Technology

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May 27, 2024

Gaw Capital acquires new land to expand data centre portfolio

Hong Kong private equity real estate firm Gaw Capital Partners acquires property in Japan with an eye on the artificial-intelligence boom.

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May 27, 2024

Alibaba taps David Beckham as global brand ambassador for international e-commerce platform ahead of Euro 2024

The English footballer will be featured in AliExpress commercials during the European Football Championship, which kicks off in mid-June.

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May 26, 2024

Lenovo in ‘unique position’ to compete in global market for AI PCs, top executive says

Lenovo is well-placed to compete in the global AI PC market because of its differentiated product offerings for China and the rest of the world, a top company executive says.

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May 24, 2024

Alibaba emerges as major backer of high-flying Chinese start-up Moonshot AI, with 36% stake

Alibaba has emerged as a major backer of Moonshot AI, one of China’s hottest artificial intelligence start-ups, holding a 36 per cent stake in the firm.

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May 24, 2024

How to write in Chinese faster than in English? Online Chinese typing tools harness predictive text based on pinyin

Online Chinese typing tools built on pinyin input – once thought unsuited – and using the power of predictive text allow phone and computer users to type in Chinese faster than anyone can in English.

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May 24, 2024

ByteDance-owned TikTok said to lay off hundreds of employees globally as a potential US ban looms

The lay-offs, which were announced internally earlier this week, are expected to affect TikTok’s operations and marketing departments.

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May 24, 2024

Nvidia cuts prices on AI chips for China amid heated domestic competition with Huawei, sources say

Nvidia’s H20 chip is being sold in some cases at more than a 10 per cent discount in China, compared to Huawei’s Ascend 910B, sources said.

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May 24, 2024

Alibaba’s US$4.5 billion convertible bond sale ‘oversubscribed’, as tech giant builds war chest to fund share buy-backs

The Chinese tech giant is selling up to US$5 billion worth of convertible bonds, while company leaders set e-commerce and cloud computing as its core businesses in a move ‘towards strategic clarity’.

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May 23, 2024

TikTok curbs state-backed media amid foreign influence concerns

The move comes as the Chinese owned short video app faces a US divest-or-ban ultimatum over concerns it could be used to influence Americans.

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May 23, 2024

China’s SMIC ranks as world’s third-largest chip foundry by sales in first quarter on back of strong domestic demand

SMIC accounted for 6 per cent of global chip foundry sales in the first quarter, behind industry leader TSMC’s 62 per cent share and Samsung’s 13 per cent share.

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