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China was the only country to increase its year-on-year chip equipment purchases, with other major buyers like Taiwan, South Korea and the US all spending less
Putin got the red carpet treatment on Tuesday, despite Ukraine calling for his arrest under a warrant from the International Criminal Court
Concern is rising over surging water consumption by data centres, as well Big Tech's use of carbon offsets to write off emissions, and plans for a rejig of offset rules
Investors remained cautious for a second successive day while China’s property woes saw its banks take a profits hit
Government policies favouring narrow areas of science and technology are worsening the job prospects of millions of young people, critics say
China has increased its lead in 64 critical technologies, while India is emerging as a key centre of global research innovation, a new report says
A key US jobs report due on Friday saw many investors stay on the sidelines and regional markets react to domestic cues
The patents represent a small fraction of China's global patents, but could jeopardise the renewal of a 45-year-old science and technology pact between Beijing and Washington
Reliance has announced billions of dollars worth of investments to develop its green energy portfolio and achieve its 2035 net zero carbon goal
The rapid transition to renewable energy sources, notably solar power, continued in 2023 and the first half of 2024, new reports say
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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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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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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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