Firms that chase the dream of AI super-intelligence will falter, a researcher has said, as the idea "ignores the physical and economic realities that constrain all systems."

Key to the fall in fossil fuel use is China’s increasing rapid transition to renewable energy, with wind and solar reportedly now generating more than a quarter of the country’s electricity

This is the first indication from China that it is now seeing cars with L3 autonomous driving capabilities as legitimate products ready for mass adoption

Latest state data shows retail sales at their weakest in three years, while home prices continue to fall and even car sales slump

Beijing urges the Gulf Cooperation Council to conclude talks on a free-trade agreement, which first started over 20 years ago

Intense competition in China has hammered profitability for automakers, suppliers and dealers but regulators are now looking to penalise absurdly low pricing

Chinese demand for Nvidia’s H200 chip is high but China is unlikely to allow its firms unfettered access to the powerful processors

Australia will fund $120m worth of subsea links from north and south PNG to Bougainville under its defence treaty with its Pacific allies

Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul moved to dissolve parliament late on Thursday amid further parliamentary squabbling. He took the top office just over three months ago, but hopes an election in January or February will boost his chance of returning

Chinese regulators have reportedly held 'emergency meetings' with representatives from top tech companies and asked them to assess their demand for the H200 AI chip

Move will raise or impose new duties of up to 50% on goods such as autos, auto parts, textiles, clothing, plastics and steel from states without trade deals with Mexico

IMF chief urges China to make brave choices: focus on market forces and reforms that lift consumption, cut export reliance, ease trade tensions, and let property 'zombies' fall