Asia markets mixed as Trump-Xi summit, AI trade dominate
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets were mixed Thursday as investors weighed a high-stakes US-China summit and persistent inflation concerns, ...
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Uber adds hotel booking in push to become ‘everything app’
New York (AFP) - Uber on Wednesday unveiled a new feature allowing users to book a hotel room directly from ...
Australia aims to tax tech giants unless they pay news outlets
Sydney (AFP) - Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would tax tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok unless they ...
Oil prices fall on hopes of fresh Iran peace talks
London (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Friday after it appeared a second round of Middle East talks was back ...
China’s top AI players
Beijing (AFP) - China's artificial intelligence boom is in full swing, with the release of a new large language model ...
China’s DeepSeek releases long-awaited new AI model
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese startup DeepSeek released a new artificial intelligence model with "drastically reduced" costs Friday, more than a ...
EssilorLuxottica sales slide as investors turn wary of AI glasses
Paris (France) (AFP) - Shares in EssilorLuxottica, the world's top maker of eyeglasses, slid on Thursday as analysts said investors ...
Tim Cook’s time as Apple chief marked by profit absent awe
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - An Alabama-born engineer seen as a supply-chain savant, Tim Cook took on the daunting ...
Apple’s Tim Cook to step down as CEO in September
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Apple on Monday announced that Tim Cook will step down as the tech giant's ...
China sex toy makers cautiously embrace AI wave
Shanghai (AFP) - Erotic chatbots, video-synced and voice-activated devices mesmerised visitors at a sex toy expo in Shanghai this weekend, as China's ...
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