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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he would like to strengthen his country’s relationship with China. Mahathir, who is on his first trip to China since being elected in May, expressed strong interest in exchanges on technology and other sectors. Before arriving in Beijing, the 93-year-old leader visited …
The Ori system, enabled by technology, accommodates living space, a bedroom, wardrobe and home office in an apartment as small as 200 sq ft.
Singapore-based company Grab has become the biggest tech unicorn in southeast Asia, with a valuation of over US$10 billion. What started as a ride-hailing service has grown to include food delivery and e-payments. And now it's looking to expand even further. Grab CEO Anthony Tan spoke to the South China Morning Post.
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Chinese pharmaceutical company Changchun Changsheng Bio-technology has been found to have sold more than 250,000 substandard DPT vaccines to a public health agency in eastern China’s Shandong province. It's not the first time China has been gripped by a scandal over the quality of infant goods, and many parents rema…
How big a role will news editors play in the future of media, and what role will algorithms play in news? At Hong Kong’s RISE conference, South China Morning Post CEO Gary Liu discussed the issue with Google news labs lead, APAC, Irene Jay Liu and Altimeter Capital partner Ram Parameswaran.
Sophia, a robot developed in Hong Kong, talked to the South China Morning Post about innovation. She also talked to Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor about turning the metropolis into a smart city.
Alibaba’s financial arm Ant Financial has unveiled a cross-border remittance service based on blockchain technology in a move designed to compete with banks and remittance services.
A new art museum in Japan doesn’t just allow visitors to stand around and admire what’s on display. It encourages them to immerse themselves in the artwork by interacting with each exhibit. The Mori Building Digital Art Museum: Epson teamLab Borderless in Tokyo is the world’s first digital art museum. It contains un…
A theme park based on the universe of social media app Line has opened in central Bangkok, with its famous emojis and stickers taking centre stage.
Vietnam is the birthplace of water puppetry. This ancient art form emerged in the country’s northern rice paddies as entertainment for farmers. The shows at Hanoi's Thang Long theatre have long attracted thousands of tourists every week. However, the centuries-old art form draws little attention from locals, especia…
It pays to be early, especially when it comes to cryptocurrencies.
Alibaba’s global research DAMO Academy unit launched a new “smart ordering” system that lets customers place orders via voice, and make changes or corrections at any time. In a demonstration, the system took an order for a whopping 34 coffees in just 49 seconds - three times faster than a human barista.
Short video phone app Tik Tok has become popular after launching in Hong Kong. However, concerns have been raised over personal data protection of underage users, despite the app claiming it only targets those aged 16 or over.
At a tech conference in Tianjin, Foxconn CEO Terry Gou pledges to invest in the port city near Beijing.
Taiwan is seeking to boost its domestic defence industry amid rising tensions with Beijing, which has recently sent several warplanes and an aircraft carrier close to the island on multiple occasions. The push for a “self-reliance policy” in domestic defence is a priority for President Tsai Ing-wen, as concern grows…
The firm behind the hugely popular Meitu beautification app has a range of video and image editing apps, an e-commerce platform, a mobile phone division and more than 1.5 billion users worldwide.
TuSimple, a self-driving truck start-up, is close to launching unmanned port logistics services, bringing autonomous driving technology one step closer to commercialisation.
With the help of artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology, jaywalkers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen will be named and shamed, fined and notified of their wrongdoing via an instant message.
Contestants from around the world gathered in Shanghai to compete in the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST, or For Inspiration Recognition Science Technology, hosts yearly competitions to inspire the younger generation to become leaders in science and technology.
China’s Tencent is one of the biggest tech companies in the world. What began with an instant messaging app has now grown into China's largest social network and the world’s largest gaming company. Here’s what’s behind Tencent’s meteoric rise.
Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Hawking lived for more than three decades with ALS, a type of motor neurone disease. Despite his condition, Hawking communicated with people from all over the world about science and technology. He enjoyed a special relationship with Chinese peopl…
How technology is improving education in rural China.
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Artificial intelligence and virtual reality are making inroads into the tourism sector.
Tencent, the company which owns WeChat, has been giving mini-programs, mobile applications that can load instantly on WeChat rather than being downloaded from app stores, a huge push since 2016 as it aims to make WeChat a complete ecosystem rather than a simple chat app.
At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, tech firms showcased the newest robots in a growing trend: self-driving suitcases. The latest models use facial recognition and GPS.
Together with South China Morning Post's tech reporter Zen Soo, let's find out how much the average person on the Las Vegas strip knows about Chinese tech brands.
The latest version of Baidu’s autonomous driving software, Apollo, will be tested in Las Vegas as part of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Fellow Chinese start-ups are working on self-driving electric cars as China, the world’s biggest auto market, aims to phase out the sale of vehicles powered by fossil fuels.
There are 482 companies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year which have 'Shenzhen' in their name. Last year, Chinese companies accounted for about one-third of all exhibitors. This year Chinese firms are bringing their latest electric cars and handset to the world's largest electronics trade show.…
Rising labour costs and competition from emerging markets in Southeast Asia have left the once-booming manufacturing industry in Dongguan at a crossroads. Now, the city is trying to reinvent itself as a hi-tech hub.
Google and Facebook have been told by Chinese regulators to accept censorship and tough online laws to reach the country's 751 million internet users.
A new app promises to help people with their Cantonese pronunciation.
Sophia caught the world’s attention when she became the first robot to be granted citizenship of a country, Saudi Arabia. The robot uses artificial intelligence to identify speech patterns and take part in human conversations.
Self-driving electric buses developed by Chinese tech group Haylion Technologies underwent a test run in Shenzhen. Although drivers are still needed for emergency situations, the buses can operate autonomously without a driver most of the time.
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Casetify has taken Hong Kong and the world by storm since its establishment in 2011. The company has grown into one of the three biggest tech accessory brands in the world in that time, taking CEO and co-founder Wesley Ng and many others by surprise with the rapid rate at which this feat was achieved.
Chinese tech start-up Makeblock has been running robot competitions as China aims to increase young people’s interest in STEAM subjects (science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics).
Skype has vanished from Apple and Android app stores in China.
Through skilful setting and craftsmanship – and with a little help from technology these days – jewellery maisons have been making incredible strides in this direction. So much so, that French maison Cartier has dedicated a whole collection to this theme with its new Résonances de Cartier, which last month celebrate…
UBTech Robotics has released the First Order Stormtrooper robot. It gives an AR experience and equipped with voice command, facial recognition and patrolling capabilities.
After more than a decade of work, Japan’s Sony Corp reinvents its robotic dog Aibo with artificial intelligence.
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E-commerce giant will open seven labs globally as part of project that executive chairman Jack Ma says will also contribute to ‘society and the era’
Google on Wednesday introduced new Pixel ear buds that the company says are capable of real-time translation of conversations in different languages - including Chinese.
Recently, Chinese authorities have announced a crackdown on cryptocurrency. Fundraising through initial coin offerings has been banned and all digital currency exchanges in China will be shut down.
Hong Kong mogul’s CK Hutchison and Ma’s Ant Financial establish joint venture to expand Alipay’s mobile wallet and payment service in the city
Heelight is a smart lightbulb that ‘hears’ the environment around it, and can switch between 30 modes and 16 million RGB colours.
Chinese companies say 53 per cent of their workload will move to the cloud. So who are the winners and losers in this widening playing field?
