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Jul 18, 2024

China’s foldable smartphone market heats up with Samsung-ByteDance AI pact, Xiaomi launch

Major Android handset vendors are betting on foldable, artificial intelligence-powered models to compete with Apple ’s iPhone in the high-end segment of the smartphone market.

Jul 18, 2024

Maths test stumps AI models: which number is bigger, 9.90 or 9.11?

Large language models are ‘bad at maths’ and can only predict answers based on training data, according to Zhejiang University researcher Wu Yiquan.

Jul 17, 2024

Huawei enters new partnership to drive increased AI adoption in China’s heavy industries

The latest initiative by Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment supplier, shows its focus on expanding into industrial solutions.

Jul 17, 2024

Trump says ‘I’m for TikTok’ as potential US ban looms

Republican presidential candidate said he supports TikTok even as a potential ban looms if Chinese-parent company ByteDance fails to divest the short video app’s US assets.

Jul 16, 2024

Tech war: Huawei faced difficult days as global smartphone sales plunged, executive says

Huawei’s global smartphone shipments reached a low of 28.1 million units in 2022, down from more than 240 million units in 2019, as Washington tightened tech restrictions.

Jul 16, 2024

Semiconductor equipment giant ASML’s order book expected to benefit from AI chip boom

ASML’s latest quarterly results are the first under new chief executive Christophe Fouquet , who took over the reins at Europe’s biggest technology firm in April.

Jul 15, 2024

Huawei smartphone chips no longer top secret as stores have green light to tell customers

Huawei distributors have started giving customers details of the processors used inside the company’s flagship smartphones, even though the US-sanctioned tech giant remains mum on the subject.

Jul 15, 2024

Huawei completes US$1.4 billion campus in Shanghai ‘with 100 cafes’ to lure foreign talent

Around 30,000 Huawei research and development personnel are expected to move into the Shanghai campus, which will start operations this year.

Jul 14, 2024

TikTok owner ByteDance adjusts share option policy in favour of staff in tax, cash-in arrangements

ByteDance, the owner of short video app TikTok, is adjusting its policy on share options so that staff can use less cash to pay taxes and resell their shares faster.

Jul 12, 2024

China’s Honor sees slim, AI-powered foldable smartphones driving premium market push

Honor expects on-device artificial intelligence and a slim design will differentiate its foldable smartphones against rival models from Huawei and Samsung.