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4 Apr 2023
Alibaba launches budget shopping channel in Taobao, intensifying domestic price war with e-commerce rivals JD.com and Pinduoduo scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…
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4 Apr 2023
Japan to increase chip-gear spending faster than any other nation scmp.com/tech/tech-war/artic…

Japan to increase chip-gear spending faster than any other nation

Japan is expected to spend US$7 billion on wafer fab equipment next year, an 82 per cent jump from this year, in an attempt to boost its position in the global semiconductor market.

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4 Apr 2023
Brazil targets Asian e-commerce giants, local companies in tax push scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Brazil targets Asian e-commerce giants, local companies in tax push

Brazil will soon unveil tax measures, including a crackdown targeting Asian e-commerce giants, as it looks to raise more than US$20 billion, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday.

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3 Apr 2023
As Alibaba plans break-up, employees worry about its impact on units not focused on e-commerce scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Alibaba’s break-up plan has employees worried about their future

Some employees say the separation could hinder communication between units, and reduce outsiders’ trust of smaller departments.

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3 Apr 2023
Huawei’s carmaking ambitions face challenges under US sanctions and concerns over brand identity scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Huawei’s smart car ambitions face reality check in China’s crowded EV market

Huawei’s head of smart cars Richard Yu said during a forum that the company is having trouble finding partners amid competition at home and sanctions abroad.

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3 Apr 2023
Sales of TikTok owner ByteDance up over 30 per cent in 2022 to reach US$80 billion, matching Tencent’s revenue scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Sales of TikTok owner ByteDance neared Tencent’s level in 2022

That double-digit growth, revealed in a recent memo to investors, also topped most global internet leaders, including Meta Platforms and Amazon.com.

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3 Apr 2023
Private Chinese firm takes big step towards developing reusable rockets with launch of liquid-propellant rocket scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/ar…

Private Chinese firm takes big step towards developing reusable rockets

Beijing Tianbing Technology Co, also known as Space Pioneer, successfully sent its liquid-propellant Tianlong-2 rocket into orbit on Sunday.

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2 Apr 2023
Why China launched a cybersecurity review into US memory chip maker Micron Technology and what could happen next scmp.com/tech/tech-war/artic…

Explainer | Why China opened an investigation into US semiconductor firm Micron Technology

Micron Technology, the United States’ largest memory chip maker, has become the first foreign semiconductor company to be put under a cybersecurity review by China.

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1 Apr 2023
Qihoo 360 founder says call by tech experts for pause in AI development amid ChatGPT concerns will not hamper China scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Qihoo 360’s founder shrugs off calls for pause in AI research

Chinese AI entrepreneur is not concerned by a call from global tech experts to pause AI development amid concerns over risks posed to humanity.

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1 Apr 2023
ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China’s artificial intelligence drive scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China

While China had declared AI strategically important as early as 2018, ChatGPT has shattered illusions about the country’s technological prowess.

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31 Mar 2023
Tech war: China hits back at American chip firms as regulator launches cybersecurity probe into Micron’s products scmp.com/tech/tech-war/artic…

China hits back at US in chip war with probe into Micron’s products

Micron has previously warned investors of the risks of being excluded from the China market.

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31 Mar 2023
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s whistle-stop tour of Shanghai bolsters ties with Genshin impact creator miHoYo, other local app developers scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Apple CEO bolsters ties with video gaming firm miHoYo, other local app developers

In his latest whistle-stop tour across China, Apple chief executive Tim Cook pledged to bring more new products and business in the country.

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31 Mar 2023
Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou faces uphill battle in reversing flat revenue, plummeting profits scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou faces uphill battle in reversing flat revenue, plummeting profits

Huawei’s incoming rotating chairwoman Meng Wanzhou faces an uphill battle in finding new growth after the sanctions-hit company reported flat revenue growth and plummeting profits in 2022.

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31 Mar 2023
South Korea cuts chip production most since global financial crisis as demand cools scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/ar…

South Korea cuts chip production most since global financial crisis as demand cools

South Korean chip makers reduced their production by the most since 2008 in February, a sign of declining semiconductor demand that may be deeper and longer-lasting than feared.

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30 Mar 2023
ASML CEO’s China visit unlikely to give immediate relief to country’s embattled chip sector as geopolitical tensions swirl scmp.com/tech/tech-war/artic…

ASML CEO’s China visit unlikely to bear immediate fruit as politics dominate

Analysts say ASML CEO’s China visit is unlikely to change current situation on restrictions of advanced exports of chip technology to the country, with politics dominating.

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30 Mar 2023
US-China tech war: geopolitical tension haunts tech start-ups seeking to be the next TikTok scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

US-China tension haunts start-ups seeking to be the next TikTok

Geopolitical tension between the world’s two largest economies is going to become more pronounced, according to investors and analysts

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30 Mar 2023
Alibaba CEO sees group evolving as ‘asset and capital operator’ after the US$257 billion tech empire is split into 6 independent entities scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Alibaba to turn into an ‘asset and capital operator’ after overhaul, CEO says

Daniel Zhang, Alibaba’s chairman and chief executive, said the group will initially retain control over the boards of the six new companies created under its restructuring plan.

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30 Mar 2023
US streaming giant Hulu cuts 200 jobs in Beijing research centre as tech job losses widen scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

US streaming giant Hulu cuts 200 jobs in Beijing research centre

US streaming giant Hulu is downsizing its research and development centre in Beijing, cutting around 200 employees, according to people familiar with the matter.

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30 Mar 2023
The metaverse is still the next big thing, Meta insists scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

The metaverse is still the next big thing, Meta insists

Nick Clegg, head of global affairs for Meta Platforms, took to the metaverse on Wednesday to insist that the future of computing will take place on that still not-quite-yet-defined virtual world.

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30 Mar 2023
Republican Senator Rand Paul blocks bid to ban Chinese-owned TikTok scmp.com/tech/policy/article…

Republican Senator Rand Paul blocks bid to ban Chinese-owned TikTok

Republican Senator Rand Paul blocked a bid to fast track a ban of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, citing concerns about free speech and uneven treatment of social media companies.

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