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The investment will be made by the Singapore unit of TikTok's parent Bytedance and the data centre will support companies affiliated with the popular short-video site
PM says: “We will urgently look at whether we need to make more cooperative plans and future assistance programmes for the industrial sector."
Microsoft's security researchers observed that "individuals they believed to be connected to DeepSeek" were involved in an unauthorized data transfer several months ago
Meta has reportedly established four "war rooms" with engineers to assess the AI model developed by Chinese startup DeepSeek, insiders have alleged
Satellite photos show China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in a southwestern city
Shares of Nvidia plunged by 17% on Monday, wiping nearly $600 billion from the chipmaker's market value, a record one-day loss for any company.
American billionaires and tech giants are falling over each other to get their bids in for TikTok
Little-known China startup allegedly spent $5.5 million, and used sub-optimal Nvidia chips, on an AI model that rates with the best created by US tech giants; this caused Nvidia and other tech shares to sink
Musk is a rival of OpenAI's Sam Altman and is in an ongoing lawsuit with OpenAI. He alleges the ChatGPT-maker put profits and commercial interests ahead of the public good
WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned that tariffs of 25% or 60% could trigger tit-for-tat reprisals that return the world to the economic crisis of the 1930s
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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