Chinese electric vehicle makers accelerate global expansion, achieving notable success in Southeast Asia, Australia, Latin America, and Europe. From January to November, Chinese EV exports soared to 1.091 million units, marking…

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North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Monday that has a range to hit anywhere in the United States, said South Korea and Japan, marking its second launch in hours as Pyongyang condemned a U.S.-led show of force as “war” moves.

North Korea fires ICBM after condemning US 'war' moves comes via…

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Apparently, Apple set up a meeting with Masimo in 2013 on the pretext that it wanted to discuss a potential collaboration whereas its real motive was to identify employees it wanted to poach. Apparently, Apple set up a meeting with Masimo in 2013 on the pretext that it wanted to discuss a potential…

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9to5Mac In January, a court ruled that Apple had infringed on medical technology company Masimo’s pulse oximeter patent. In late October, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a potential import ban. To comply with that ruling, Apple has decided to stop selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2…

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China faces daunting challenges in its domestic economy. But weakness in the real estate market and consumer spending at home is unlikely to stem its rising influence abroad.

In mid-October 2023, China celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI.

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Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) laid off more than 70 software engineers in China, of which 15 will be reassigned to other China-related projects, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the move.

The company told Bloomberg that it was restructuring its China software engineering resources to focus on “direct support for local developers.”

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Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is facing headwinds due to recent cost-cutting pressures in the electric vehicle (“EV”) industry, an ominous sign of future trajectory. CEO Elon Musk and many other executives in the auto industry have blamed high interest rates and macroeconomic headwinds for a reduction in prices and a fall in margins.

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OpenAI has suspended the account of TikTok parent ByteDance following a report that the China-owned firm was “secretly” using its “GPT” AI technology to build its own rival chatbot service.

ByteDance, whose ties to the Chinese government have prompted intense federal scrutiny of TikTok’s operations in the US, has reportedly relied on OpenAI’s application…

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TikTok staff were told they should avoid flagging potential problems on Amazon accounts to protect the video platform’s lucrative commercial relationship with the e-commerce multinational, according to internal communications seen by the Guardian.

Some moderators were told in the autumn not to take negative action against a list of more than 60 Amazon-related accounts…

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TikTok staff were told they should avoid flagging potential problems on Amazon accounts to protect the video platform’s lucrative commercial relationship with the e-commerce multinational, according to internal communications seen by the Guardian.

Some moderators were told in the autumn not to take negative action against a list of more than 60 Amazon-related accounts…

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