Pop-up ad accused of delaying life-saving call during Chinese woman’s heart attack sparks debate
Intense public discussions surrounding the downsides of technology have been sparked by a Chinese man accusing a phone…
China targets fourfold boost in AI computing capacity by 2030 in major tech push
China plans to deploy artificial intelligence computing clusters containing 100,000 accelerator cards and sharply expand the country’s intelligent…
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
The shipbuilding and maintenance arm of state-owned marine transport giant China Cosco Shipping has completed initial public offering…
Beijing pushes AI-assisted chip design as part of self-sufficiency drive
Artificial intelligence agents are increasingly taking the wheel in designing China’s next-generation semiconductors, as Beijing and domestic technology…
China faces new AI bottleneck as it runs out of Chinese-language training data
China’s high-stakes race to build next-generation artificial intelligence models is entering a critical new phase, where a less…
ByteDance and Alibaba to disable humanlike AI custom agents as new rules loom
Two of China’s major consumer-facing artificial intelligence apps, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen, are moving to…
China launches space computing hub as SpaceX gears up for historic IPO
China is ramping up its bets on space-based artificial intelligence computing with the launch of a state-backed research…
A cloud above the clouds: US, China race to make space a computing platform
In 1957, the Soviet Union kicked off the Cold War’s space race, shocking the world by sending Sputnik,…
‘Change typhoon intensity and path’: China team mulls hitting cyclones with space beam
China should accelerate development of a space-based solar power station, as the technology could one day do far…
Capital injection: China backs AI drug makers in self-reliance drive
Hangzhou-based METiS TechBio, founded in 2020, raised 400 million yuan (US$57.9 million) in series D financing in August…
China seeks ‘safe and reliable’ AI supply as global tech race heats up
China has vowed to achieve a “safe and reliable supply” of bedrock artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027…
Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a brutal price war?
China’s energy storage firms, battered by a three-year price war, have been jolted by lithium battery maker Deegares,…