Cancer claims arm of US ‘Bionic Barbie’ as funeral for lost limb brings new-found confidence
[South China Morning Post] - 02/2/2025
Social media influencer with rare cancer holds unusual farewell for embalmed limb, hand of amputated arm adorned with black nail varnish.
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Restaurants Eggslut, The Ark to shut Hong Kong outlets amid retail upheaval
Burger joint The Ark is closing its Russell Street outlet later this week and plans to relocate to Shenzhen to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Tech war: China’s chip firms embrace DeepSeek in AI self-sufficiency drive
From Moore Threads to Iluvatar Corex, China’s leading chip designers are rushing to adopt DeepSeek’s latest models.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Australia bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from government devices
DeepSeek was being immediately removed from all government systems on national security grounds, Australia’s home (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Minitrue Plus Five: February 4, 2020 – Entertaining and “False” Content
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to (…)
[China Digital Times] - 5/02/2025
Battle of the bots: China, US scrap for top of the humanoid heap
China, fuelled by recent successes from DeepSeek and Unitree, is making a play for pole position in humanoid robots. (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Around 10 killed at school for adults in Sweden’s worst mass shooting
The gunman was among the dead, but damage at the scene was so extensive that investigators were unable to give a (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
China Future Tech webinar | How is DeepSeek shaping the race for AI supremacy?
A deep dive into China’s AI start-up, DeepSeek.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Donald Trump downplays China’s retaliatory tariffs and ‘in no rush’ to talk to Xi Jinping
‘We’re going to do very well against China and against everybody else,’ US president says after 10% tariffs hit (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Hong Kong girl, 5, dies after suspected medical blunder involving stitches
Lai Sum-yuet dies in paediatric intensive care unit in Princess Margaret Hospital after suspected medical blunder (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
China’s biggest 2024 science advances are shaping future of healthcare, chips, space race
From a brain-inspired vision chip to an ice core time machine, these were the most important breakthroughs last (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
2 ex-project managers in Hong Kong face fraud charges in fake quotes case
Yip Hing-fai, 45, and Wong Chun-tung, 43, oversaw projects for ATAL Engineering, founded by the husband of city’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025