Factory activity slipped in South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam in December, while data for China was mixed

Criticism comes after the Netherlands restricts export licence for top chip-machine maker, to prevent them being exported to Chinese firms

The milestone comes just three months after the chatbot was opened to the public following months of trials and scrutiny from Beijing

The Chinese tech giant plans to focus on its device business over the coming year, while increasing the efficiency of its overall operations to counter geopolitical uncertainty

Beijing court rules that Alibaba's e-commerce practice known as 'choosing one from two' was an monopolistic abuse that caused JD.com severe damage, its rival said on Friday

US agencies suspect China is using artificial intelligence sift through an "enormous trove" of hacked personal data on American officials and other citizens to target specific individuals

Company says the GeForce RTX 4090 D, which will be available next month, has been designed to fully comply with US government export controls

The smartphone giant’s chief Lei Jun said the company was aiming to become 'one of the world's top five automakers'

Daihatsu's four factories in Japan will shut down till the end of January while its parent Toyota talks to authorities about what to do about the safety tests scandal revealed last week

Costs have shot up as ships have rerouted around Africa. Some shippers are looking to boost the number of vessels sailing through the Suez Canal, but others want to see if the response to Houthi attacks is effective

"A more dovish Fed means the likelihood of recession in 2024 has fallen considerably," one market analyst said

Uncertainty in the Red Sea, after Yemen's Houthi militant group began targeting vessels this month, is threatening to worsen the global surge in inflation