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Worry about AI hallucinations reached their peak in May this year after Google rolled-out its much-anticipated chatbot Gemini — which soon gained notoriety for ridiculous outputs
Latest numbers out of China indicate the country's carbon emissions may have peaked last year
TSMC, which is the world's largest contract chipmaker, has been one of the top beneficiaries of soaring demand for AI-capable chips
The White House is reportedly concerned that the tie-up would help a Chinese firm improve its AI abilities and also make Apple more vulnerable to Beijing's censorship and data-sharing laws...
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Apple Sales in China Plunge 50%, Huawei Back on Top – Fortune14 May 2025
Huawei, which slumped for several years after being hit with US sanctions, has managed to regain its dominant position in the Chinese smartphone market...
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World Now Sees China, Xi More Favourably Than US, Trump14 May 2025
For the first time, more countries hold a positive view of China than of the United States. Perception of the US, meanwhile, is now as bad as that of Russia, new survey finds...
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China’s CATL Looking to Raise $4 Billion In Hong Kong Listing12 May 2025
If the battery-maker's listing goes through as it plans, it would be the largest globally so far for the year...
China's most successful carmaker is eyeing major growth from plants it is building in Europe and South America, and hopes to have half its sales overseas by 2030...
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China Follows US Playbook in Rare Earth Crackdown; Tesla Hit23 Apr 2025
China seems to be taking leaves from the American playbook as it steps up its retaliation against Donald Trump's tariff war...
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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...
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Share Sale by China’s Xiaomi Raises $5.5bn, Boosts Its EV Plans25 Mar 2025
Popular support saw a share sale by the Chinese company ramped up and ended with the firm raising $5.5 billion, it said on Tuesday....
CEO Jensen Huang outlines plans for AI supercomputer and a new office in Taiwan, which he hailed as one of the world's leading tech hubs...
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Trump Unveils Huge Chip Deals in Gulf After Rejig of Export Rules16 May 2025
Deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, involving a vast number of advanced AI chips, plus data centres in US, were unveiled in the Middle East this week, despite long-held fears about Gulf nations ties to China...
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Trump Tells Apple CEO ‘I Don’t Want You Building in India’15 May 2025
President pushes Tim Cook to build iPhone plants in the US; says Delhi offered to drop tariffs on US exports in their push for a trade deal...
US senators have introduced a bill to stop batteries being purchased from six Chinese companies, amid concern domestic power grids could be destabilised, after rogue devices were found in Chinese solar power inverters...
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Carbon Credit Scheme Targets Coal Plants For Early Retirement07 May 2025
The Rockefeller Foundation's Coal to Clean Credits Initiative aims to use carbon finance to help close coal plants earlier than scheduled and replace them with renewable power...
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China Claims Win in First Ever Race Between Humans And Robots21 Apr 2025
Chinese state-media were seen carrying glowing praise of the country’s tech progress, as humanoids raced against humans for the first time in Beijing...
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