Vishakha Saxena

This year has already seen strong Hong Kong IPOs by leading Chinese AI startups Zhipu AI and MiniMax, as well as graphics processing unit maker Shanghai Biren Technology and chip firm OmniVision Integrated Circuit Group.

Beijing is offering millions of dollars in government funding and rent subsidies for such ventures, as it races towards its goal of ‘technological self-reliance'

Adapting V4 to run on Huawei chips contrasts with DeepSeek's past reliance on US chipmaker Nvidia's semiconductors and marks a breakthrough for the Chinese AI industry.

AMD said in a statement that it was working with firms in Taiwan and elsewhere on advanced computing components that are essential in AI data centres

Thermal power — largely coal — accounted for 62% of generation on Thursday, with solar making up 22%, wind and hydropower taking up 5% each and the rest coming from other sources.

Cutting-edge chips that can train and power AI systems are a crucial and highly sensitive element of the technology rivalry between the US and China

The Quad said in a joint statement that members would together mobilise $20 billion in government and private money to strengthen critical mineral supply chains, including identifying projects in the four countries. It was unclear if that would be entirely new funding.

Taiwan ‘is going to be the manufacturing, the technology, electronics manufacturing hub for the world for a long time to come' Nvidia's chief said

Few countries are more exposed to climate change than Tuvalu, a chain of coral atolls reckoning with acidifying oceans, tropical disease and rising seas.

The robot models at the Seoul fashion show appeared to be a humanoid made by Chinese startup Unitree, which are popular due to their relatively low cost.