Neither the US nor China can win the AI race alone, BofA analyst says

When Chinese artificial intelligence developers want to train their next-generation frontier models, they all face the same daunting wall: they cannot legally buy the world’s most powerful AI chips. However, the country’s tech giants and start-ups have still managed to quietly keep pace with global rivals. Their secret is an elusive workaround: moving heavy training workloads across borders through the cloud. By setting up proxy entities in foreign jurisdictions, domestic firms have for years...

When Chinese artificial intelligence developers want to train their next-generation frontier models, they all face the same daunting wall: they cannot legally buy the world’s most powerful AI chips. However, the country’s tech giants and start-ups have still managed to quietly keep pace with global rivals. Their secret is an elusive workaround: moving heavy training workloads across borders through the cloud. By setting up proxy entities in foreign jurisdictions, domestic firms have for years...

A company can spend months collecting sustainability data, mapping risks and preparing a polished report, yet still fail to answer a fundamental business question: what should we do differently because of what we have learned? This question is becoming increasingly important as sustainability expectations spread across Southeast Asia. Formal reporting requirements are evolving, and demand […] The post Sustainability reporting is not the goal. Better business decisions are appeared first on e27.

The startup world naturally rewards novelty. A new technology, a massive addressable market and a story about changing the world will always attract attention. I understand the appeal. I have spent much of my career around digital media, technology and entrepreneurs. But as an investor and operator, I have gradually become more interested in businesses […] The post Why I prefer boring businesses in a market obsessed with the next big thing appeared first on e27.

Every cycle, people say that crypto is dead. By retail, and by funding. Attention moves on to the next bubble, this time it is AI. However, when Y Combinator published its list of Biggest Startup Opportunities of 2026, crypto kept its place alongside AI, healthcare, defence, enterprise software, and climate technology. What surprised me was […] The post Crypto is dead? Apparently not, says Y Combinator – Blockchain is still worth building appeared first on e27.

Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology is set to release a new chip targeting complex real-world applications including robotics, an expansion from its current focus on data centres. The product launch, slated for Tuesday, marks Hygon’s move into a new chip category powering machines that interact directly with their environments, as physical artificial intelligence becomes increasingly important. The new chip, an iteration of the company’s CPU1000 series, is designed to meet “low-power,...

There are two big tech-centric events that are being talked about today. The first and more obvious one is Pax Silica. The second is the upcoming listing of GCash into the local stock market. Although these two events are by themselves a big deal on their own merit, I would not have framed them to

Chinese artificial intelligence company Z.ai is facing a trust crisis after developers discovered that its coding assistant tool, ZCode, was silently uploading local workspace data to external servers without explicit user consent. Even though the company, also known as Zhipu AI, apologised and patched the vulnerability, developers said the incident was likely to weaken its reputation, especially at a time when cybersecurity is becoming a central issue in the AI industry. The issue came to light...

Chinese memory chip giant Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said on Sunday that it adopted its new-generation technology platform for mass production, narrowing the advantage of global leaders including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in manufacturing nodes. CXMT’s fifth-generation technology platform, dubbed G5, achieved a “quantum leap” in storage density, with the number of dies produced per wafer increasing by at least 50 per cent from the previous generation while maintaining better...

MANILA, Philippines – Falcons Vega fell to Gen.G, 2-3, in the lower bracket final of the VCT 2026: Game Changers Pacific Playoffs, September 19. Composed of three homegrown Filipina talents, Alexandria “Alexy” Francisco, Camille “Kamiyu” Enriquez, and Kelly “shirazi” Jaudian, Falcons Vega’s loss marks the first time since the league’s introduction in 2022 that no

MANILA, Philippines — Jace Beleren is finally back in the spotlight of Magic: The Gathering (MTG) with the upcoming Reality Fracture expansion. While Jace plays a major role in the set’s Standard environment, the blue planeswalker is also set to make waves in Commander. Normally a mono-blue planeswalker in Magic: The Gathering, Reality Fracture’s Commander

Chinese action camera maker Insta360 is deepening its US footprint with a flagship store opening in New York as it navigates escalating price competition with DJI and industry-wide memory cost pressures. The Chinese GoPro rival was slated to plant its flag in the heart of Times Square with its first flagship retail store in the US on Saturday, a marquee launch as the firm looked to “leap to the next stage of growth”, co-founder Max Richter said. “The US market plays a very important role for us...