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Hong Kong aims to scale its tech ecosystem, nurture more unicorns: HKSTP CEO
Hong Kong is intensifying efforts to attract technology start-ups and nurture unicorns through expanded financial support via a key government-backed platform, leveraging the city's booming fundraising activities and world-class financial…
Obama urges Democrats to prioritize AI oversight, warns about 'dangerous' tech
Former President Barack Obama privately urged Democrats to prioritize oversight of artificial intelligence as the revolutionary technology reaches new heights. Obama, who has become a sage-like figure to Democrats since leaving office in 2017, gave…
Amazon Deploying AI Tech That Forces Actors' Mouths to Match Dubbed Dialogue
Amazon is catapulting us into the final boss of sub vs dub debates. On Thursday, its Prime Video streaming service announced the launch of a new AI-powered feature that matches actors' mouth movements to dubbed audio tracks — which we're…
Jeonnam-Gwangju universities launch semiconductor majors ahead of planned tech cluster
Universities in southwestern Korea are stepping up efforts to cultivate talent for emerging industries as government and private sector plans to build semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) clusters in the area take shape. Universities…
Tung Chee-hwa remembered for foresight in developing Hong Kong's tech sector
Hong Kong's first leader Tung Chee-hwa, who died last week, has been remembered by former colleagues for his foresight in developing technology and actively engaging with mainland China to boost the city's economic development during his tenure.
King Charles to urge AI chiefs to use technology 'for the good of humanity'
King Charles will this week ask leaders of the world's most powerful AI firms to use the technology “for the good of humanity”. Charles is due to host a summit with the leaders from Anthropic, Nvidia, Google DeepMind and Open AI at…
Xi says China will take lead to foster AI, tech cooperation among BRICS countries
China will take the lead to help foster artificial-intelligence collaboration and development among developing-economy countries, President Xi Jinping said at the BRICS bloc summit in New Delhi. The country will also work to establish a BRICS…
Trump dismisses calls for AI slowdown from leading tech CEOs
US President Donald Trump has downplayed the need for his administration to place checks on artificial intelligence development, saying he is worried about ceding the US's lead to China. Speaking to reporters during his trip to Ireland on Sunday…
Hong Kong homes flattened for US$28 bn high-tech hub
Chan Yuk-tong hoped to spend his remaining years in the row of small, blue-brick houses where he was born and raised, but the 71-year-old's Hong Kong village home will soon be bulldozed to make way for a vast tech hub. An area roughly a third of…
HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean to showcase next-gen gas tech in Bangkok
HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean are set to showcase next-generation gas-shipping and floating data center technologies at Gastech 2026 in Bangkok this week, as shipbuilders expand into cleaner shipping and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven energy…
Trump Downplays AI Concerns as CEOs Call for Slowing Technology
President Donald Trump downplayed the growing alarm over risks from artificial intelligence after some of the industry's leaders called for slowing the development pace of the technology. “We're leading China in AI. We're the most…
Defence to space, trade to tech: India, Philippines to deepen ties
3 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google A year after New Delhi and Manila elevated their ties to a strategic partnership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr held wide-ranging discussions on…
Tesla owners to get insurance discount if they use self-drive tech
Insurance giant Zurich says Australian customers will be able to access cheaper premiums if their Tesla is equipped with self-driving technology, a national first for the sector, despite lingering safety concerns around use of the software. From…
Trump says 'whoever wins AI wins' as tech CEOs hit the brakes
President Donald Trump downplayed the growing alarm over risks from artificial intelligence after some of the industry's leaders called for slowing the pace of development of the technology. “We're leading China in AI. We're the most…
India is facing a tech crisis. But it can still catch up
India is facing a technological crisis. Even as US and Chinese firms have released a parade of increasingly capable AI models this year, India has no competitive frontier model and no realistic prospect of producing one without significant policy…
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