ByteDance in talks to buy MediaTek data center AI chips
ByteDance has also held talks with Qualcomm on custom silicon design services and separately reached an AI chip supply deal with Qualcomm.
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Alibaba’s Taobao revamps cross-border shopping with AI tools
Taobao said the channel features more than 4,000 original-brand stores and 6 million curated products selected by AI and human curators.
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SK hynix seeks US approval to ship equipment to China: sources
The push comes as Washington urges foreign chipmakers to expand manufacturing in the US and restricts chipmaking equipment exports to China.
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RoboBusiness 2026 panel to discuss reshoring with robots
While reshoring manufacturing is a high priority for policymakers and technologists, RoboBusiness panelists will examine how to promote it. The post RoboBusiness 2026 panel to discuss reshoring with robots appeared first on The Robot Report.
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Chinese exports surge, putting the country on track for a record surplus
Faced with US and EU trade restrictions, Chinese companies have turned to other markets sparking criticism from producers in Southeast Asia and Africa.
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China approves Alibaba AI models for use in iPhone Duo and other Apple handsets
China has granted approval for Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence models to be integrated into several Apple handsets, including the new iPhone Duo, in the Chinese market, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for the long-delayed launch of Apple Intelligence in the country.
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Chinese memory giant YMTC to grow revenue 6 times faster than peers as IPO nears: report
Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC), China’s leading flash-memory maker, is set to grow revenue six times faster than its industry peers this year as it expands into server-related business ahead of a planned initial public offering (IPO), according to Counterpoint Research.
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Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with Researchers
Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.
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China chip exports jump 136% to US$45b as AI frenzy jacks up prices
China’s integrated circuit (IC) exports surged 136 per cent year on year in September to US$45 billion, exceeding the 108 per cent growth rate in the first nine months of the year in a sign of the country’s rising influence in the global semiconductor supply chain.
South China Morning Post Tech1 min read
NBA's China rebound fuels local business champions' global push
MACAO -- China's technology and sportswear companies made a strong showing at the recent NBA China Games, which drew thousands of fans to two preseaso
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min read
The window for AI IPOs is shrinking
We look at how differently public markets and private investors value AI startups, plus Anthropic’s new office in Singapore.
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Cheap Chinese and open source LLMs could trigger trillion-dollar AI infrastructure 'reset'
Jefferies wonders if LLMs will ever be profitable during the 'ongoing collapse in token pricing'
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Western mathematicians fear AI makes them dumber while China builds an entire alliance for it
While 25 Fields Medal winners in the West warn against AI-generated proofs and parts of the community call for a boycott, China is going on the offensive. Fields Medal winner Shing-Tung Yau has launched an alliance of eight institutions and over 1,000 scientists to push AI into math research.
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China’s new 25-ton heavy lifter copying SpaceX’s wildest rocket recovery
The race for cheap, lightning-fast access to orbit has a new, giant metallic contestant. On...
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New two-phase system for chip cooling could reduce short-circuit risks
Researchers at Peking University in China have developed an embedded cooling system that uses an...
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Huawei, once hobbled by US sanctions, passes 100 million Kirin chip milestone
Huawei Technologies has shipped more than 100 million devices powered by its Kirin processors since 2023, when it returned to the smartphone market with a new generation of premium handsets.
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Xi’s ‘death watch’ will become a global spectacle
The Australian sinologist Geremie R. Barmé wrote that “autocrats and patriarchs share a fateful dilemma”: Once in power “the countdown to their demise is on.”
Semafor Tech4 min read
Why Samsung, SK Hynix and CXMT shares are under pressure despite strong AI demand
A sharp sell-off in Asian memory chip stocks this week signals growing investor doubts over whether the sector’s AI-driven profit boom can last, even as soaring prices drive strong quarterly earnings across the sector.
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