China launched and partially recovered a rocket, a milestone for Beijing’s space program as it competes with the U.S. and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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China Weighs Limits on the AI Models American Companies Love
As the race for artificial-intelligence supremacy heats up, Beijing is considering tightening its grip on homegrown technology. | Technology News …
Harnessing AI for Good, Empowering the Future: UniCom’s Digital and Intelligent Innovations Debut at 2026 ITU AI for Good Global Summit
Geneva – July 8, 2026 – The prestigious 2026 ITU AI for Good Global Summit officially opened at Palexpo in Geneva, …
‘Token economy’ emerging as AI use soars in China, experts tell conference
Daily AI token consumption has surged more than 1,000-fold in just over two years and exceeded 140 trillion tokens a day in March Chinese tech industry experts say the rapidly increasing use of AI …
China’s Zhipu AI raises $4 billion in Hong Kong share sale, source says
By Yantoultra Ngui and Scott Murdoch July 9 (Reuters) – Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC, known as Zhipu AI, has priced its Hong Kong share offering at the bottom end of the range, raising around HK$31.
China warns of “security backdoor” in Anthropic AI coding tool
A Chinese industry regulator warned users of a “security backdoor” embedded in versions of U.S. artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s coding tool, Claude Code.
China honors outstanding scientists, sci-tech innovations
Two veteran scientists won China’s top sci-tech award for the year 2025 on Wednesday for their groundbreaking contributions to the fields of lithium batteries and radar technology, respectively, as …
88-year-old scientist behind Chinese fighter jets’ beyond-visual-range ‘eyes’ wins China’s top science award
Ben De, a researcher at the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation and also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering who laid the foundation for China’s airbor …
China’s DeepSeek is building its own AI chip
China’s DeepSeek is building its own AI chip to end US reliance – ChatGPT rival is seen as the standard-bearer of China’s AI ambitions after releasing an AI model that went viral worldwide last year…
China leaving the West behind in technology race
Sky News host Andrew Bolt warns China’s rapid advances in robotics, AI and manufacturing should be a wake-up call for Australia and its allies.
From factory to tech frontier: China becomes legacy automakers’ innovation engine
SHANGHAI, July 8 (Reuters) – In May, General Motors marked a rare milestone for a foreign automaker in China, selling more than 10,000 of its new Buick Electra E7 in the first month. While the…
China’s asteroid defense system is gearing up to deflect its first target
Unlike NASA’s approach of launching two separate spacecraft, China reportedly plans to send its observer and impactor together in a single launch.
China Unveils Chip Claimed To Be Up To 478 Times Faster Than Nvidia GPU For Brain Research
China has introduced a computer chip capable of executing specific brain-modelling tasks up to 478 times faster than Nvidia’s A100 GPU.
