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Billionaire Masayoshi Son backs his long-time ally Lip-Bu Tan, now Intel CEO, with $2bn share investment amid push for huge data centre venture with OpenAI in the US
AI pioneer Sam Altman says the money being thrown at some players in the industry is 'insane' and 'not rational'
Asian tech giants say they will make data centre equipment in a factory in Lordstown, as part of the huge Stargate AI project
'We're going to have a lot of magnets in a pretty short period of time. In fact, we'll have so many we won't know what to do with them,' the US President said...
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China Emissions Fall In First Half But Global Climate Alarm Persists25 Aug 2025
The world’s biggest carbon emitter, China, has seen its emissions fall by 1% in the first half of this year, but the news is not as great elsewhere...
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Trump Says He’ll Go To China — But ‘Only If Xi Invites Him’29 Jul 2025
'I am not SEEKING anything' Trump wrote in a social media post rejecting reports that he was looking to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping...
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Concern Grows Around Firing of Ethnic Chinese Scientist in US01 Apr 2025
Wang Xiaofeng, a prominent cybersecurity researcher, was removed from Indiana University last week after the FBI raided his two homes in the state...
Officials close to the negotiations between the once close trading partners say that while Washington went for ‘headline grabbing’, New Delhi’s overconfidence tanked a deal that was nearly inked...
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China’s Xi Issues Rare Warning on Over-Investment in EVs, AI – FT21 Jul 2025
Xi’s comments have strengthened expectations that CCP officials will take steps to curb overcapacity in top industries...
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China’s BYD, Chery Tangled in $53 Million Improper Subsidy Case14 Jul 2025
The Chinese government has previously said automakers will have to repay subsidies that they have been found to have claimed improperly...
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BYD to Take ‘Full Responsibility’ For Smart Parking Accidents09 Jul 2025
BYD is the first carmaker to assume full responsibility for an autonomous driving feature in China and the world...
Mukesh Ambani plans to list his telecoms and digital giant Jio Platforms, valued at over $100 billion, next year; he is also branching out into AI with Meta and Google...
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Three People Charged in Taiwan for Theft of TSMC Chip Secrets27 Aug 2025
Prosecutors in Taiwan said they would seek a long jail term for a man accused of getting trade secrets from former colleagues at TSMC, to allegedly help Japan’s Tokyo Electron compete for supplier deals ...
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Lee Survives White House Test, Trump Keen to Meet Kim Jong Un26 Aug 2025
In the latest episode of The Oval Office, Trump meets South Korea's leader, says he'd like to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un, and maybe fly to China with President Lee....
Delhi plans a big dam to counter impacts from a huge Chinese dam, which it says will divert a third of the water at the border and a big dry-season problem...
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Biochar Can Cut Cement Use In Construction, Researchers Say26 Aug 2025
Between 8% to 10% of the world’s total global greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to cement production...
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Solar Power Boom Surging in Indonesia, Australia, Africa25 Aug 2025
Indonesia has just announced a huge solar power project, while Australia has ramped up home battery sales and African nations snap up Chinese modules...
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