China is bracing for a potential massive sell-off of a high-profile artificial intelligence chip stock on Thursday, when a lock-up period affecting 14 million shares in MetaX Integrated Circuits is set to expire. Analysts expect MetaX to face “significant selling pressure” when the restricted shares are released for trading, after the expiry of a similar lock-up period for shares in fellow AI chip firm Moore Threads last week sparked an avalanche of sales that wiped nearly 49 billion yuan...

Hong Kong’s decades-old tennis facilities at Victoria Park will be redeveloped, the city’s leader said on Wednesday, a move that could open the way to holding bigger tournaments in the future. Speaking during his annual Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the plan was “to strengthen the promotion of ‘sports and mega-events’.” At the moment, Hong Kong holds the rights to stage a WTA and an ATP tournament, both at the 250 level. The first of those is the Prudential Hong Kong Open...

China’s Moonshot AI has attracted global investor interest spanning Europe, Asia and the Middle East, people familiar with the matter say, as international capital scrambles for access to Chinese frontier artificial intelligence labs, betting on their high-stakes race against US rivals. The Beijing-based developer of the Kimi family of AI models has seen mounting interest from overseas players ranging from European investment firms to Middle East family offices, with some seeking indirect...

The MoonPay X Games League will hold its inaugural winter draft this week, ⁠betting that a team-based format and ⁠closer ties with the Olympic movement can build on ⁠strong audience growth for action sports, CEO Jeremy Bloom said. Eileen Gu, the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history with three golds and three silvers, is expected to be selected first overall. The draft follows the debut of the X Games Summer League, which featured teams representing Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paulo...

More than 750 supporters checked out Gillingham’s new Fan Zone on Saturday as the club looks to enhance the matchday experience at Priestfield.

Gillingham were beaten at home by a ruthless Birmingham City Academy side on Tuesday night in the Premier League Under-21 Cup.

An incredible 17 wickets fell as it proved a day to forget for the batsmen during Kent’s County Championship match with Lancashire at Canterbury.

Gillingham’s manager wants to use Tuesday night’s Premier League Under-21 Cup clash to give some of his returning senior players valuable game-time.

The Chinese Badminton Association has announced, just four days before the start of the Asian Games, that men’s doubles player Chen Boyang had withdrawn because of illness, with He Jiting named as his replacement alongside Liu Yi. On Monday, the association revealed that Chen had suffered a sudden illness. Following consultations between national team doctors and specialists from several hospitals, medical experts confirmed his condition would prevent him from competing. “To protect the...

China is surging ahead of the US in consumer AI adoption as technology giants like Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding embed artificial intelligence directly into popular everyday apps, even as American models lead in capability, according to Morgan Stanley. A survey conducted by the bank and published in a report on Monday showed that 80 per cent of Chinese respondents used AI for personal purposes at least weekly, compared with 54 per cent in the US. China’s generative AI user base grew...

When generative artificial intelligence first swept through China’s technology sector, workers faced a clear directive from management: use AI and use it often. Consuming vast numbers of AI tokens – the basic unit of computing power needed to process text or write code – became a badge of honour, with companies often viewing a high token count as a sign that employees were productive and taking initiative. But those computing allowances are now being sharply rolled back as China’s leading...

Multiple Olympic freestyle skiing medallist Eileen Gu has urged fans to not ask for pictures while she is training, offering instead to meet supporters at the lodge after her sessions finish. Gu recently returned to Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand for training, where fans took photos of the Chinese superstar and shared them online. On Monday, Gu posted a selfie on social media thanking supporters while issuing a safety reminder. “I’m excited to be back on snow and grateful for all the...

Hyrox co-founder Moritz Furste has apologised for the events in Beijing over the weekend, and said his organisation had begun revising event operations and updating its rule book. The commercial fitness competition has faced intense public backlash ever since elite Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk soiled herself during the solo women’s event, which she went on to win. The incident raised severe concerns over whether prompt sanitation was carried out and whether the hygiene rights of other...

Gillingham striker Ronan Hale created the opener on Saturday but went off injured after scoring the second.

The draw has been made for the first round of the FA Vase.

The draw has been made for the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy.

Shanghai’s bustling riverfront has become the latest testing ground for urban logistics technology, with McDonald’s and Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan joining forces to launch the country’s first catering brand-exclusive drone-delivery route. Commencing operations last week, the new service allows visitors strolling or exercising along the scenic West Bund area in Shanghai’s Xuhui district to have their fast-food orders ‘airdropped’ directly to designated kiosks, according to a recent...

An elite competitor who soiled herself during Hyrox Beijing and then went on to win has defended her actions saying “go hard or go home...a win is a win”. In a now-deleted Instagram story, Joanna Wietrzyk thanked everyone for their support and said she would be back soon. Wietrzyk’s actions this past weekend have sparked furious debate among the Hyrox community, with others asking how she had been allowed to continue, and organisers facing criticism for their response to the incident. A...

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Kent’s County Championship Division 2 promotion hopes have been dealt a blow as overseas fast bowler Hasan Mahmud has had his county stay cut short.

A first league goal, a clean sheet and another win – but Gillingham youngster Logan Dobbs is refusing to get carried away.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative...

The women’s javelin at the Asian Games is expected to go down to a battle between China’s Yan Ziyi and Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi, and fans were given a glimpse of the fireworks they might expect in Nagoya this month. Yan has dominated since the start of the year, throwing the second furthest distance of all time and regularly beating her rival, who took gold at the Paris Olympics two years ago. Facing off at the World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest on Saturday, Yan again appeared to...

The US-China race for artificial intelligence dominance has entered a new phase: using AI to build better AI. Leading AI companies in the United States and China are increasingly focused on deploying advanced models to write code, design experiments, and develop training techniques that can be used to improve more powerful models. The ultimate goal is to achieve what the industry refers to as recursive self-improvement (RSI) – the creation of AI systems that can train themselves...

Gillingham made it back-to-back wins in League Two with a victory over previously unbeaten Tranmere Rovers on Saturday.

Gillingham have handed a professional contract to one of their promising youngsters.

Follow this afternoon’s football, including Gillingham’s clash with Tranmere, in our live blog.

The newest tennis star in China said she wanted to be like Zheng Qinwen and hoped she could play against the Olympic champion on the professional tour one day, after reaching the US Open girls’ singles final. Sun Xinran beat Chukwumelije Clarke of the United States 7-5, 0-6, 6-1 to reach the final, where she will face fifth seed Russian teenage girl Anna Pushkareva. New York is the third grand slam final for Sun this year, after reaching the last two at the French Open and Wimbledon, but she has...

Hyrox executives and coaches believe the indoor fitness competition will not follow in the footsteps of gym trends that have briefly captured the imagination before fading from view, in part because its universal format gives it global appeal. While competitions such as CrossFit, HIIT and a variety of outdoor obstacle races have largely struggled to build on their initial popularity, Hyrox has become one of the fastest-growing fitness competitions in the world. Founded in November 2017 by...

After a flying reconnaissance visit to Japan, where they dodged deer and navigated treacherous, rain-sodden descents, the daredevil cycling pair of Chloe Leung Wing-yee and Vincent Lau Wan-yau have equipped themselves with the smarts to launch Hong Kong’s Asian Games campaign in grand style next week. If it is a bugbear of Herve Dagorne’s that each delegation is allowed only one rider in the individual time trial races that get the Games cycling programme under way next Sunday, then in Leung and...