Avengers, assemble!
Sep 16, 2026
StarCraft is finally returning, but not as a real-time strategy sequel many fans were expecting.
China’s ruling Communist Party mouthpiece has rejected US allegations that Chinese artificial intelligence companies conducted “industrial-scale” distillation of American frontier models, warning that Beijing would respond if Washington continued to suppress China’s AI industry. In a commentary published on Wednesday, People’s Daily said the US claims were “without factual or legal basis” and accused Washington of “politicising” a normal technical and commercial practice. The strong stance came...
Razer has brought down Sensa haptics from the Kraken V4 Pro, and put it into the body of a Kraken V4 X.
With less than a month to go before we see another Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event, here is what you need to know about the sale.
According to its specifications for the Mainland Chinese market, the phone will likely come with triple 200MP cameras and a powerful MediaTek chipset.
TikTok parent ByteDance has scored another hit in China with Hongguo, an artificial intelligence-powered short-drama platform. Launched in 2023, Hongguo quickly became a household name by riding China’s short-drama boom. A surge in AI-generated content propelled it past some of the country’s biggest professional streaming platforms, while iterations of AI-animated dramas – using AI video models including ByteDance’s Seedance – gave it further lift. Hongguo has overtaken the country’s four...
The Mac mini-sized computer is designed for developers and businesses that want to run AI models locally.
Sometimes, last-minute in-store shopping might be your best option.
Sep 15, 2026
MANILA, Philippines – The two best Philippine Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) teams will enter the biggest stage for the CODM World Championship 2026 on December 4 to 6 in Mexico City. Alula SC and ELEVATE have secured CODM Garena’s two spots after finishing first and second in the Southeast Asian Qualifiers. The two squads will
Adaptations for Crazy Taxi and Yakuza prequel Stranger than Heaven will be live-action, while the Sonic adaptation is set to be an animated series for kids.
A DeepSeek engineer has issued a stark warning about the potential concentration of advanced artificial intelligence and resources in proprietary US developers Anthropic and OpenAI, intensifying a growing debate in China over calls by US industry leaders to “pace” AI development amid safety concerns. The comments preceded an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on September 24, where AI safety may emerge as a key point of dialogue as the two countries race...
China is surging ahead of the US in consumer AI adoption as technology giants like Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding embed artificial intelligence directly into popular everyday apps, even as American models lead in capability, according to Morgan Stanley. A survey conducted by the bank and published in a report on Monday showed that 80 per cent of Chinese respondents used AI for personal purposes at least weekly, compared with 54 per cent in the US. China’s generative AI user base grew...
When generative artificial intelligence first swept through China’s technology sector, workers faced a clear directive from management: use AI and use it often. Consuming vast numbers of AI tokens – the basic unit of computing power needed to process text or write code – became a badge of honour, with companies often viewing a high token count as a sign that employees were productive and taking initiative. But those computing allowances are now being sharply rolled back as China’s leading...
A few weeks ago I had the chance to get a preview into the new iOS 27 features that is launching today. The more streamlined child safety controls come from feedback from parents who deal with the realities of handing off their iPad or second-hand iPhone to their kids. The new iOS 27 child safety
Starting from S$1.48 a month, the expanded iCloud+ bundle replaces standalone Apple TV and Arcade subscriptions
Apple’s next-generation software updates is arriving days before the release of the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch Series 12, and Apple Watch Ultra 4.
The Atto 1 is by no means the first electric hatchback, but more options are welcome in this relatively underserved space.
Sep 14, 2026
Walking into TCL’s showcase at IFA 2026, it was difficult to look at any one product without appreciating the wholistic impact of it all. The company had built its presentation around the idea of a connected home, with televisions, phones, appliances, smart glasses and AI-powered devices occupying different parts of the same experience. Rather than
Researchers from China’s leading universities and tech giants are setting their sights on a crucial new front in the AI race with the US: developing systems capable of building better versions of themselves without human intervention. In a joint paper published on Thursday, researchers from ByteDance, Tsinghua University and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, among others, outlined a five-stage road map for recursive self-improvement (RSI). The study, titled “The Last AI Built by...
IFA 2026 is a behemoth of an event spanning over 190,000 square metres with 2,000 exhibitors from 51 different countries. Even the lengthy five days isn’t enough to see everything IFA 2026 has to offer. 15,000 steps later I saw much of what was on display at the Messe Berlin from AI cat feeders to
I just got back from CapCut World Singapore, the first-ever event of its kind. It was a gathering of creators and industry stakeholders who all have one thing in common: they create, edit, and some even make money using CapCut. The Singapore leg is CapCut World’s first stop, with two more destinations set for the
Shanghai’s bustling riverfront has become the latest testing ground for urban logistics technology, with McDonald’s and Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan joining forces to launch the country’s first catering brand-exclusive drone-delivery route. Commencing operations last week, the new service allows visitors strolling or exercising along the scenic West Bund area in Shanghai’s Xuhui district to have their fast-food orders ‘airdropped’ directly to designated kiosks, according to a recent...
Calls by US tech leaders for a voluntary slowdown in artificial intelligence development have run into sharp pushback from Chinese researchers and state media, who question whether the proposal is a genuine push for responsibility or an effort to entrench America’s technological lead. The debate intensified on Monday when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined a growing chorus of Silicon Valley leaders demanding industry-wide “pacing”, warning that competitive pressure must not override safety as AI...
President Xi Jinping promoted China’s vision for artificial intelligence (AI) at the annual Brics summit, seeking to win support from the Global South amid tech competition with the US. China would spearhead development of an AI Brics “community”, support cooperation in developing large language models and offer training, Xi said on Sunday in New Delhi. The previous day, he invited Brics nations to join the newly formed World AI Cooperation Organisation. Brics countries must “strengthen...
Shein Global Holdings saw its shares plummet to their lowest level since listing two weeks ago, falling as much as 10 per cent in Hong Kong trading on Monday, slammed by an “underperform” rating from Jefferies and product safety recalls in Australia and New Zealand. Shein closed down 9 per cent to HK$36.40 on Monday, the lowest since its September 1 debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The high-profile stock has been on a downward spiral and is now 25 per cent lower than its initial public...
You can be the next King of Smartphone Singer, and your neighbours shall remember you as the Phantom of the HDB Opera.
The redesigned sidebar could make it easier to navigate between WhatsApp’s chats, calls, communities and other sections on the iPad.
Apple may hold another event next month to unveil up to eight new products across its Mac, iPad, smart home, and audio lineups.
Sep 13, 2026
US President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative...
Z.ai, the Chinese artificial intelligence model developer listed in Hong Kong, is seeking to raise about HK$15.7 billion (US$2 billion) through a placement of roughly 21.97 million new H shares at HK$714 apiece, according to a company filing on Sunday. The company also announced a 20.14 billion yuan (US$3 billion) convertible-bond sale, according to its filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange. Z.ai, also known as Zhipu AI, closed at HK$793 on Friday, down 73 per cent from its intraday high of...
Chinese researchers have developed a way to make an emerging type of memory chip much more durable, potentially overcoming a critical reliability barrier to its use in high-performance computing and future artificial intelligence systems as the AI boom drives demand for more advanced semiconductors. The team demonstrated more than 10 billion writing cycles in wurtzite ferroelectrics, a class of materials that can switch between two electric states to store data. The result was roughly 100 times...
#OpEd: Contributor Carl Lamiel discusses the greater misinformation that plagues the Pax Silica project. The Philippines has a habit of turning complicated policy announcements into simple headlines. Pax Silica may be the latest example. The initiative has generated attention because it places the Philippines in a broader conversation about semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, technology supply chains,
Artificial intelligence agents are increasingly taking the wheel in designing China’s next-generation semiconductors, as Beijing and domestic technology firms accelerate efforts to integrate AI into chip design software to bolster national self-sufficiency. Empyrean Technology, China’s top maker of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, has been accelerating the chip design process by using AI-optimised algorithms and agentic tools, according to company chairman Liu Weiping. By applying an AI...
With more than 500 million active users in India, JioHotstar is bringing its huge multilingual catalogue to Singapore, where it will compete on content and pricing.
Express Mode lets you hold your iPhone or Apple Watch near the fare reader to pay without unlocking or authenticating your device.
The US-China race for artificial intelligence dominance has entered a new phase: using AI to build better AI. Leading AI companies in the United States and China are increasingly focused on deploying advanced models to write code, design experiments, and develop training techniques that can be used to improve more powerful models. The ultimate goal is to achieve what the industry refers to as recursive self-improvement (RSI) – the creation of AI systems that can train themselves...
