Demand concerns for the world’s No2 economy cast a shadow across the region’s trading floors, trumping a U-turn in technology shares

EV-maker Tesla unveiled the first generation of its Optimus robot, called Bumblebee, in September 2022

Supplies of advanced tech to Moscow, desperate to sidestep US and EU sanctions, fell this year but China, Hong Kong remain important transshipment hubs

The CrowdStrike cybersecurity update crashed 8.5 million devices that rely on Microsoft Windows, halting flights and impacting payment systems

Investors across the region took Biden’s election withdrawal in their stride but the impact of last week’s Microsoft-related outage was still being felt

Foreign investor flows into Asian bonds also dropped 34% in the first six months of the year, data showed

Say No to Shein campaign wants the British government to block Shein’s application to list on the London Stock Exchange

The absence of concrete stimulus promises out of China’s key leadership summit added to an air of pessimism across the region’s bourses

Google and Microsoft both offer server rental services outside of China, raising security concerns for Biden’s administration

Bosses also cited a lack of technological expertise and concerns about reliability for avoiding using artificial intelligence

Scientists at Cambridge University have found that throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces purifies the iron and “reactivates” the cement

Technology stocks led a slump in Japan and Taiwan while China’s markets were lifted by hopes of stimulus from Beijing