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Geopolitical tensions threaten Microsoft’s continued presence in China, with AI increasingly sustaining the company’s presence there. Image: Simon Ray/Unsplash Microsoft has sharply reduced its China ...

Chinese AI Upstart Manus Charts Solo Path After Meta Split Manus and Meta completed their operational split in May and halted data-sharing between the two companies. Photographer: Raul ...

A new robot from Chinese robotics company Unitree is turning heads online, and not everyone is sure whether to be impressed or a little freaked out. The four-legged machine can scramble over rocky ...

Nuclear power provides about 9% of global electricity today, and that fraction could tick up as countries look to build new reactors. New, cheaper methods to obtain fuel could help ensure that those ...

Nearly 200 US startups have told the Trump administration not to cut off access to Chinese open-weight AI, warning a ban would kill hundreds of them and hand the market to Anthropic and OpenAI. It is ...

Almost 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Proton and Y Combinator, are urging the Trump administration not to cut off access to Chinese open-weight artificial intelligence models or risk ...

The Trump administration is split over how to respond to the rapid rise of China’s leading AI models, according to multiple people familiar with deliberations. The debate is broadly divided between ...

Best VPN How to Unblock and Use WhatsApp in China? WhatsApp connects over 2 billion people, but China’s Great Firewall blocks it. To message or call from inside the country, you need a VPN that routes ...

A few days ago, I received an email from a French friend inviting me to spend this summer in Paris with my daughter. For a moment, I was tempted. But as I looked at my little girl comfortably reading ...

U.S. companies are increasingly using Chinese-built models as they build out tools and products using AI. Recent model releases from Chinese companies are seen by many as highly competitive compared ...

A late childless couple in China donated five million yuan (US$735,000) to help 455 children with congenital heart disease, despite living an extremely frugal life themselves. The couple’s story was ...