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Before the factory floor, the dance floor: robots find path to market at US$145
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (261+ words) Humanoid robots may one day transform factories and warehouses, but for now their most immediate role is keeping the party going Before humanoid robots realise their longer-term potential as efficient industrial workers, a more immediate role is emerging in China:…...
China’s AI arms race sees sector brace for major flagship model launch week
13+ hour, 40+ min ago (168+ words) A "stealth" model has emerged, while advancements by Alibaba"s Qwen-3.5 and Zhipu"s GLM-5 aim to spur domestic competition following releases by US heavyweights China"s AI sector is bracing for a monumental week, with a flurry of new…...
China’s Xi signals tech ambitions in 5-year plan with Beijing tour
14+ hour, 11+ min ago (360+ words) China's Xi signals tech ambitions in 5-year plan with Beijing tour'South China Morning Post President Xi Jinping has toured a hi-tech park in Beijing to assess China's progress in information technology innovation, underscoring the country's intensifying focus on high-level development…...
ByteDance’s new model sparks stock rally as China’s AI video battle escalates
15+ hour, 13+ min ago (233+ words) Seedance 2.0 thrills early adopters with cinematic realism and fuels debate over AI's role in filmmaking and content creation The model " still in beta and available to select users of Jimeng AI, ByteDance's AI video platform " delivered enhanced lifelike video outputs…...
Next-Generation timing innovator set to power the future of AI infrastructure
17+ hour, 32+ min ago (271+ words) The tech innovator is strengthening its Hong Kong presence to deepen production collaboration, expand sales across mainland China, and further optimise its world-first technology. At the heart of this transformation are advanced timing integrated circuit (IC) solutions. Often described as the…...
Vietnam’s legendary maths genius Ngo Bao Chau to join University of Hong Kong
17+ hour, 43+ min ago (153+ words) The Fields Medal winner and his country's most distinguished mathematician is leaving the US and returning to Asia Born in Hanoi in 1972, Ngo showed early brilliance, winning gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1988 and 1989, before going on to…...
US transformers are ageing. Why renewable energy could make things worse
19+ hour, 43+ min ago (199+ words) Team in China finds that high renewable energy integration could make power transformers age nearly a quarter faster The researchers discovered that high renewable energy integration could make power transformers, vital components that regulate voltage in electricity grids, age faster…...
SpaceX puts Mars on back burner to focus on moon ‘city’, Musk says
19+ hour, 59+ min ago (203+ words) After years of ambitious Mars predictions, Earth's richest person admits the moon is more achievable in the shorter term SpaceX is putting its long-standing focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritise establishing a settlement on…...
‘Super antibody’ found by Chinese team could end 30% fatality tick-borne fever
21+ hour, 42+ min ago (124+ words) Researchers in China say the protein could be a way to tackle a growing parasitic threat In the world of tick-borne illnesses, Lyme disease gets the headlines. For example, Greg Yang, one of the 12 original co-founders of Elon Musk's artificial…...
LEAP East lands in Asia with strong government support from HKSAR Government and key regional tech leaders
23+ hour, 43+ min ago (315+ words) Backed by Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong, LEAP East brings global tech leaders, investors and policymakers together at the crossroads of Asia and the Middle East Riyadh and Hong Kong, 4 February 2026: LEAP East, which will debut in Hong Kong from…...