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Eagers Automotive tackles delays and financial impact from a recent cyber incident. Explore how the government responds to rising threats.
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China softens stance on gaming industry after $80 billion market value drop
China eases stance on gaming after $80 billion market value evaporation.
China’s e-commerce superpower: Wacky viral videos and care-free influencers
Various Chinese influencers have ‘gone viral’ in recent weeks, with unpolished, unscripted yet highly engaging video formats.
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Eagers Automotive Australia grapples with cyber incident disruption
Eagers Automotive tackles delays and financial impact from a recent cyber incident. Explore how the government responds to rising threats.
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China softens stance on gaming industry after $80 billion market value drop
China eases stance on gaming after $80 billion market value evaporation.
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China’s e-commerce superpower: Wacky viral videos and care-free influencers
Various Chinese influencers have ‘gone viral’ in recent weeks, with unpolished, unscripted yet highly engaging video formats.
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Who is Tang Xiaoou? SenseTime founder was an AI pioneer in China, but courted controversy with facial recognition software
Tang Xiaoou, who died suddenly in December 2023, was a visionary proponent of AI facial recognition technology, especially in China.
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Apple tells suppliers to buy iPhone 16 batteries from India
Apple hopes to diversify its supply chain and reduce costs by instructing component suppliers to source iPhone 16 batteries from India.
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China’s chip revolution: Groundbreaking advances revealed at DOEC conference in Beijing
In a conference in Beijing, one academic revealed how China could solve the AI chip shortage, by overcoming Moore’s Law.
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Liquid cooling tech from China: Saviour of the AI industry?
As a key report on liquid cooling technology suggests this is the future, we ask two top industry players to give their views.
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Capacity Asia 2023: Who’s attending, and what can we expect?
Capacity Asia 2023, held on December 12-13 in Singapore, promises to help shape the future of the global connectivity network.
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IDCC2023: China explores the ethics of AI and the digital economy
As the 18th IDCC meet kicks off, pundits consider how AI, ethics and China’s leadership must pull together for a sustainable digital future.
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China’s ride-hailing app DiDi loses $56 million after 12-hour outage
Didi’s 12-hour outage on Monday caused losses of around $4.6 million per hour, while Alibaba Cloud also faced an interruption.
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Apple Singles Day sales in China fall, Huawei and Xiaomi surge ahead
Apple’s Singles Day performance was dire compared to local Chinese rivals Huawei and Xiaomi, dropping for the third straight quarter.
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Baidu CEO Robin Li warns China’s AI boom risks resource crisis
Baidu CEO warned on China’s AI large language model risk.
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AWS to build data centre in Thailand as other tech giants consider investing
Thailand is set to receive investments worth $8.46 billion from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Microsoft. This initiative is expected to drive the di…
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Meta’s strategic partnership with Tencent opens new horizons for VR in China
Meta’s agreement with Tencent brings affordable VR tech to China, but regulatory challenges loom in a market they haven’t accessed for 14 years.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan’s Fumio Kishida set for tech cooperation roundtable
The leaders of Japan and South Korea are going to participate in a roundtable.
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NVIDIA sidesteps U.S. export rules, makes new chip series for booming China market
NVIDIA has announced a new chip series for China, getting around U.S. export rules.
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China AI startup 01.AI valued at $1B in eight months
A new LLM from China called Yi has attracted massive interest and investment after outperforming established models like Meta’s Llama 2.
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Microsoft invests A$5B to fuel Australian cybersecurity, tech
Microsoft is making an unprecedented A$5 billion (2.6 GBP) investment in Australia, aimed at expanding the nation’s digital infrastructure, boosting cybersec…
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X Faces $610,500 Fine in Australia for Failing Anti-Child-Abuse Standards
Image credit: Wirestock via Freepik Australian authorities have imposed a hefty fine of $386,000 (A$610,500) on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, because…
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China Unveils Stricter Regulations for AI Training Data
China has recently introduced stringent security requirements for companies offering services powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI). This develo…