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Honor touts its new Magic V3 handset as the world’s slimmest foldable smartphone. Photo: Handout

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.

Honor touts its new AI-powered 5G handset, the Magic V3, as the world’s slimmest foldable smartphone

12 Jul 2024 - 10:19PM

Foxconn’s China factories on hiring spree ahead of iPhone 16 launch

12 Jul 2024 - 7:00AM

Can Samsung’s new smart ring help it regain the China market?

11 Jul 2024 - 9:38PM

Apple video ads use humour to trumpet privacy protection for Chinese iPhone users

Apple is using humour to trumpet the privacy and security functions of its iPhones in its latest advertising campaign targeting Chinese consumers.

11 Jul 2024 - 7:00AM

An iPhone 15 Pro ad is displayed on a large screen above an Apple flagship store in Beijing. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Microsoft defends iPhone-only order for China staff after backlash

The move shows the challenges faced by multinational companies when navigating a bifurcated global technology system.

10 Jul 2024 - 7:00PM

Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales surge past expectations on AI infrastructure demand

TSMC’s latest quarterly sales figure comes days after the company briefly reached a US$1-trillion market capitalisation on a tide of investment into AI-related data centres and devices.

10 Jul 2024 - 2:56PM

Global PC shipments rise in second quarter, Apple sees biggest jump, IDC says

Global shipments of PCs rose by 3 per cent in the second quarter, helped by demand for AI-capable devices, with Apple seeing the biggest growth among PC makers, data from research firm IDC showed.

10 Jul 2024 - 11:08AM

Customers look at MacBook Pro and Air laptops at Apple’s store in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 22, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

Alipay drives evolution of contactless payments in China with new tap-and-pay service

Alipay expects its Tap! service, which is being rolled out in major cities across mainland China, to ‘expedite in-store mobile payments’.

9 Jul 2024 - 8:10PM

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to invest in two projects in Vietnam

The Taiwanese company has been granted approval to produce smart entertainment products and smart-system equipment at the new facilities.

5 Jul 2024 - 1:10PM

As Apple’s Vision Pro hits China, 2 quite different users’ takes

A Gen Z gamer and a Gen Y gadget geek give their thoughts on the innovative but costly Apple Vision Pro as the mixed-reality headset hits shops in Hong Kong and mainland China.

4 Jul 2024 - 10:02AM

A customer tries the Apple Vision Pro at a store in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse

EU warns Meta over paid ad-free option on Instagram, Facebook

The company could face fines worth 10 per cent of its annual global revenues for breaching the Digital Markets Act.

2 Jul 2024 - 10:55AM

Meta Platforms breached the Digital Markets Act by forcing users to to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them, EU regulators say. Photo: AP Photo

Apple’s Vision Pro launches in Hong Kong, drawing mainland buyers

The 256-gigabyte basic model sells for roughly US$550 more on the mainland than in Hong Kong.

28 Jun 2024 - 5:34PM

Amazon hits US$2 trillion in value as AI frenzy fuels tech stocks

The company is now a member of an elite club of a handful of peers that have surpassed the key market capitalisation.

27 Jun 2024 - 10:32AM

Huawei tops Apple in sales growth for shopping festival, but iPhone still ahead

Huawei smartphone sales jumped 42 per cent while offering the smallest discounts, but Apple sold more by value in the month through June 20.

26 Jun 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

A person checks a Huawei Mate 60 Pro smartphone at a Huawei flagship store in Beijing on September 25, 2023. Photo: Reuters

OpenAI curbs access by mainland China, Hong Kong-based developers

The move is set to deal a blow to Chinese companies developing services based on OpenAI’s large language models.

25 Jun 2024 - 5:30PMvideocam

OpenAI is curbing API access from mainland China and Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Apple and Meta have discussed AI partnership: report

Facebook parent Meta Platforms has discussed integrating its generative AI model into Apple’s recently announced AI system for iPhones, the Wall Street Journal.

24 Jun 2024 - 11:03AM

Chinese love AI smartphones but Apple faces localisation challenges: report

Chinese consumers show the strongest interest globally in smartphones with AI capabilities, but foreign brands such as Apple will face localisation challenges.

22 Jun 2024 - 7:14AM

Huawei’s HarmonyOS to break the dominance of Western mobile platforms in China

There are currently more than 900 million devices that run on HarmonyOS, with more than 2.5 million developers creating apps for Huawei’s mobile platform.

21 Jun 2024 - 8:38PM

The adoption of HarmonyOS on the mainland has accelerated on the back of rapid growth in Huawei Technologies’ smartphone shipments. Photo: Shutterstock

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son aims to foster a new era of ‘super’ AI

Son sees a future when chips designed by SoftBank subsidiary Arm support a thriving ecosystem of robots and powerful data centres.

21 Jun 2024 - 3:54PM

Huawei’s HarmonyOS poised for faster expansion on back of WeChat and Douyin

Huawei’s latest initiatives show how it is trying to buttress HarmonyOS’ position as the second-biggest mobile operating system in mainland China, after overtaking Apple’s iOS in the first quarter.

20 Jun 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company as AI rally steams ahead

The semiconductor giant jumped ahead of big tech rivals Microsoft and Apple, as it dominates the AI market with high-powered chips.

19 Jun 2024 - 4:23PMvideocam

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang takes part in a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4. Photo: Bloomberg

Intel’s China arm invests in telecoms subsidiary of Apple supplier Luxshare

Intel’s latest investment on the mainland reflects its efforts in driving the buildout of sophisticated data centres used for the development of artificial intelligence systems.

18 Jun 2024 - 9:00PM

Intel’s latest investment comes amid growing US tech restrictions on the mainland. Photo: Shutterstock

Foxconn hits 8-year stock target set out by founder Terry Gou

‘The AI wave lifts all boats,’ says one analyst, as shares of Hon Hai Precision Industry reach NT$200.

19 Jun 2024 - 1:45PM

Chinese smartphone giant Vivo said to be in talks to sell Indian factory to Tata

Vivo’s potential deal with Tata comes amid India’s growing scrutiny of Chinese businesses and New Delhi’s efforts to involve local manufacturers in the operations of foreign smartphone brands.

17 Jun 2024 - 8:00PM

Huawei’s HarmonyOS tops Apple’s iOS as China’s No 2 mobile platform

Huawei saw HarmonyOS’ domestic presence more than double, from an 8 per cent share in the first quarter of 2023, on the back of brisk sales of its new 5G smartphones.

15 Jun 2024 - 5:16PM

The growing domestic adoption of HarmonyOS shows how Huawei Technologies’ strategy to build an Android alternative has started to pay off. Photo: Shutterstock

8 of the richest LGBT billionaires in the world in 2024 – net worths, ranked

Many in the LGBT community have reached the pinnacle of their chosen profession or business while proudly living our their lifestyle choice

15 Jun 2024 - 6:00AM

Three of the wealthiest in the LGBT community: Jon Stryker, Tim Cook and David Geffen. Photos: AFP, Getty Images, @davidgeffen/Instagram

Apple tops Microsoft in value after best 3-day run since 2020

Apple overtook Microsoft to regain its title as the world’s most valuable company, the latest sign of improving investor sentiment over its growth and position with AI.

14 Jun 2024 - 11:54AM

Apple to ‘pay’ OpenAI for ChatGPT through distribution, not cash

The partnership between Apple and OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone, iPad and Mac is not expected to generate meaningful revenue for either party, according to people briefed on the matter.

13 Jun 2024 - 11:46AM

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