Updated Aug. 31, 2026, 2:50 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said American communities should accept data centers unless they want to be “backwards and poor” and warned “China could not be happier” as the massive facilities that power artificial intelligence face a bipartisan backlash across the country. Trump, who has stood firmly behind…
July 26, 2026, 11:46 p.m. ET The ads were reportedly delivered by GatherOne, one of Meta’s advertising partners based in China. Meta states it does not allow non-consensual intimate imagery or nudify apps and takes aggressive steps to combat them. Following inquiries, GatherOne suspended new ad accounts for these services and Meta banned several of…
May 5, 2026, 12:01 a.m. ET Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous ride-sharing brand, plans to expand its service to Detroit later this year. But a recent vehicle sighting by The Detroit News suggests the Motor City fleet will include Waymo’s latest vehicle: a China-sourced minivan. Called the Waymo Ojai, the electric minivan shares the so-called…
March 3, 2026, 10:56 a.m. ET Recently, the head of antitrust for the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, Gail Slater, resigned from her post. Per reports, this stemmed in large part from tension with Attorney General Pam Bondi, who grew frustrated with Slater’s insistence on blocking a merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprises, or HPE, and…
Feb. 26, 2026, 9:47 a.m. ET Stellantis NV is considering tapping electric-vehicle technology from its Chinese partner Leapmotor to help lower costs across its mass-market European brands such as Fiat, Opel and Peugeot, according to people familiar with the plans. The manufacturer is weighing an expansion of the scope of its joint venture with Leapmotor…
Jan. 23, 2026, 11:52 a.m. CT SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s largest rocket, is intended to transport NASA astronauts to the moon and eventually humans to Mars. Multiple Chinese companies and the country’s state space program have unveiled rocket designs that appear to mimic SpaceX’s Starship. SpaceX is developing a new version of Starship and could…
Updated Jan. 23, 2026, 12:05 p.m. ET SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s largest rocket, has inspired several Chinese companies to develop similar spacecraft designs. NASA plans to use Starship for its Artemis program to land astronauts on the moon, while Elon Musk aims to use it for Mars travel. Despite its ambitious goals, SpaceX’s Starship has…
Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 9:41 a.m. ET China’s rapid electrification has been hailed as a miracle. By some measures, India is even further ahead. The nation is electrifying faster and using fewer fossil fuels per capita than China did when it was at similar levels of economic development, according to a new report from the…
Jan. 2, 2026, 11:59 a.m. ET Chinese auto giant BYD surpassed Tesla to become the world’s top electric-vehicle seller in 2025, according to new data released by the two companies. The Chinese automaker has come a long way since 2011, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismissed BYD as a competitor in a Bloomberg TV interview,…
Dec. 15, 2025, 5:12 a.m. ET Artificial intelligence is already impacting major sectors like education, agriculture, medicine and manufacturing. Overly strict regulations could hinder American innovation and allow competitors like China to take the lead. Kentucky is presented as a model for a balanced approach, focusing on workforce development, modernization and public-private partnerships. U.S. leadership…