photo: Handout

Tech Trends

Service robot leader Pudu pivots to humanoids to fuel global ambitions

8 Nov 2026 - 5:00PM

Felix Zhang Tao, founder and CEO of Pudu Robics, pictured at IREX on December 3, 2025. Photo: Wency Chen

Big Tech

China’s AI chipmakers report first profits, but will the trend continue?

6 Nov 2026 - 6:30PM

Beijing-based Moore Threads, one of the so-called four little dragons in China’s GPU space, recorded its first profitable quarter. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

MORE IN China Future Tech

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Opinion | China and US need to join hands against another powerful adversary: AI

Wang Xiangwei

2 Nov 2026 - 5:30AM

Opinion | SI is the future of AI – just not in the way Trump thinks

Xie Ming

31 Oct 2026 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Europe can still shape the rules of AI

Hao Nan

26 Oct 2026 - 8:30PM

Opinion | How could a superintelligence take over the world? Let me count the ways

Otto Barten

15 Oct 2026 - 8:30PM

Opinion | US risks missing the bus on global AI governance

Denis Simon

7 Oct 2026 - 5:21PM

Opinion | Would China agree to slow AI development? That’s the wrong question

Xiao Qian

6 Oct 2026 - 8:30PM

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits to extramarital affair

FILE PHOTO: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during a doorstep after attending the AI Ecosystem Reception in Tokyo, Japan, July 16, 2026. REUTERS/Manami Yamada/File Photo

Robots leave human referees in the dust in China mountain race

CCTV

Chinese scalpers slash iPhone Duo resale price over mixed reviews

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: Customers pose with their iPhone Duo during the iPhone Duo launch at the Apple Fifth Avenue store on October 23, 2026 in New York City. The launch marks Apple’s introduction of the iPhone Duo, the company’s latest smartphone model. The iPhone Duo features Apple’s thinnest form factor to date, with a 7.6-inch inner display that snaps closed into a 5.4-inch outer display. This is the first major product debut under new Apple CEO John Ternus, who took the role in September after Tim Cook stepped down from the role. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

North Korea controversial setting for latest Call of Duty game

The Modern Warfare series has previously dealt with controversy over its fictional coverage of potential real-world conflicts.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

TRENDING TOPICS

Huawei Technologies

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Tencent Holdings

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement