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Top analyst says crime zones are seeing a huge inflow of stolen funds; calls for sanctions to be imposed on Karen warlord who hosts scam centres on the Thai-Myanmar border
OpenAI's proposed data centres would need power equal to the output of about five nuclear reactors – at least 100 times the requirements of a standard large data centre
Huawei has sent out samples of its new Ascend 910C to top Chinese server companies, but issues continue to persist with the chip's predecessor
At stake for OpenAI is fundraising worth $6.5 billion that could give the company a valuation of $150 billion
A self-proclaimed lone wolf, Ishiba has long been popular with the public. He is a supporter of the idea of an Asian NATO.
Power demands of the likes of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia is complicating investors' love affair with tech stocks
Ottawa joined the US and the European Union in putting 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles last month
US intelligence officials have stepped up warnings in recent weeks that foreign actors like Russia, Iran and China are exploiting artificial intelligence to interfere in the upcoming US election
The power pack, developed by SAIC-GM and CATL, would be the fastest charging electric vehicle battery to date
China could face more sanctions from the West after European intelligence presented evidence of a facility allegedly making drones for Russia's war in Ukraine
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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