
Matt Haldane
Production Editor, Tech at South China Morning Post
Production Editor for @SCMPTech @SCMPNews | Find me on Bluesky (@matthaldane.com) and Mastodon (@[email protected])
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2 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Matt Haldane
For years, the story of artificial intelligence (AI) has been cast as a high-stakes contest between the US and China – a technological arms race with global consequences. But to De Kai, a pioneering machine learning scientist and advocate for AI ethics, this framing fundamentally misunderstands the technology.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Matt Haldane
Peter Diamandis, the entrepreneur behind the XPrize Foundation, has long championed a future of technological promise, building a career on innovation competitions meant to solve grand challenges. But in a recent conversation in Hong Kong, a subtle shift in tone emerged as he addressed the current complexities of global scientific collaboration, clouded by geopolitical tensions and the looming threat of technological decoupling.
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4 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Matt Haldane
OKX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, is preparing for explosive growth in blockchain adoption in the coming years, according to chief commercial officer Lennix Lai, although plans for the Hong Kong market remain on the back burner. In a report co-produced by OKX and Blockworks Research, the companies outline a bright future for the adoption of blockchain technology across myriad industries, from traditional finance to video gaming.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Matt Haldane
In the days after Hong Kong passed a bill to regulate stablecoins on May 21, people in the industry celebrated the government’s forward-looking stance on the cryptocurrency assets, but its stringent requirements – similar to how it regulated other virtual assets – could be a double-edged sword in the near term.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Matt Haldane |Zhou Xin
Hours after US President Donald Trump hosted a dinner with holders of his cryptocurrency token $TRUMP, the White House has not released a complete list of attendees, which reportedly included major industry players from overseas. But Justin Sun, the top holder of $TRUMP and founder of the blockchain company Tron, has not been shy about his participation. “The gala dinner we had today I think sends a very strong signal,” Sun told the South China Morning Post in a video interview after the dinner.
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