IT IS SOMETIMES said, not least by President Donald Trump, that America and China are now the G2, a duo of superpowers leading the world. That is a grim thought. One has a leader who treats allies like patsies and is ripping apart the institutions that underpinned global stability for decades. The other has an…
VATICAN CITY, May 6 (Reuters) – Pope Leo marks his first year leading the Catholic Church on Friday with a higher public profile and a ramped-up schedule, having grown more outspoken on the world stage and drawn the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump. The first U.S.-born pope, who sharply denounced war and despotism on…
Hong Kong’s exports rose nearly 36 per cent year on year in March – the sharpest rate in more than five years – backed by what authorities described as “strong global demand” for AI-related electronic products and outpacing last month’s growth despite trade disruptions. According to the Census and Statistics Department, the total value of…
The logo of Meta is seen during the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, 12 June, 2025. (Reuters) China has blocked Meta’s attempt to buy one of the world’s most high-profile artificial intelligence startups. The unwinding of the $2 billion acquisition of Manus, which is based in Singapore but was founded in China, comes as…
In what can be called a major blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions, Chinese regulators have officially blocked Meta Platforms from acquiring AI startup Manus. This comes days after a report claimed that China has ordered its leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies to stop accepting American capital as Beijing aims to prevent sensitive AI breakthroughs…
AI, robotics and global map intelligence converge to advance next-generation Navigation on Autopilot (NOA) HERE Technologies and neueHCT are working to scale production-ready intelligent driving systems globally Beijing, Auto China 2026 – HERE Technologies, the leading mapping and location data company, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with neueHCT, the intelligent driving…
Chinese startup DeepSeek released a new artificial intelligence model with “drastically reduced” costs Friday, more than a year after it stunned the world with a low-cost reasoning model that matched the capabilities of US rivals. China’s DeepSeek says releases long-awaited new AI model (AFP/Representative) The AI race has intensified the rivalry between China and the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race. In a Thursday memo, Michael Kratsios, the president’s chief science and technology adviser, accused foreign…
April 23 (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday accused China of stealing U.S. artificial intelligence labs’ intellectual property on an industrial scale in a memo that threatens to raise tensions ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders next month. “The US government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former CIA officer told senators Wednesday that a Google engineer who stole cutting-edge AI secrets for China went on to use the technology to build a company. The testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes as lawmakers warn of growing national security threats tied to Chinese…