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New report says the finance sector could face great disruption from AI, and that half the jobs in banking could eventually be made redundant
The 5nm application-specific integrated chip would be compliant with US export rules, sources say, with production by TSMC likely next year
Fire and rescue service personnel said 22 people - most of them Chinese workers – were killed when the factory exploded in an industrial area near Hwaseong
The EU and Beijing will discuss tariffs imposed on Chinese EVs, following a visit by Germany's economy minister, who had "very open" and "blunt" exchanges with his counterparts
In a 99-page document submitted to a US court, TikTok and ByteDance argued the divest-or-ban bill was punitive, speculative and needed to be struck down
Germany's trade with China has been falling, while deals with the US have risen. In the first quarter, the US surpassed China as Germany's top trade partner, for the first time in eight years
Chairman Richard Yu said it had taken the company 10 years to do what others in the United States and Europe took 30 years to achieve
US scholars at semi-official bilateral talks were told China would not resort to nuclear threats in regard to a conflict over Taiwan
Companies are turning to private security firms to vet their employees, including by using artificial intelligence
Multiple deals agreed in KL on banking, energy and education. Beijing will also study a revised plan to connect Malaysia to a high-speed rail link from Thailand to Singapore
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