Technology

There is a risk of throwing the baby (the fun of work) with the bathwater (its tediousness) when we over-rely on GenAI.
Elon Musk announced the all-stock deal on March 28, saying the combined entity would be valued at $80 billion.
Technology

Elon Musk's xAI buys Musk's X social media platform for $33bn

Billionaire's Grok-3 AI model competes with China's DeepSeek and Microsoft's OpenAI

29 March 2025
NTT Data Senior Vice President Kazuhiko Nakayama said the company's plans are "progressing smoothly." (Photo by Kosuke Okamoto)
Technology

NTT Data eyes record profit by selling data centers: executive

Japanese company counts on IT business growth to reach fiscal 2025 target

29 March 2025
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son makes a presentation at a meeting with Japanese companies in Tokyo on Feb. 3. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
Artificial intelligence

SoftBank Group eyes $1tn U.S. plan for AI robot industrial parks

Tech investor expects automation to help understaffed American manufacturers

29 March 2025
China Construction Bank says it has completed the private deployment of a large financial model based on DeepSeek R1.
28 March 2025
The Investigation Bureau of Taiwan's Ministry of Justice carries out an investigation into Chinese tech companies suspected of operating illegally on the island. (Taiwan's Ministry of Justice)
Technology

SMIC, other Chinese companies accused of illegal operations in Taiwan

Massive six-city investigation comes amid concerns over Beijing aggression

28 March 2025
Workers lower the roof into position as they assemble a train station in Arida, Wakayama prefecture, using 3D-printed parts on March 26. (Photo by Shugo Tamura)
Transportation

Japan builds world's first 3D-printed train station

JR West hopes process can save time and labor when replacing unstaffed stations

28 March 2025
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and SBI Securities will sell the new fund. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
Wealth Management

SMFG and SBI to sell Goldman bond fund with AI tool

Japanese financial groups expand alliance into wealth management

28 March 2025
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The U.S. tech giant considers to develop its own generative AI. (Courtesy of Microsoft)
Interview

Microsoft mulls developing own high-end generative AI: CEO Nadella

Proprietary platform aimed at optimizing model for its business software

27 March 2025
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#techAsia

TSMC's big U.S. bet and China's chip tool challenger

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

27 March 2025
As scammers use AI to ensnare victims, companies like Apate.ai are using the technology to counter scams.
Technology

Australian AI startup creates 'perfect victims' to bait scammers

Apate.ai bots keep swindlers tied up while eliciting information

27 March 2025
Ivan Espinosa, Nissan's incoming president and CEO, speaks to reporters at a media roundtable held at the carmaker’s technical center near Tokyo on March 25. (Photo by Sayumi Take)
Automobiles

Nissan incoming CEO Espinosa has 'no taboos' on partnerships

Carmaker seeks to revamp corporate culture and speed up product development

26 March 2025
On a clear moonlit evening, SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched Starlink 12-21 internet satellites, in Florida on March 12. Starlink is slated to serve up to 600,000 accounts in Vietnam after a pilot project was agreed to with the government.
Technology

Vietnam approves Starlink service in 5-year pilot plan

Elon Musk's tech company can provide up to 600,000 subscriptions nationwide

26 March 2025
BYD's first hybrid pickup truck in Thailand, the Shark 6, is displayed at the motor show. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) 
Automobiles

Carmakers focus on hybrids as Thai EV market struggles

Bangkok auto show sees more than 50 brands on display

26 March 2025
DeepSeek, symbolic of Chinese AI ingenuity, has helped the Hang Seng Tech Index surge around 25% since the start of 2025.
Technology

China's DeepSeek updates V3 model in challenge to OpenAI's GPT-4.5

Version improves on predecessor and outperforms U.S. rival in some tasks

26 March 2025
CIA Director John Ratcliffe, right, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on March 25.
Trump administration

Trump team scrambles to handle fallout from Signal chat blunder

Intel officials say no classified info shared in group discussion

26 March 2025
Pressure from the U.S. government and clients is pulling TSMC to expand more and more in America. (Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)
Tech Asia

TSMC's $165bn U.S. expansion push: 'Inevitable' but risky

Pressure on Taiwan mounts amid Washington's concerns over China's aggression

26 March 2025
The new Japanese law aims to let app makers use stores other than those of Apple and Google, which charge fees considered high. (Photo by Masaharu Ban)
International relations

Japan's new smartphone law could exacerbate U.S. trade friction

American group says act hurts Apple and Google, as Trump reciprocal tariffs loom

26 March 2025
JFE Steel's blast furnace in Kanagawa prefecture will give way to a data center in 2030 (photo from September 2023). 
Technology

Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. and JFE to build AI data center at old furnace site

Demand for AI-related processing spurs scramble for vacant factory locations

25 March 2025
The logo Alibaba Group is seen on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Aug. 3, 2021.
China tech

Alibaba to begin rehiring, sees 'sign' of start of AI bubble in U.S.

Group chairman says Xi's February meeting was 'very clear signal' for businesses

25 March 2025
Han Jong-hee, CEO of Samsung Electronics, speaks at the company's annual general meeting in Suwon, South Korea, on March 19. 
Obituaries

Samsung CEO Han Jong-hee dies of cardiac arrest

LG Electronics chief among those expressing condolences over 63-year-old's death

25 March 2025
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Podcast: Tech Latest

China leads the charge in vanadium batteries as Australia rushes to catch up

Tech Latest: Tune in to Nikkei Asia's podcast for the freshest updates on the tech sector

25 March 2025
Germany's Infineon Technologies, the world's top supplier of power semiconductors, has announced layoffs.
Semiconductors

Power semiconductor makers cut jobs and spending as EV growth stalls

Infineon, Renesas and others scale back after wave of optimism-driven investment

25 March 2025
Xiaomi is selling 750 million Class B shares; price range represents a 4.2-7.4% discount to the company's HK$57 closing price on March 24.
Technology

China's Xiaomi to raise up to $5.27bn from share sale

Company began making EVs last year, and is selling 750 million shares

24 March 2025
Public security ministry officials attended a ceremony on March 22, launching an association tasked with protecting and exploiting data. (Photo from Vietnam's Chinh Phu)
Technology

Vietnam launches public security ministry-led data association

Vingroup, FPT, Viettel and other companies join effort to master new 'resource'

24 March 2025
Shenzhen SiCarrier Technologies is working to replace chipmaking equipment from foreign makers to ease a bottleneck in China's supply chain. 
Semiconductors

China's SiCarrier emerges as challenger to ASML, other chip tool titans

Huawei-linked machine maker aims to overcome key bottleneck from U.S. export curbs

24 March 2025
Nippon Steel is testing a steelmaking method that cuts carbon emissions by using hydrogen at an experimental blast furnace in  Kimitsu, Chiba prefecture. (Photo by Sayumi Take)
Materials

Nippon Steel races Asian rivals to hone green technology

Japan's top steelmaker aims to commercialize low-carbon production by 2040

24 March 2025
The emergence of DeepSeek along with changes in U.S. trade policy have dealt a blow to Malaysian tech stocks, but investors say they can see opportunities. (Nikkei montage)
Trading Asia

Malaysian tech stocks slammed by Trump, then by DeepSeek

After knee-jerk fall, new opportunities emerge with AI disruption

24 March 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speak in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11.
Technology

Italy's deal with Musk's Starlink has stalled, defense minister says

Opposition politicians against handing contract to close ally of U.S. leader Trump

22 March 2025
Tencent has launched its T1 reasoning model amid heightened rivalry in China's AI landscape following DeepSeek's introduction of models that offer comparable or superior performance to Western systems at substantially lower costs.
Artificial intelligence

Tencent launches T1 reasoning model amid growing AI competition in China

Hong Kong-listed company says upgraded tech offers faster response times

22 March 2025