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Kelly Le
Kelly Le
Kelly Le is a multimedia reporter and producer who covers a range of topics including technology, China policies and culture. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in journalism.

The US is expected to triple its domestic chip making capacity by 2032 and dwarf China’s output in advanced chips, according to a report published by a semiconductor trade group.

The new machine is designed to help miners stay competitive after the rewards for mining bitcoin were reduced by 50 per cent after the recent “halving” event.

China’s strengthened push to use RISC-V, an open-source chip-design architecture, is facing new risks amid scrutiny by the US and Google’s move to stop supporting it on Android.

The Beijing-based start-up, dubbed one of the ‘four new AI tigers’ of China, is said to have plans to release ‘high-quality text-to-video tools’ by this year at the earliest.

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Global iPhone revenue fell 10 per cent in the first quarter, but Apple CEO Tim Cook said he has a “very positive viewpoint” on China despite increased competition.

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Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone, the Pura 70, has received certification in Malaysia for two models, paving the way for their sale in the country even though they do not support popular apps such as Google.

King Yuan Electronics Co, one of the world’s largest chip testing and packaging services firms, has divested its entire stake in a subsidiary at manufacturing hub Suzhou in eastern China.

A growing number of Hong Kong e-commerce merchants are expanding their business to customers beyond the city, according to the latest report by e-commerce solution provider Shopline.

Overseas travellers from nine countries can make payments in Hong Kong using their mobile payment apps after Ant Group expanded its digital payment network via partnerships.

Hong Kong will launch its first spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds next week, cementing the city’s role as a virtual-asset hub, in contrast to mainland China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies.

‘Obvious gaps’ exist in the code-writing and operative abilities between domestic and first-class foreign models, an assessment by Tsinghua University found.

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The municipal government of the city in eastern Jiangsu province unveiled a three-year plan to attract cross-border e-commerce projects.

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Generative AI can be used to find new types of attacks, but companies are also using the tech to assess these threats, Microsoft’s head of Responsible AI said at HSBC’s Global Investment Summit.

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The emergence of technology providers like Firework coincides with a growing ‘direct-to-customer’ trend for Chinese merchants involved in cross-border e-commerce.

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai said US chip export restrictions to China have ‘definitely affected’ mainland tech firms, including the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing business.

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The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer restarted operations within 10 hours after work was suspended because of a deadly earthquake that hit Taiwan.

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The 2nd Global Innovation & Technology Summit, held at the Hong Kong Science Park on Wednesday, put a spotlight on the city’s efforts to enlarge the local tech talent pool.

Hong Kong-listed lidar specialist RoboSense saw its losses widen last year despite higher adoption of its products by carmakers and suppliers, according to a company filing on Wednesday.

iPhone shipments in China fell by about one third in February from a year ago, according to official state data, a sign that the US tech giant is losing ground to local brands in the world’s No 2 economy.

China’s prestigious Tsinghua University launched new programme to cultivate disruptive talent amid country’s push for more self-sufficiency in strategic tech sectors.

The Chinese giant has added new Nvidia GPU systems to its ThinkSystem servers and announced new computer workstations pre-installed with Nvidia chips.