DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its…
It is not the best salesmanship to openly tell your biggest customer you won’t sell them your best products, only inferior ones taking up storage space. And yet, in explaining why US President Donald Trump would let Nvidia and other US tech firms sell chips to China, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pretty much said the…
China has deployed a working prototype of a global defence system similar to the United States’ proposed Golden Dome, while hailing a breakthrough in data processing technology for worldwide threat management, according to scientists involved in the project. Although the “distributed early warning detection big data platform” is still in its early stages of development,…
This emerging system aims to mass-produce space systems not just quickly but with consistent quality, lower cost and greater flexibility. With global space activity projected to grow exponentially fuelled by new technology and orbital launches reaching 170,000 tonnes of payloads annually by 2045, the country that masters scalable space production will dominate the future, according…
This year marks half a century of formal diplomatic relations between China and the European Union as well as the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. As part of a series of reports examining ties between the two powers, Meredith Chen and Nora Mankel look at how…
Three key government departments have been picked to test the use of AI to improve efficiency without incurring additional costs, Hong Kong’s innovation chief has said, urging the public not to equate its usage with job cuts. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong revealed on Saturday that the Companies Registry, the Transport Department…
Apple Inc. has created a ChatGPT-style iPhone application to support the development of a major overhaul of its voice assistant, Siri, expected to launch next year, according to sources familiar with the matter, reported Bloomberg. Veritas: Internal Testing Tool The app, reportedly known internally as Veritas—Latin for “truth”—allows Apple employees to test new AI-driven features…
Apple is building a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to test a revamped version of Siri. Still, the tool is restricted to internal testing only and will not be released to consumers, Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 26). The app lets Apple engineers experiment with features such as searching through emails and music or completing in-app tasks like…
Hong Kong police recorded HK$3.6 billion (US$463 million) in technology crime losses in the first seven months of 2025, an 18 per cent increase year-on-year despite a decrease in the number of cases, as cybercriminals become more adept at identifying high-value targets using artificial intelligence. Rachel Hui Yee-wai, superintendent at the force’s cyber security and…
Hong Kong police recorded HK$3.6 billion (US$463 million) in technology crime losses in the first seven months of 2025, an 18 per cent increase year-on-year despite a decrease in the number of cases, as cybercriminals become more adept at identifying high-value targets using artificial intelligence. Rachel Hui Yee-wai, superintendent at the force’s cyber security and…