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The nine lives of Masayoshi Son

Leading OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion funding round shows the tech investor's knack for seizing big opportunities.

Fortune · Apr 1, 2025

Why is China angry about a plan to sell two ports on the Panama Canal?

Beijing’s displeasure over conglomerate’s plans highlights tightening business environment in Hong Kong.

Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2025

How DeepSeek erased Silicon Valley's AI lead and wiped $1 trillion from U.S. markets

Wall Street and Silicon Valley crowed that China would always be years behind the U.S. Here's why they were wrong.

Fortune · Mar 31, 2025

Ant Group reportedly reduces AI costs 20% with Chinese chips

Ant Group is utilizing Chinese semiconductors to enhance the efficiency of its artificial intelligence development.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 24, 2025

Is Buying the Absolute Cheapest Snowmobile Ever a Good Idea?

If you don't at least entertain ways to justifiably add cheap vehicles to your garage, are you can you even call yourself a gearhead? Whether it's seeing if the world's cheapest electric pit bike might be something to invest in or if building a Hayabusa-powered buggy with a cheap Chinese…

RideApart · Mar 19, 2025

OpenAI, DeepSeek, And Now Alibaba—China's New AI Model Is Shaking Up The Competition

Alibaba has unveiled its new AI reasoning model, QwQ-32B, claiming it outperforms rivals like OpenAI's o1-mini and DeepSeek's R1.

International Business Times UK · Mar 17, 2025

China's Baidu Releases New AI Model To Compete With DeepSeek

Chinese internet search giant Baidu released a new artificial intelligence reasoning model Sunday and made its AI chatbot services free to consumers as ferocious competition grips the sector.

International Business Times · Mar 16, 2025

AI goes after EQ, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and Everest

AI companies are increasingly encroaching on domains that go to the core of our sense of ourselves as a species.

Fortune · Mar 13, 2025

China’s way to drive economic growth is getting consumers to unleash $20 trillion of rainy-day savings, says Alibaba chair Joe Tsai

Tariffs and geopolitics mean China can’t count on exports for growth anymore, but restoring consumer confidence could allow domestic consumption to become a growth driver.

Fortune · Mar 12, 2025

U.S. Stocks Sink, Foreign Markets Soar: 3 ETFs to Ride the Wave

China, emerging markets, and Europe have outperformed the U.S. in 2025, with China’s FXI ETF up 18%, EEM up 4%, and IEV up 13% YTD.

MarketBeat · Mar 11, 2025