China has its own tech titans to rival the US, in the form of Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and emerging AI names such as DeepSeek ...

Another 0.25 percentage-point hike to Japanese rates has come and gone without markets batting an eye. That is surely the point of the central bank’s drive to normalise monetary policy. With wages and ...

Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has released several open-source AI models that match OpenAI's performance—with more efficiency and at lower cost.

We lag on foundational AI model development and adapting other models is a bad idea. India’s future in AI and other emerging technologies will depend on our willingness to invest in the unknown.

In this globalized context, the story of China's AI journey is not just a national narrative but a chapter in the broader ...

US BUSINESSMAN Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other buyers on a bid to take over the US operations of TikTok as long as he can maintain control of the asset, he told Reuters at the Davos ...

In 2023, smartphones-to-silicon conglomerate Huawei quietly released its flagship Mate 60 Pro handset. The launch, while muted, was worth celebrating in the People’s Republic: the device featured a ...

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and ...

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Also in today’s newsletter, a record number of US companies weigh China exit, and Trump calls on Opec to push down global oil prices ...

Chinese artificial intelligence companies are laser-focused on closing the development gap with the US. Despite Washington's efforts to hold the industry back, it’s proving it can stay competitive ...

Over the past two years, the Biden administration struck a careful balance on artificial intelligence. The White House took steps to ensure the US stayed ahead of China ...