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The first thing to understand about the TikTok deal is that it’s not actually a deal—at least not in any official capacity yet. Trump’s executive order Thursday simply delays the Chinese social media app from being banned in the U.S. (as required by a law passed in the spring of 2024) for another 120 days, while the various parties seek …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in a way that meets national security concerns laid out by the law. President Joe Biden signed legislation last year calling for China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok’s assets to an American company by early this year …

A Chinese robotics company named AheadForm has developed a humanoid robotic head that can express a wide range of realistic emotions.  In a YouTube video, the robot’s head glances around with a quizzical expression and blinks in a way that is eerily lifelike. It has captured widespread attention. The company aims to improve how humans and robots interact. For this, …

chuyuss/Shutterstock When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China’s Three Gorges Dam. It’s located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it’s the world’s largest hydroelectric project. Stretching more than 2 kilometers, it’s more than 180 meters tall, and it’s …

TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Pedestrians and shoppers walk through the Akihabara area on July 27, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s core consumer price index climbed by 3.3% in June, outpacing the US figure for the first time in eight years as the Bank of Japan holds its monetary policy meeting on July 27 and 28. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty …

IN A NUTSHELL 🇨🇳 China’s latest project tests 35MW offshore wind turbines to advance its leadership in renewable energy. 🔋 Huaneng’s Yingkou platform will trial a 26MW turbine with a 5MW/10MWh energy storage system. 🌍 The global wind sector sees increased competition as countries race to develop super-sized turbines. 🔧 China’s strategic investment aims to remain at the forefront of …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Reuters  —  Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek spent just $294,000 on training its R1 model, much less than reported for US rivals, it said in a paper that is likely to reignite debate over Beijing’s place in the AI race. The rare update from the Hangzhou-based company – the first estimate it has released of R1’s …

Remember when DeepSeek briefly shook up the entire artificial intelligence industry by launching its large language model, R1, that was trained for a fraction of the money that OpenAI and other big players were pouring into their models? Thanks to a new paper published by the DeepSeek AI team in the journal Nature, we finally know what it took to …

China’s Message on Nvidia: We Have Leverage Too  The Wall Street Journal China says Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws, significantly escalating trade tensions with US  CNN Bessent Says US Expressed Dismay to Chinese Over Nvidia Ruling  Bloomberg.com Nvidia Broke Antitrust Law, China Says, as Tensions With U.S. Mount  The New York Times China says Nvidia violated anti-monopoly law after preliminary probe  CNBC Source link

China’s economic slowdown appears to be deepening, new data showed. Retail sales, industrial production, and investment levels were all below analysts’ expectations in August, while a real estate downturn intensified. The figures reinforce worries over prospects for the world’s second-biggest economy, which is already grappling with a heavy debt burden, high levels of youth unemployment, and worsening deflation. 2024 saw …