Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced on Sunday (Aug 23) a proposed placement of new shares in Hong Kong with an aggregate consideration of HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion), which would mark the largest…
Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department reported that using artificial intelligence to accelerate environmental impact assessments shortened the process from 36-48 months to 15-24 months, redu…
A letter to the editor by Dr Gleb Tsipursky, a behavioural scientist and author, argues that Singapore's AI anxiety among workers, where 89 per cent use AI at work but only 67 per cent believe it will…
Baidu management said Wenxin will return to the top tier of the AI industry and plans to complete its primary listing in Hong Kong by the end of this year, according to the company's second-quarter ea…
Shengshu Technology, the Alibaba-backed generative AI startup behind the Vidu video generation tool, is considering a Hong Kong IPO targeting at least $500 million in proceeds. Founded in March 2023 w…
Hong Kong infrastructure and AI firms are pursuing business opportunities in Malaysia, driven by the country's New Industrial Master Plan 2030 and the recent opening of Hong Kong's Economic and Trade …
George Tung, CEO of UOB Hong Kong, is positioning the bank to leverage Hong Kong's role as a cross-border capital hub by strengthening ASEAN connectivity, integrating wholesale and private banking, an…
Hong Kong authorities have halved the time required for environmental impact assessments using AI, cutting the process from 36-48 months to 15-24 months, as part of a first batch of 30 projects across…
Hong Kong-based 'neo-cloud' provider Antimatter is betting on Chinese open-weight AI models to rival US providers like CoreWeave, helping businesses cut costs and gain data sovereignty. The company ex…
Bruce Rockowitz, a veteran in transforming traditional businesses through innovation and data, says AI is becoming a key competitive advantage for Hong Kong's catering businesses as the city's food de…
Hong Kong's inaugural five-year plan should prioritize the Northern Metropolis mega development, strengthen the city's position as an international financial centre, and advance its artificial intelli…
Hong Kong's privacy watchdog reported a 62% jump in data privacy complaints in the first half of 2026, receiving 2,990 cases, with the information technology sector leading at 867 complaints. Privacy …
Hong Kong's fintech hub Cyberport has filled half of its 66,000-square-metre phase 5 expansion with tenants including Lenovo and BrainCo, according to chairman Simon Chan Sai-ming. The HK$5.5 billion …
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee identified AI as central to the city's ambition to become a global international innovation and technology centre, backed by a HK$3 billion AI subsidy scheme and the…
An economist will write an academic paper in six days on a beach in Hong Kong's Lantau South Country Park, using only generative AI for assistance and livestreaming the entire process, to test whether…
Hong Kong is revamping its stock market to attract AI hardware listings, with the Hang Seng Indexes Company proposing changes to the Hang Seng Tech Index to include more growth-oriented firms and reve…
Hong Kong is expanding its stock market's technology exposure to challenge Nasdaq's dominance in the global AI trade, as mainland Chinese hardware companies like optical transceiver makers line up for…
This week's top developer tools include TensorFlow Quantum 2.0, PyTorch Lightning 1.8, Azure AI SDK for Go 1.0, CLIMA, and Django AI, each offering new capabilities for machine learning and AI integra…
China's Moonshot AI is expected to close a financing round by the end of August at a valuation of up to US$50 billion, ahead of a potential Hong Kong IPO as early as year-end, according to sources. Th…
Moonshot AI, the Chinese developer of the Kimi chatbot, has reportedly opened a G-round pre-IPO financing at a $50 billion valuation, with investor interest intensifying after the launch of Kimi K3. A…