China’s top cyberspace regulator announced on Monday a two-month nationwide campaign to address issues such as maliciously inciting confrontation and promoting violent or hostile sentiments online, with the aim of fostering a more civil and rational cyberspace environment.

The Critical Technology Tracker is a large data-driven project that now covers 64 critical technologies spanning defence, space, energy, the environment, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, cyber, computing, advanced materials and key quantum technology areas. It provides a leading indicator of a country’s research performance, strategic intent and potential future science and technology capability. It first […]

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How did China get a cut of the global diamond trade?

With the Qing Ming Festival approaching, some funeral companies are using AI to create life-like avatars of the dead. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Brain-on-chip exhibited basic human intelligence, researchers say

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China aims to commercialize nuclear fusion technology for use in emissions-free power generation by 2050, according to the country’s state-owned atomic company.

A first-of-its-kind policy allows Chinese firms to treat data as an asset, but compliance hurdles are keeping many companies on the sidelines.

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U.S. spying on it's citizens and China taking advantage of that backdoor for months before anyone realizing.

Chinese hackers were in networks of major ISPs “for months,” WSJ reports.

The lifestyle and social media platform, often compared to Instagram, is turning obscure sites into must-see attractions.

Researchers claim to have broken RSA encryption using a quantum computer, but what really happened?

Alibaba’s Qwen has been shining on benchmark tests, despite chip restrictions.

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Chongqing authorities say cloud seeding to break heatwave did not cause winds that sent laundry flying

Users say they are driven by a desire for companionship because China's fast pace of life and urban isolation make loneliness an issue for many.

State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon or its rivals to access advanced U.S. chips and artificial intelligence capabilities that they cannot acquire otherwise, recent public tender documents showed.

Pakistan’s market for solar power is booming, propelled by a surge in imports from China, according to BloombergNEF.

As tensions mount in the South China Sea, Vietnam is dredging and filling in land, fortifying barriers and erecting new structures to create hundreds of acres.

US firm’s move, amid Beijing-Washington tensions, sparks rush to lure users to homegrown models

'Diplomatic race' with Washington as Beijing pursues self-sufficient global network

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Northvolt says new lithium-free sodium-ion battery is cheaper, more sustainable and doesn’t rely on scarce raw materials