Armed with funding boost, SpaceSail accelerates China’s push to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink
In a record funding round for China’s satellite internet sector, domestic start-up SpaceSail has raised around 7 billion yuan (US$1…
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China’s supernodes go mainstream as AI model sizes grow
Supernodes were everywhere at last month’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. Assemblies of dozens or hundreds of computer…
Hesai rides on lidar growth as smart cars gain ground despite China’s struggling market
Chinese carmakers’ reinforced push to produce more smart vehicles could sustain growth for hi-tech component suppliers, even as the broader…
Pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility for major cyberattack on Norway’s public digital services
OSLO – A pro-Russian hacker group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that has affected multiple Norwegian government digital…
Alibaba’s AI cloud growth surge drives earnings despite soaring tech spending
Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday reported revenue growth of 45 per cent for its cloud and artificial intelligence division in…
A robot sprinter shatters a 100-meter record again as sparks fly at China’s robot competition
BEIJING – A robot sprinter broke another 100-meter record Wednesday at a showcase of China’s growing technological prowess. The record…
Chinese AI chips fall short on coding, forcing firms to stretch scarce Nvidia supply
Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging demand for inference, as part of that workload still relies…
China clears Geely for landmark satellite IoT test to spur commercial space sector
China has approved its first private-sector commercial trial for satellite Internet of Things (IoT) services, granting a permit to a…
Alibaba signals faster AI payoff, margin gains halfway through US$56 billion capex plan
Alibaba Group Holding is expected to further accelerate cloud growth, expand operating margins and achieve faster payback on artificial intelligence…
AI server boom fuels record supply crunch for the ‘rice of electronics’
Global inventories of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) – tiny components dubbed “the rice of the electronics industry” – have dropped…