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23 Feb Tech war: Nvidia’s stellar results show it can thrive amid China decoupling as it lists Huawei as potential AI chip rival

Posted at 13:30h in Asia

A massive stock surge for Nvidia Corp in the wake of stellar earnings this week shows that the world’s most important chip developer for the artificial intelligence (AI) age is managing to thrive without China, its third-largest market, say analysts.Nvidia on Wednesday reported a 265...

22 Feb Opinion | Why Magnificent Seven US tech stocks are the bubble that won’t burst

Posted at 11:30h in Asia

It is hard to overstate the importance of this septet. With the exception of Tesla, all the companies figure among the world’s top seven firms by market capitalisation. Moreover, the group’s combined weighting in the S&P 500 is 29 per cent while its share of...

20 Feb Chinese entrepreneurs express awe and fear of OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator, as US sanctions weigh on AI race

Posted at 01:00h in Asia

“I’d like to compare this to the Newton moment of AI development,” Yin said.Chinese smartphone vendors from Meizu to Oppo step up AI integration in devicesZhou Hongyi, chairman and CEO of 360 Security Technology, said on the microblogging site Weibo that the gap between China...

15 Feb Apple up against stiff competition in China as rivals race ahead with generative AI and foldable designs

Posted at 23:30h in Asia

The prospects for Apple, which led China’s smartphone market at the end of 2023, remain cloudy amid the slow integration of artificial intelligence (AI) features within its iPhone and the current popularity of foldable phones in the country, say analysts.With Chinese rivals gearing up to...

15 Feb Chip giant Nvidia is worth more than Google owner Alphabet, a day after surpassing Amazon in value

Posted at 02:45h in Asia

There seems to be no stopping Nvidia’s scorching rally. The day after surpassing the market value of Amazon.com, the chip giant has now overtaken Alphabet as well.Shares of Nvidia rose 2.5 per cent on Wednesday, closing with a market capitalisation of about US$1.83 trillion,...

13 Feb Generative AI paints bleak pictures of Great Wall, Taj Mahal and other famous landmarks under climate change

Posted at 01:30h in Asia

Extreme weather caused by climate change and pollution could break down parts of the Great Wall of China, dry out the water system that supports Angkor Wat in Cambodia, and destroy other renowned global landmarks, according to images generated by a British start-up using ...

12 Feb How Tencent is using AI and VR tech to revive traditional art of Chinese opera, with Hua Mulan just a beginning

Posted at 00:00h in Asia

Hua Mulan, a legendary heroine in ancient China who took her father’s place in conscription for the army by disguising herself as a man, is now known all over the world thanks to The Walt Disney Co’s 1998 animated motion picture Mulan and its 2020...

03 Feb Opinion | Don’t fear an ageing population – rising inequality is the real enemy

Posted at 08:30h in Asia

In many developed countries, large parts of the population are over 65, with Japan having the highest proportion of elderly – 28 per cent of its population. People in this age group tend not to be productive, making them a significant economic burden on...

02 Feb Tech war: Nvidia’s new H20 chip, tailored for China, set to go head-to-head with Huawei product

Posted at 13:00h in Asia

Newly-tailored chips for China from Nvidia are set for direct competition with a processor developed by domestic giant Huawei Technologies, with the two products having a similar price and performance, according to industry sources.Nvidia has started to take pre-orders for its H20, a powerful graphics...

01 Feb TikTok owner ByteDance launches its answer to OpenAI’s GPTs, accelerating a generative AI push amid ChatGPT frenzy

Posted at 13:30h in Asia

ByteDance has launched a platform similar to OpenAI’s GPTs, which allows users to customise its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) bot for specific tasks, as the Chinese owner of TikTok accelerates its AI drive.Coze, rolled out on Thursday in China where OpenAI’s services are not officially...

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