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The drop in imports does not bode well for exports in the coming months, as just under a third of China's imports are parts for re-export, particularly in the electronics sector.
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
Authorities in China approved 7.1m tons of new steelmaking capacity in the first half, but it was all cleaner scrap-based electric arc furnace projects, researchers say. Meanwhile, the US has imposed tariffs on Chinese steel imported via Mexico
TSMC, which is the world's largest contract chipmaker, has been one of the top beneficiaries of soaring demand for AI-capable chips
Carbon removal — which researchers say is essential to achieve net negative CO2 emissions — is yet to gain ground in India as officials remain focused on carbon capture and storage
The tendency of AI machines to invent facts, sources and details may prove a serious problem and cause it to have few viable outcomes, one analyst has warned
Six-month inquiry by a Chinese industry group will assess if Chinese firms lost business in Europe due to invesigations carried out by Brussels
Concern has risen that foreign auditors have not been doing enough to uncover illegal corporate activity, based on a huge scandal at China Evergrande, which was found to have inflated its revenue by vast sum
Consumer prices rose in June for a fifth month but was below expectations, while producer prices were undermined by deflation and weak demand
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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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