Fears that increasingly capable AI agents pose existential threats to the traditional software business have rippled through global equity markets, triggering a sharp sell-off in US software stocks this week and spilling over to China’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) sector. Analysts say the impact on China could be just as profound, but shaped by different structural dynamics. “SaaS growth in China in the next few years will be driven by several leading companies in cloud services and AI –...

China tightens crypto crackdown with onshore RWA tokenisation ban

Chinese authorities issued a notice on Friday that tightened regulations on virtual currency trading, expanding Beijing’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies to the tokenisation of real world assets (RWA). Onshore RWA tokenisation activities and related intermediary or technology services for securities issuance, financial operations or fundraising were banned, according to the notice, which added that exceptions may apply in specific cases if approved by authorities. “Overseas entities and...

This Bluetooth Auracast receiver made me take my home theater setup much more seriously

Sennheiser's RS 275 TV headphone bundle delivers one of the flexible in-home entertainment experiences I've reviewed.

Why doesn't my iPhone have a solid-state battery yet? I found out (and can't even be mad)

Solid-state batteries have significant advantages over lithium-ion batteries. Here's what stands in the way of mass distribution.

Your Android phone feeling slow? My 4-step refresh routine works wonders every time

A few taps and swipes are all it takes to make your old phone feel brand new.

Are your Bluetooth devices missing these key features? Here's why - and who to blame

Channel Sounding adoption is slow, but Auracast is gaining momentum. It's all up to manufacturers.

I stopped using a dedicated e-reader when I found out my tablet could do this instead

There's no need for a separate device when your iPad or Android tablet can hold your whole reading library.

How to clear your iPhone cache (and why it makes such a big difference)

If your iPhone is feeling slow, follow this quick routine to boost its speed and free up space.

The best AI chatbots of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.

This 85-inch Sony Bravia dropped to less than $1,000 at Amazon

The Sony Bravia 3 may be an base model LED TV, but it still offers plenty of premium-grade features. Amazon is selling 85-inch version for just under $1,000.

Tech AI spending may approach $700 billion this year, but the blow to cash raises red flags

Tech's megacaps announced major increases in capex spend for 2026, and now investors are preparing for cash to dwindle.

Jim Cramer: Amazon spending looks painful but it's not a reason to sell the stock

Amazon shares fell 7% on Friday after management issued a 2026 capital expenditures guide of $200 billion.

Uber held liable, ordered to pay $8.5 million in driver rape suit

The case lays the groundwork for about 3,000 other sexual misconduct cases the ridesharing platform is facing nationwide.

Google staff call for firm to cut ties with ICE

More than 900 Google employees signed a letter opposing company links to federal immigration actions.

OpenAI executives were on a tear this week trying to quell critics

CEO Sam Altman and several OpenAI executives stepped into a "food fight" over Anthropic's Super Bowl ad and threw jabs at Elon Musk.

Amazon leads Big Tech’s $1 trillion wipeout as AI bubble fears ignite sell-off

Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet all saw their shares fall in the week up to the market close on Thursday.

Apple Music vs. Spotify: I tested both music streaming services, and my choice is clear

Apple Music and Spotify are the two most popular music streaming platforms, so you should know what each has to offer before subscribing.

Nvidia shares rise 8% as Jensen Huang says $660 billion capex buildout is sustainable

Huang's comments come after key Nvidia customers Meta, Amazon, Google and Microsoft reported their latest earnings over the past two weeks.

Uber ordered to pay $8.5m over claim driver raped passenger

The verdict is expected to influence the outcome of thousands of other cases against the ride hailing firm.

I built an iOS app in just two days thanks to AI - and it was exhilarating

Want to see what agentic coding really feels like? Come along on my wild, wonderful, and terrifying two-day vibe coding adventure with Xcode 26.3.

These XR glasses gave me a 200-inch screen to work with - and have quickly replaced my monitors

XR glasses are now a must-have for my travels, and RayNeo's Air 3s Pro offer strong features at a relatively accessible price.

The HP Omen 17 is a solid gaming laptop - and even better at this price

The recent rise of RAM and GPU prices have made it hard to find good gaming laptop deals, but right now at Best Buy you can save almost $1,100 on the HP Omen 17.

Bitcoin rebounds back above $70,000 after nearly breaking below $60,000 a day ago

Some market analysts have suggested bitcoin could fall further, potentially hitting between $40,000 to $50,000.

How to use Lockdown Mode: The extreme iPhone security feature that foiled even the FBI

Lockdown Mode defends your iPhone against cyber attacks and blocks forensic tools after a seizure. Here's how to quickly activate it.

The best Presidents' Day sales we've found so far

Presidents' Day sales are slowly making their way online, and I'm scouting for expert-approved deals on home, tech, and more.

We're upgrading shares of a big beneficiary of AI spending going through the roof

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Goldman Sachs taps Anthropic’s Claude to automate accounting, compliance roles

Goldman Sachs is building AI agents with Anthropic’s Claude to automate trade accounting and client onboarding, aiming to speed work and boost efficiency.

Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators

Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.

How America’s EV retreat is increasing China's control of global markets

U.S. automakers are pivoting away from EVs to refocus on gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs while Chinese manufacturers are expected to keep growing electric exports.

Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved

Voyager CEO Dylan Taylor said a two-year time frame for data centers in space would be "aggressive."

Baldur's Gate to be turned into TV series - without the game's developers

The show will be made by Craig Mazin, who co-created the acclaimed game adaptation The Last Of Us.

Tesla maintains competitive showing in China-made EV sales despite industry headwinds

Tesla remained a strong contender in China's electric vehicle scene, as the company's China-produced EV sales grew modestly in January from the year before.

Tesla launches China AI training centre as self-driving race accelerates

Tesla has begun operating a China-focused artificial intelligence training centre to enhance its cars’ self-driving capabilities in the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market, following Beijing’s deregulation of the technology. Grace Tao, vice-president of Tesla, told Shanghai-based financial news outlet Cailian on Friday that the centre had sufficient computing power to support development of assisted-driving features. However, she did not disclose details such as the centre’s location or...

Why Amazon’s CEO is ‘confident’ with $200 billion spending plan

The company boosted its 2026 capital expenditures to $200 billion, with most of the spending going to data centers.

Bitcoin's rough week, Amazon's plunge, Super Bowl ads and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

TikTok told to change 'addictive design' by EU or face massive fines

TikTok says it plans to challenge the "categorically false and entirely meritless" accusations.

China fines firms for fake ChatGPT and DeepSeek services amid tightening AI governance

China’s market regulator has penalised several companies for posing as DeepSeek and OpenAI’s ChatGPT to defraud users, in its latest crackdown on unfair competition in the fast-growing artificial intelligence sector. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), China’s market watchdog, fined Shanghai Shangyun Internet Technology 62,692.70 yuan (US$9,034) for operating a fraudulent ChatGPT service on Tencent Holdings’ super app WeChat. The service posed as the official Chinese version...

Alibaba’s bubble tea giveaway pushes Qwen past Tencent’s Yuanbao to top of China App Store

Hours after Alibaba Group Holding began offering freebies including bubble tea through its artificial intelligence app Qwen on Friday, a surge in downloads pushed the chatbot past Tencent Holdings’ Yuanbao to the top of China’s Apple App Store, climbing from 10th place a day earlier. More than 10 million free orders – worth 250 million yuan (US$36 million) – were placed within nine hours using vouchers capped at 25 yuan through Qwen, its team said on its official Weibo account. The surge in...

Bitcoin falls to lowest level since Trump took office

The price of the digital currency has dropped significantly despite President Donald Trump’s public support.

Watchdog slaps China’s Kuaishou with US$17 million fine after explicit content probe

China’s internet watchdog has fined Kuaishou Technology 119.1 million yuan (US$17 million) for hosting explicit live-streaming content, just days after the operator of the country’s second-largest short-video platform was penalised over e-commerce violations. Beijing’s Cyberspace Administration launched an investigation following reports of a surge in pornographic and vulgar streams. The probe found the platform had failed to meet its cybersecurity obligations, fix system vulnerabilities in...

Fosun Pharma’s US$1.55 billion Eisai deal signals shift to long-term partnerships

A unit of Fosun Pharma has struck a US$1.55 billion deal to license its home-grown cancer drug to Japan’s Eisai, adding to a wave of out-licensing agreements that are channelling billions of dollars into Chinese novel drug development. The deal comes as Chinese novel drug makers are having more say in how their new medicines are developed with global partners, shifting from simple one-off licensing fees, where a company is paid for granting rights to its drug, to long-term collaborations. Under...

China trials its largest locally made AI computing resource in major infrastructure push

China’s state-backed SuperComputing Network (SCNet), a major computing resource provider, has deployed a new node for beta testing, powered by the country’s largest domestically made artificial intelligence computing cluster. The node, which began trial runs on Thursday in Zhengzhou, central Henan province, consists of three scaleX platforms from Chinese supercomputer developer Sugon, which support the deployment of more than 30,000 AI acceleration cards, according to statements from both SCNet...

CNBC Daily Open: Amazon one-ups its rivals on capex spending, but investors are already worried over AI valuations

Amazon's capital expenditure projection comes in at $200 billion, above analysts' estimates of $146.6 billion and higher than the roughly $131 billion in 2025.

AI fears pummel software stocks: Is it 'illogical' panic or a SaaS apocalypse?

The software space is facing serious market concerns this week, after the release of new AI tools from AI triggered a market sell-off.

China’s humanoid robot makers pivot from ‘body’ to ‘brain’ as commercial race heats up

Chinese humanoid robotics companies are doubling down on developing intelligent models, as investors eye advances in robot “brains” as the next step towards real-world commercial use. Shenzhen-based Dobot said on Wednesday that it delivered its third batch of mass produced, full-size humanoid Atom robots, marking a shift from laboratory concept to an industrialised product. Dobot, listed in Hong Kong, said its self-developed Dobot-VLA, a vision-language-action model, enabled Atom to react to...

CNBC Daily Open: Amazon's projected capex dwarfs that of its peers — which have already spooked markets

Amazon's capital expenditure projection comes in at $200 billion, above analysts' estimates of $146.6 billion and higher than the roughly $131 billion in 2025.

Amazon learns a tough lesson in a market bailing on tech. Why we must be patient

While reiterating our 1 rating on Amazon, we had no choice but to lower our price target on the selloff over management's massive spending guide.

Can robots ever be graceful?

Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.

Reddit shares rise on reveals strong guidance, $1 billion buyback

Reddit reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday in which the social media company beat on the top and bottom lines.

Roblox shares rocket on earnings beat, strong forecast

Roblox shares surged as much as 20% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported results for the fourth fiscal quarter that beat consensus estimates.

Crypto bill talks picking up in Senate after clearing a key vote, Sen. Boozman says

Sen. John Boozman said Republicans, Democrats and industry officials are working to advance crypto legislation that moved through his Senate committee.

Amazon cloud unit beats on revenue and profit as parent company ramps up AI spending

Amazon is investing heavily to capitalize on artificial intelligence opportunities in the cloud.

Space-computing push of Elon Musk’s SpaceX shines beam on China’s solar supply chain

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been sounding out multiple Chinese solar suppliers in recent weeks, industry insiders and companies confirmed, as the world’s richest man advances his vision for space-based data centres powered by constant solar energy – drawing fresh attention to China’s solar supply chain. The discussions, which have not yet resulted in confirmed orders, triggered a rally in shares of several solar-related companies earlier this week, before sentiment cooled on Thursday. Analysts and...

How exposed are software stocks to AI tools? We put vibe-coding to the test

How real is the AI threat to software companies? CNBC put it to the test by vibe-coding a Monday.com replacement.

Good news in a sea of pain sends 2 non-tech stocks higher in Thursday's down market

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 as AI moves toward a 'vibe working' era

Anthropic's latest AI model is better at coding, sustaining tasks for longer and creating high-quality professional work.

Is the AI bubble popping itself? Software's break from the tech stock boom raises concerns

Many investors expect the sell-off has gone too far, saying agentic AI is unable to meaningfully hurt incumbents in the sector.

Cyberport rolls out one-stop ‘ABC Service Centre’

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Cyberport has launched a new technology platform to better support the adoption of AI across Hong Kong’s research and development sector, as the city continues to build out its digital infrastructure for advanced technologies. One-Stop Platform Driving Innovation From Idea to Rollout Unveiled on January 26, Cyberport ABC Service Centre brings together A (artificial intelligence), B (big data) and C (cybersecurity)...

Bitcoin drops, driving US$2 trillion slide in crypto market value

Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious ‍metals and a broad sell-off in tech shares. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell to a low of US$66,675.12, its weakest since October 2024, a month before Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election, having signalled his intention to support cryptocurrency on the campaign trail. It was last down 6.5 per cent at US$67,817. In total, the global digital market...

ChatGPT boss ridiculed for online 'tantrum' over rival's Super Bowl ad

Commenters said Altman's lengthy post shows "a nerve was well and truly hit" by Anthropic's advert.

UK's £8bn research fund faces 'hard decisions' as it pauses new grants

UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to "focus and do fewer things better".

TSMC Japan plan for advanced chips seen as hedge against pressure from US, China

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s plan for advanced chip production at a Japanese plant will help it hedge against US tariff threats and the possibility of a Beijing blockade around Taiwan, analysts said, while providing Japanese giants such as Sony and Toyota with local access to advanced chips for artificial intelligence applications. C C Wei, president and CEO of the world’s top chip foundry, known as TSMC and based in Taiwan, said on Thursday after meeting Japanese Prime Minister...

TikTok tax time: ByteDance ‘encourages’ overseas Chinese staff to declare income

As the tax filing season approaches, Chinese nationals working for ByteDance overseas have been reminded to report their income to authorities in China. For a second consecutive year, the TikTok owner has notified staff in countries including the United States, Singapore and Japan of their tax obligations – a long-standing rule that has only been enforced more strictly in recent years as Beijing seeks to bolster fiscal revenue. “Chinese nationals are generally considered Chinese tax residents,...

Baidu unveils first-ever dividend and US$5 billion buy-back amid AI race

Search-engine leader Baidu introduced its first-ever dividend policy and unveiled a three-year share buy-back programme of US$5 billion on Thursday, briefly sending its shares sharply higher, as the Chinese artificial intelligence heavyweight sought to shore up investor confidence amid intensifying competition. The company said in a stock exchange filing that its board had approved a share repurchase programme running through the end of 2028. Baidu also declared its first-ever dividend payment...

US launches plan to tackle China's critical minerals dominance

The event was attended by representatives of more than 50 countries, the White House said.

Morgan Stanley sees another record year for Hong Kong IPOs as pipeline hits 450

Cathy Zhang, head of Asia-Pacific equity capital markets at Morgan Stanley, sounded hoarse after a day of back-to-back meetings with companies keen to go public in Hong Kong. “It’s very possible that the value and number may exceed last year’s IPO figures, given the momentum we have seen in January,” Zhang said in an interview on January 30. Nearly 100 companies filed for stock offerings in the city last month, more than triple the same period in 2025, a year which saw Hong Kong crowned as the...

From chatbots to replays: Alibaba rolls out AI suite for 2026 Winter Olympics

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and artificial intelligence arm of Alibaba Group Holding, has unveiled a suite of AI-powered tools for the Milano Cortina Winter Games, marking the first time a large language model (LLM) will be embedded into the Olympics’ digital infrastructure. The partnership between Alibaba Cloud, Olympic Broadcasting Services and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was announced on Wednesday. Alibaba’s Qwen model will power “Olympic AI Assistants”, a digital system...

The yachting industry searches for alternatives to teak

Prized for its beauty, teak is in short supply, forcing the yacht industry to look for alternatives.

China’s chip champion Moore Threads sees beyond silicon with push into AI coding

Moore Threads – one of China’s domestic artificial intelligence chip champions – has entered the intensifying race for AI coding tools with the launch of a new service built on its latest graphics processing unit (GPU). The Beijing-based company on Tuesday unveiled its “AI Coding Plan”, a vertically integrated development suite that runs on a fully domestic hardware-to-model stack, marking a strategic push beyond chipmaking into developer-facing software services. AI coding has emerged as a key...

AI 'slop' is transforming social media - and a backlash is brewing

Social media has been flooded with fake, AI-generated images and videos. But will the majority of users actually care?

When context is everything, AI models still struggle in the real world: Tencent

Leading US and Chinese artificial intelligence models are frustrating to use in real-world settings because they struggle to learn from context, Tencent Holdings said in a new technical paper – the first co-authored by Vinces Yao Shunyu since he took up the role of chief AI scientist at the firm. AI developers need to place “context learning” at the centre of future model design if their products are to become genuinely useful outside controlled environments, according to researchers from...

China’s GaN pioneer Innoscience, founded by Nasa scientist, secures Google AI hardware deal

Innoscience, China’s pioneer in gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors, said it completed design-ins for Google’s AI hardware platforms, signalling continued tech collaboration between Chinese and US companies despite broader geopolitical tensions. The collaboration demonstrated “the company’s leading position in terms of technological advancement, product performance and quality,” Suzhou-based Innoscience said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that it would focus on “fields with high growth...

Pinterest sacks engineers for tracking staff job cuts

The social media platform recently announced that it was axing around 15% of its workforce.

Tencent’s giveaway campaign for AI chatbot Yuanbao blocked – by WeChat

Tencent Holdings’ aggressive red-packet blitz to promote its artificial intelligence chatbot Yuanbao ran into a roadblock on Wednesday from the company’s own super app WeChat, dealing a blow to a US$144 million effort to acquire users for the emerging AI app. WeChat, known as Weixin on the mainland, announced on Wednesday that it would restrict Yuanbao links from opening directly within WeChat, effective immediately, in response to “user feedback and complaints”, according to a...

Chinese AI firms defend safety practices, push back on Western criticism

Chinese companies are mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence in their own way and should not be judged through a Western lens, according to Chinese industry insiders. The comments come ahead of what is expected to be a busy month for Chinese AI developers, with new major models set to be released ahead of the Lunar New Year. Last year, concerns about the risks of Chinese models held back some global users from adopting them, with high-profile DeepSeek in particular banned or restricted...

X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok

Elon Musk's X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.

Netflix and Warner Bros struggle to defend merger

Concerns were raised by a subcommittee including potential price rises and the future of cinemas.

Mainland memory firms eye Hong Kong for funds to fuel ‘global ambitions’

A number of mainland-based suppliers of memory chips and storage solutions are pursuing share listings in Hong Kong, signalling a strategic change in how the sector aims to fuel its global ambitions, according to analysts. The most watched firm is Shanghai-based Montage Technology, a designer of high-speed interconnect chips for data centres, which is taking orders from institutional investors and is set to debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday. Montage, which listed in Shanghai in...

HKMA launches quantum readiness and cybersecurity projects for banks in AI era

Hong Kong’s banking regulator has unveiled four flagship projects, including a quantum computing readiness index, to help the city’s lenders stay competitive and secure in the artificial intelligence era. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said the initiatives formed part of its new Fintech Promotion Blueprint, aimed at guiding responsible innovation and preparing the city’s banking sector for rapid technological change. The blueprint was announced on Tuesday in response to industry...

Funding surge powers Chinese robotics firms as focus shifts to humanoid ‘brains’

Chinese robotics firms continue to secure fresh financing, including from state-backed funds, as investors shift focus from hardware to the “brains” of humanoids – the software and operating systems that underpin their intelligence. Alongside hardware-centric companies like Unitree Robotics, a new wave of firms is emerging with capital directed towards robotic software and operating systems. Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker LimX Dynamics announced on Monday the completion of its US$200...

France raids X offices, summons Elon Musk over child pornography and deepfake probe

French police raided the Paris offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as prosecutors summoned its owner Elon Musk for questioning over a widening investigation into alleged offences, including the spread of child pornography and deepfakes. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the search was part of a probe opened in January last year by its cybercrime unit, conducted in coordination with the EU police agency Europol. In a major escalation of the legal scrutiny facing the platform...

Musk's SpaceX and xAI merge to make world's most valuable private company

Musk says the combined firm - which has been valued at more than $1tn - will be an "innovation engine".

‘Punches above its weight’: compact AI model from China’s StepFun outshines larger rivals

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up StepFun has unveiled a lightweight AI model that it says punches above its weight, rivalling larger systems from domestic competitors including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI as competition intensifies in the country’s AI sector. The Shanghai-based AI lab said on Monday its latest Step 3.5 Flash model was designed to deliver advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities while maintaining efficiency. Despite its relatively modest size of about 196 billion...

Uber enters first Asian market in years with Macau relaunch

Uber Technologies is rolling out its ride-hailing service in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, expanding into a new Asian market for the first time in years. Riders from Tuesday would be able to book and pay for taxis in the city using multiple languages, the US-based company said in a statement. It would also offer a limousine service between Macau and neighbouring Hong Kong, though trips had to be booked 24 hours in advance, it said. The move marks Uber’s first new entry to an Asian market...

China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns

It makes China the first country to stop the use of designs first made popular by Elon Musk's Tesla.

‘Value for money’: AI agent OpenClaw adopts Chinese models for cost edge over US rivals

Chinese open-source artificial intelligence models are being adopted by OpenClaw, the global hit AI agent, for their favourable balance of cost and performance, according to industry experts. OpenClaw, which has been a runaway success since its late 2025 launch, announced on Friday that it was offering Chinese start-up Moonshot AI’s latest Kimi K2.5 and Kimi Coding agent for free in its service, while adding support for MiniMax, another Chinese foundational AI developer. Analysts said Chinese...

Microbiome leader redefines healthcare beyond the gut

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Every year, more than eight million people around the world anxiously wait for accurate diagnoses of debilitating gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Yet definitive diagnosis often requires time-consuming, costly tests and invasive procedures – barriers that can discourage patients from seeking help early, when intervention is most effective. Responding to this urgent global need for...

Will Tencent’s red packet cash giveaway work again in crowded AI market?

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings aims to replicate the success of WeChat Pay by splashing cash for its artificial intelligence app Yuanbao, but analysts are sceptical about whether subsidies can move the needle in the increasingly crowded market. Yuanbao’s 1 billion yuan (US$144 million) promotional campaign, which gives out cash through digital red packets to drive adoption, kicked off with a high-profile launch on Sunday, as many users woke up to find their WeChat groups flooded with...

What is the 'social media network for AI' Moltbook?

The Reddit-like website which launched in late January allows AI bots to speak to each other.

Hong Kong crypto investors stay cautious but upbeat as bitcoin sell-off deepens

Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency investors remain cautiously optimistic despite a sharp market sell-off over the weekend that pushed major digital assets to months-long lows. Bitcoin slid to US$74,541 on Monday morning, its lowest level in 10 months, extending a decline of about 40 per cent from its record high above US$126,000. That peak had been fuelled in part by expectations of a more crypto-friendly stance from the Trump administration. Other major tokens also weakened, with Ethereum down more...

When a robot topples: China’s Xpeng deals with fallout from humanoid’s public plunge

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng Motors showcased its humanoid robot in front of hundreds of onlookers at a mall in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen over the weekend, but a backwards flop became headlines, reflecting the bumpy journey ahead for such machines. After completing a smooth catwalk to the centre of the audience on Saturday, Iron, the 178cm robot said to walk with humanlike grace, lost its balance and fell backwards when standing still on the stage, according to multiple...

Pornhub is now restricting access for UK users - will other sites follow suit?

The UK's largest porn site has blocked unregistered users from accessing explicit content in the country, but why motives remain unclear.

Alibaba’s Qwen ramps up AI app race with Spring Festival giveaway blitz

Alibaba Group Holding has joined rivals including Tencent Holdings and Baidu in rolling out Spring Festival red-packet giveaways to drive mass-market adoption of its artificial intelligence apps, committing 3 billion yuan (US$432 million) to spur spending across its ecosystem as it seeks to extend its edge in foundational models to consumer-facing products. The Hangzhou-based e-commerce and AI giant said on Monday that its AI app Qwen would anchor a Spring Festival campaign across its flagship...

China’s AI labs race to debut latest models before Lunar New Year

China’s frontier artificial intelligence labs are ending the lunar year on a high note, racing to release a series of new AI models in the last few weeks of the Year of the Snake as the country gears up to celebrate the start of the Year of the Horse. Beijing-based Zhipu AI and Shanghai-quartered MiniMax, which just made their stock exchange debuts in Hong Kong, would be the next to update their flagship AI systems with across-the-board enhancements, according to sources familiar with their...

Hong Kong back in global IPO spotlight after strongest January in years

Nearly 100 companies filed new listing applications in Hong Kong in January, marking a strong start to 2026 for initial public offering (IPO) activity. A total of 95 companies applied to list on Hong Kong’s main board, while one sought a place on the Growth Enterprise Market, which primarily served smaller and growth-stage firms, according to a report from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) on Friday. The 96 applications were more than triple the 29 recorded a year earlier, and roughly...

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang urges TSMC to expand capacity amid AI chip crunch

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) needs to “work very hard” to meet growing demand from leading US chip designer Nvidia, which alone could require TSMC to more than double its capacity in the next decade, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said. Huang’s remarks followed a high-profile banquet on Saturday evening with executives of key supply chain partners in Taiwan, including TSMC chairman and CEO C C Wei and Foxconn chairman Young Liu, as the Nvidia founder sought to shore up supply...

‘Optimus chain’: Chinese suppliers form the backbone of Tesla’s humanoid robot initiative

Elon Musk wants to bring the production of its Optimus robot to the US amid electric carmaker Tesla’s plan to pivot towards manufacturing humanoids, smart machines that could one day serve as part of the workforce at American factories. That ambitious initiative, however, was expected to remain dependent on China’s vast and fast-developing robotics supply chain into the foreseeable future, even as the final assembly of Optimus would be established in the US, according to analysts and industry...

Musk's SpaceX applies to launch a million satellites into orbit

The firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence.

China slaps US$3.7 million fine on Kuaishou over live-streaming e-commerce violation

Chinese regulators have slapped a 26 million yuan (US$3.7 million) fine on a unit of Kuaishou Technology, operator of the country’s No 2 short video platform, over multiple violations and misconduct in its live-streaming e-commerce operations, signalling tighter oversight of this market segment. Chengdu Kuaigou Technology, a unit of Beijing-based Kuaishou, was found to have committed seven breaches including failure to disclose information in accordance with the law, charging unreasonable fees...

China’s Wingtech, owner of Nexperia, expects wider loss amid row over Dutch chipmaker

Wingtech Technology, the Chinese owner of chipmaker Nexperia, is expected to post a loss of between 9 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) and 13.5 billion yuan in 2025, owing to the Dutch government’s takeover of the semiconductor firm, the Shanghai-listed company said in a statement on Friday. Wingtech said that its authority over the chipmaker continues to be “temporarily restricted” since the October 7 ruling of the Dutch Enterprise Chamber, a special division of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal,...

China’s semiconductor firms post hefty 2025 profits amid AI boom, tech self-reliance drive

Enterprises across China’s semiconductor industry recorded hefty profit growth last year, according to their unaudited financial results, driven by the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout and Beijing’s push for tech self-reliance. Graphics processing unit (GPU) designer Cambricon Technologies on Friday reported a net profit of 2.2 billion yuan (US$316 million) in 2025, its first profitable year, on the back of “the continuous rise in computing power demand within the AI...

How hair-raising prices for memory chips could take China’s top makers to new heights

In the world’s biggest wholesale electronics marketplace in the bustling Huaqiangbei district of the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen, memory is the new gold. On a Tuesday in January, a merchant surnamed Ye held up a list of prices that looked more appropriate for luxury goods than humble computer parts. A pair of 32-gigabyte, 6000-megahertz Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) memory sticks was priced at 6,878 yuan (US$990) – having shot up nearly fivefold since September. “In my over 10 years in...

Ant Group’s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has open-sourced its first artificial intelligence models for robotics, as it steps up efforts to build machine intelligence capable of handling complex real-world tasks. The move signals a deeper push by the Hangzhou-based Ant into embodied intelligence – AI systems designed to perceive, reason and act in physical environments rather than purely digital settings. The company is the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, owner of the South China Morning...

China tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba to ramp up AI infrastructure efforts

ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holding are poised to ratchet up their artificial intelligence infrastructure initiatives, as the global AI arms race continues to intensify. The two companies’ latest moves lend weight to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s recent remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the world was witnessing the biggest infrastructure buildout in history and that trillions of dollars of infrastructure still had to be built. Beijing-based ByteDance, operator of TikTok...

He calls me sweetheart and winks at me - but he's not my boyfriend, he's AI

George is an avatar on my mobile but claims to know what makes me tick.

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