Chinese sextortion scammer accounts have flooded X (previously Twitter) since April after the platform introduced a new blue-check policy allowing users to buy verified badges. Scammers target the ...

A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses that are concerned about ...

Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use ...

DeepSeek said last month that its latest artificial intelligence model is compatible with domestic AI chips that would be released soon, unleashing a surge of interest in a handful of Chinese ...

After ChatGPT was released in November 2022, the tech industry was quick to herald the chatbot as the marker of a new wave of technological progress. As companies pushed to create more powerful AI ...

The U.S. Trade Representative has launched a formal investigation into Pix, Brazil’s state-run digital payment platform. Pix’s rapid growth and free, public model have made it a powerful competitor to ...

Imagine that it is 6 a.m. in the wholesale markets of Nairobi. Merchants are delivering vegetables from up-country farms to the retailers who sell to the city’s households. Everyone is using M-Pesa, ...

China’s BYDi BYD BYD Auto is a Chinese carmaker that became the world’s leading EV manufacturer in 2023, competing with Tesla for market share and global attention.READ MORE is building cars faster ...

The world’s cheapest smartphones are disappearing because AI infrastructure is absorbing the components. Prices of existing smartphone models have risen by about 15% globally this year, while newly ...

Recent breakthroughs in AI image generation have created widespread anxiety in China’s video game art industry. Given the high quality of AI-produced artwork, many illustrators are losing their jobs ...

Beijing’s export curbs last year shuttered European plants. Valeo’s rare earth-free motor is at least three years from production. Chinese automakers are chasing the same technology to cut costs.

Indian tech workers who were laid off from companies like Twitter, Amazon, and Microsoft in the U.S. last year are struggling to find jobs back home. They have been forced to take huge salary cuts and ...