Meituan Inc. released its LongCat-2.0 AI model, a 1.6-trillion-parameter open-source system trained entirely on domestic Chinese chips, marking a milestone in China's tech self-reliance. The move unde…
The BIS Annual Report highlights that the global economy showed surprising resilience in 2025 despite US tariff hikes and geopolitical shocks, driven by AI-related investment and sentiment. However, r…
China claims to have developed an AI 'cyber nuclear weapon' that rivals the capabilities of Anthropic's Mythos model, which the US government recently restricted due to national security concerns. Thi…
Bloomberg reports that Brexit has failed to deliver promised economic benefits, instead causing lower productivity, higher migration, and political instability. The UK and EU should work toward closer…
The United Nations launched the AI for Good Global Commission to bring together tech executives and heads of state to forge global AI rules, as national regulations become increasingly fragmented. The…
AI-driven demand for chips and data-center equipment pushed manufacturing PMIs above 50 in China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia in June 2026, according to Reuters. However, the…
Asia's factories expanded for a seventh straight month in June, driven by surging demand for AI hardware such as chips and servers, according to PMI data. The growth offset headwinds from the Iran war…
China unveiled a new industrial internet road map on Tuesday, setting a target of 50,000 industrial 5G private networks by 2030 and aiming for the sector's value added to exceed 2.5 trillion yuan. The…
US fossil fuel power spending is set to surpass China's for the first time in decades, driven by rising electricity demand from data centers and AI infrastructure, according to the Financial Times. Ch…
The International Energy Agency forecasts US spending on coal and gas power plants will hit $50 billion this year, driven by surging electricity demand from data centers and AI infrastructure. Final I…
Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky, Vice Chair of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, warns that Europe is becoming a digital colony between US and Chinese AI empires. He calls for an emergency summit…
Asia's manufacturing sector expanded in June driven by global AI demand, offsetting economic drag from the Iran war, with China, Japan, and South Korea reporting growth in factory activity due to robu…
Japan approved a new industrial strategy allocating 100 billion yen to rebuild its ship repair capacity, aiming to reduce dependence on China which handles 60% of global ship repairs and most of Japan…
Global semiconductor exports surged to their largest increase in nearly five decades, driven by demand for AI chips, with China becoming the top exporter and Taiwan a key supplier. Prediction markets …
The US government is implementing export controls on frontier AI models, treating model weights as dual-use technologies subject to government review before release. The AI Diffusion Rule, finalized i…
The United States faces rising cyber threats from China as it accelerates AI development, with analysts warning that attacks aim to undermine U.S. technological dominance. The digital espionage threat…
China-linked cyberattacks are increasing and expanding beyond specific technology targets as the U.S.-China AI competition intensifies, analysts warn.…
A US congressional hearing on Tuesday urged the United States to accelerate innovation in AI, robotics, and chips to counter China's technological rise, as lawmakers criticized the Trump administratio…
China is challenging core American assumptions about innovation and technology, flipping the script on the US-led industrial revolution in AI and other cutting-edge fields. The shift inverts the histo…
Three years after ChatGPT's launch, the EU, US, and China remain deeply divided on AI regulation, with the EU's strict transparency rules taking effect August 2, 2026, the US pursuing deregulation, an…