TikTok faces ultimatum: Sell or ban
Washington (AFP) - The US House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would force the wildly popular social media ...
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Taiwan pioneering next-gen chip manufacturing on US soil
Taipei (AFP) - Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC announced Thursday a nearly 9 percent increase in net profits in the first quarter ...
ASML shares dive on lower profits, orders
The Hague (AFP) - Shares in Dutch tech giant ASML, which supplies chip-making machines to the semiconductor industry, slumped Wednesday ...
EU must act quickly to catch up to US, warns report author
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU risks lagging further behind the United States unless Brussels makes significant changes to the ...
OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo
Tokyo (AFP) - ChatGPT creator OpenAI opened a new office in Tokyo on Monday, the first Asian outpost for the ...
After long peace, Big Tech faces US antitrust reckoning
Washington (AFP) - After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked ...
Japan seeks to reclaim tech edge with overseas help
Tokyo (AFP) - Massive overseas and domestic investments offer Japan a chance to reclaim its tech crown, but to become ...
German group mulls remote-controlled ships to fix skipper shortage
Duisburg (Germany) (AFP) - With the flow of new recruits into the seafaring sector drying up, a German company is ...
Microsoft to invest $2.9 bn in Japan AI push
Tokyo (AFP) - Microsoft on Tuesday announced a $2. 9 billion investment over the next two years in Japan to ...
The Rise of the Digital Economy
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