Huawei’s new Pura 70 series is posing a further threat to Apple in the world’s biggest smartphone market, as the Chinese tech giant eyes retaking the top spot on its home turf this year, analysts say.
Huawei announced on Thursday its highly anticipated new smartphone series, the Pura 70, its biggest flagship handset launch since the Mate 60 Pro, which drew scrutiny for its home-made advanced chip.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday suspended the global sales injunction against Hytera’s two-way radio products.
Baidu’s artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot has attracted over 200 million users, according to company chief executive Robin Li Yanhong, as the AI race in China heats up.
Tencent has blamed ‘irregularities’ in its cloud service hub for a breakdown last week, in a bid to soothe user concerns amid intensifying competition and rising demand in the domestic market.
Guangzhou has rolled out plans to support the local video gaming and esports industry with cash rewards of nearly US$700,000 for firms, in the latest sign of an easing of a crackdown on the sector.
Huawei announced new versions of its Luxeed S7 electric sedan and a PC with AI built in, but people are still awaiting its next big smartphone launch since the Mate 60.
Merchants at Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei, the world’s biggest wholesale electronics marketplace, are stockpiling graphics cards ahead of the revised US curbs’ roll-out on April 4.
Net profit for the year soared to 87 billion yuan, up 144.5 per cent from 2022, partly due to recurring gains from its sale of budget smartphone unit Honor and other assets.
Chinese regulators have stepped up scrutiny of online attacks targeting domestic entrepreneurs, as Beijing looks to restore private-sector confidence to revive a sluggish post-Covid economy.
Apple taps Baidu’s Ernie Bot to provide AI services for its iPhone 16 in China as CEO Tim Cook tours country.
The changes to LST come as Alibaba continues to rejig its e-commerce arm as well as other business units.
The meeting with BYD and two other mainland suppliers was held ahead of the opening on Thursday of the 57th Apple Store in the US tech giant’s Greater China region.
In a packed Shanghai itinerary, Cook on Wednesday met Chinese video game developers, a filmmaker and the billionaire founder of BYD.
Video game sales, traditionally Tencent’s strongest revenue driver, declined in the fourth quarter.
The capital infusion could be a harbinger for Huawei’s increased pace of new investments this year, as the Chinese tech giant’s sales rose in 2023.
Follow-Your-Click, developed with researchers from universities in Hong Kong and Beijing, turns images and simple text prompts into short video clips amid Sora hype.
Tencent is said to have snapped up some of ByteDance’s ditched video gaming projects amid continued industry consolidation.
Zhou Meisheng, formerly the executive vice-president of R&D at SMIC, is heading to CXMT according to report, in a move that could boost memory chip maker’s research efforts.
Blizzard is preparing to return to the Chinese video games market in the coming weeks after renewing partnership with NetEase, according to local media report.
Honor’s Magic6 Pro and Xiaomi’s 14 Ultra smartphones tout generative artificial intelligence features at mobile communications industry’s biggest trade show.
Major telecommunications equipment makers are rushing to explore the potential of generative artificial intelligence, as China's Huawei and ZTE unveil their own AI models at MWC Barcelona.
Oppo’s plan to bounce back in Europe comes a month after it signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, covering standard-essential patents in 5G.
CEO George Zhao said new Honor smartphones will have an ‘intent-based user interface’ that uses AI to anticipate user needs and create a seamless experience.
Huawei is expanding cloud services to Egypt in March and will soon open an AI cloud computing centre in Hong Kong, its first outside mainland China.
Mainland shipments of foldable smartphones reached 7.01 million units last year, up 114 per cent from 3.2 million in 2022, according to tech market research firm IDC.
Increased artificial intelligence integration in Chinese handsets shows how a new tech arms race in the smartphone industry is heating up, as the global market is poised for a recovery in 2024.
Shenzhen-based headset maker EmdoorVR is hoping to leverage the interest around Apple’s Vision Pro to survive a slowdown in the VR and AR industry.
Apple is under pressure from resurgent rivals in mainland China market as consumers opt for foldable smartphones with more AI features.
Huawei’s return to form in the world’s largest smartphone market was jump-started by the surprise release last August of its Mate 60 Pro 5G handset.
