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EV jobs are starting to slip away

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...

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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.

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My mom and Dr. DeepSeek

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...

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AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly

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,...

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Kim Jeong-ran, 81, speaks with her Hyodol, an AI-equipped companion robot, at her home in Gungdong, Guro-gu, Seoul, South Korea, Jul 23, 2025.
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The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry

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...

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Workers dismantle discarded electronic items at e-waste informal market in north-east Delhi.
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How Africa’s e-commerce giant is fighting off Shein and Temu

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...

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Francis Dufay, chief executive officer of Jumia Technologies AG.
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Silicon Valley is sucking up Singapore’s tech talent

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...

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A staff member of GovTech demonstrating the use of facial verification technology in Singapore.
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The UAE is giving away its advanced AI

Abu Dhabi is giving away what Silicon Valley sells. The United Arab Emirates is offering its advanced Falcon artificial intelligence programs completely free at a time when OpenAI, Google, and...

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