Artificial intelligence is one of the most researched fields in technology today. As more companies launch large language models and more users embrace generative AI, researchers are studying their potential...
The electric vehicle industry is cutting staff faster than smoke. More than 30,000 workers have lost their positions at electric-vehicle makers and related industries worldwide over the past year, according...
Employees work on a Trumpchi brand vehicle production line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. (GAC) plant. Trumpchi, the Chinese auto brand established in 2010 and now preparing for U.S. sales, has become a topic of debate as owner GAC considers whether American consumers would love or hate the marque with a name similar to that of the controversial former U.S. president.
Has a tech corner of Taiwan generated the baby boom some in Silicon Valley are yearning for? A covey of U.S. billionaire tech elites have urged Americans to have more...
Every few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in eastern China, embarks on a two-day journey to see her doctor. She fills...
DeepSeek said last month that its latest artificial intelligence model is compatible with domestic AI chips that would be released soon, unleashing a surge of interest in a handful of...
China is good at making things and is getting better. Since launching economic reforms in the early 1980s, it has become the world’s hub for producing everything from toys to...
Chinese automakers are imitating not to flatter but to profit. Companies such as Chery, Xiaomi, and Zeekr appear to be drawing heavily from premium Western car designs, banking on familiar...
In her tiny sunlit Seoul apartment, Kim Jeong-ran sat on her bed, talking affectionately to a cloth doll perched on her lap. “Hyodol, you’re my lovely granddaughter,” the 81-year-old said,...
In the dead of a cold December night in 2023, at a dump near Delhi, hundreds of men huddled around small bonfires, clutching paper cups of tea. They tossed plastic...
Competition has been steep for Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce platform, especially from major Chinese companies like Temu and Shein. Jumia is now using the same playbook its Chinese rivals have...
Silicon Valley firms are rushing to train artificial intelligence models with tens of thousands of graphics processing units, and offering multimillion-dollar salaries to star researchers. Meanwhile, in Mongolia, Badral Sanlig...
Amid an intense battle for supremacy, artificial-intelligence companies are forging alliances across industries and regions to help gather real-world data that can’t be scraped from the internet. Over the past...
Artificial intelligence chatbots are starting to take over from low-wage workers, known as “chatters,” who impersonate OnlyFans stars in direct messaging with fans. The adult website’s creators rely on these...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traveled to China in May, where he signed several deals including a five-year $1 billion commercial agreement with Wang Xing, the co-founder and...
American tech giants have increased spending on artificial intelligence tools designed to resolve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Since 2020, Google has spent $200 million on AI-driven social...
Singapore is known for channelling its best talent into the public sector and with GovTech it’s no different. The government aims to staff the agency with the same calibre of...
China’s electric-vehicle revolution just engaged reverse gear. The world’s largest EV producer is flooding international markets with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that run both on batteries and gasoline. Chinese hybrid...
On the manicured roads of the United Arab Emirates, a driverless future is slowly taking shape. Robotaxis zip past palm tree-lined streets, luxury hotels, and glass towers glinting under the...
At the glitzy Auto Shanghai show in April this year, the message was clear: China is making the cars of the future, and that future will be increasingly electrified, connected,...
In February, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled Kutsari Center, a national chip design hub — the first step in an ambitious plan to develop a homegrown semiconductor industry. Dozens of scientists...
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