Mainland China's stock markets are mirroring the US trend of tech stock dominance, with the technology sector becoming the largest component of the CSI 300 Index. AI-related companies like Zhongji Inn…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee outlined the city's strategy to become a superconnector in the age of AI at the SCMP China Conference, emphasizing AI as a central plank in its first five-year bluep…
Hong Kong insurers launched a marine war-risk pool to address uncertainties from Middle East instability, with five local firms collaborating to provide coverage for vessels in critical areas. Selina …
Global cooperation on the RISC-V chip architecture remains resilient despite US-China tech rivalry, Alibaba vice-president Qi Xiaoning said at the South China Morning Post's China Conference 2026, not…
Ant Group's embodied AI unit, Robbyant, launched LingBot-Depth 2.0 and LingBot-Vision, claiming the models enable robots to accurately perceive transparent objects like glass and mirrors. The company …
Industry leaders at the South China Morning Post's China Conference urged Hong Kong to draft a focused five-year AI plan leveraging its strengths in urban development, healthcare, and finance, rather …
Huawei will debut its Atlas 950 SuperPoD computing cluster and the world's first AI agent phone at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai from July 17-20. China's AI phone and comput…
Hong Kong will expand its yuan facility by 150% to 500 billion yuan (US$73.6 billion) to meet international demand, HKMA Chief Executive Eddie Yue announced Tuesday. The facility's tenure will extend …
Hong Kong's stock market faces potential sell-off pressure as lock-up periods end for AI firms Zhipu AI and MiniMax, releasing shares worth US$11.5 billion. Analysts warn of dual selling pressure from…
Vascue deployed a privacy-first AI architecture on AWS for a Hong Kong hospital's radiology department, processing patient referral letters and quotations via WhatsApp without sending raw data to exte…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced that artificial intelligence will be the 'central plank' of the city's economic development, guided by its first five-year blueprint and upcoming policy ad…
Kuaishou Technology shares fell over 6% after Tencent Holdings cut its stake from 15.68% to 9.37% by selling 273 million Class B shares, raising about HK$12.56 billion. The divestment followed Tencent…
Singapore-based Carousell achieved its first positive adjusted operating profit, with revenue growing 18% year-on-year to US$141 million. Co-founder Marcus Tan attributed the milestone to years of inv…
China minted 67 new unicorn start-ups in the first half of 2026, the highest in nearly five years, driven by a boom in artificial intelligence and robotics. AI and robotics accounted for over 53% of t…
Hong Kong cinema faces an existential threat from AI-generated content, which is flooding the market and undermining human creativity. The author argues that without proper regulations to protect inte…
Hong Kong's top International Baccalaureate scorers credited AI and balanced study routines for their success, with students from Diocesan Boys' School, Victoria Shanghai Academy, and Po Leung Kuk Cho…
Nobel-winning materials scientist Omar Yaghi has left the United States to join China's Tsinghua University, where he will lead an AI-driven research center focused on developing materials to address …
Chinese firms operate, finance, or hold stakes in about one third of all ports in Africa and now control the software, automation, and AI tools that run the infrastructure, according to a study by the…
Hong Kong's net employment outlook for the third quarter plunged to minus 9%, a 20 percentage point drop from the previous quarter, as AI rapidly replaces entry-level jobs, leaving fresh graduates wit…
ByteDance's Seed AI team discovered a new scaling law showing AI agents can double learning speed every three months through real-world interaction, potentially sustaining the AI boom as traditional t…