There was a surprise guest speaker at Nvidia’s widely watched GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, last month:…
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China’s tech giants pursue AI, semiconductor talent in US as competition intensifies
The overseas hiring spree underscores these “big tech” firms’ growing ambitions to build up their skilled workforce in AI systems…
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Samsung unveils its first multi-folding phone as competition set to heat up
Samsung Electronics unveiled on Tuesday its first multi-folding smartphone in a bid to strengthen its position in a sector of…
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Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai says US-China AI competition is not ‘winner takes all’
China-US competition in artificial intelligence should not be viewed as a winner-takes-all race; rather, it is a marathon where the…
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Finalists vie for US$14,000 prize as Guangzhou hosts future of AI at annual algorithm competition
The future of artificial intelligence was on display at Guangzhou’s annual Pazhou Algorithm Competition on Monday, where teams from around…
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 draws mixed reviews in China amid heightened AI competition
OpenAI’s latest flagship artificial intelligence model, GPT-5, has drawn mixed reviews in China, where some critics expressed disappointment over the…
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Apple joins China’s subsidy scheme to boost sales amid heated domestic competition
Consumers in Beijing and Shanghai are now entitled to discounts of up to 2,000 yuan (US$278) on select models of…
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Temu, Pinduoduo owner PDD faces profit challenge amid Trump tariffs, domestic competition
Chinese discount e-commerce giant PDD Holdings, operator of Temu and Pinduoduo, faces increased profitability challenges amid US President Donald Trump’s…
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Apple’s iPhone prices slashed by up to a third in China amid competition with Huawei, Xiaomi
iPhone prices on major Chinese e-commerce platforms have dropped by as much as one-third, or 2,500 yuan (US$346), amid fierce…
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Tencent heats up AI video-generation competition in China with new open-source product
Shenzhen-based Tencent, which runs the world’s largest video-gaming business by revenue and China’s biggest social-media network, made the new model…
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