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How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

The Chinese internet giant ByteDance has made some of the world’s most popular apps: TikTok and, in China, Douyin and Toutiao.In the United States, TikTok claims 170 million users. But in China, about 700 million use the domestic version,...

Nintendo Switch Game Console Release Is Whipsawed by Tariff Threats

For months, Nintendo, the maker of famed video game series like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, had expected the morning of April 2 to be a celebration.To much fanfare, the company announced the price and release date for...

Trump’s Trade War Is Strengthening China’s Soft Power

Trump administration officials have promoted the tariffs as a way to boost US manufacturing and create more high-paying jobs. But American small business owners painted a very different picture of the situation on TikTok. In one video, the founder...

Apple airlifts more than 1 million iPhones out of India to avoid Trump tariffs, Reuters reports

Apple wants to get its iPhones into the hands of U.S. customers before tariffs could lead to hike prices. The iPhone maker shipped about 1.5 million iPhones, a cargo weighing roughly 600 tons, by air from...

OpenAI sues Elon Musk claiming ‘bad-faith tactics’

OpenAI is suing Elon Musk over claims he has tried "nonstop" to slow down its business for his own benefit.The company accuses the Tesla boss of using "bad-faith tactics" against OpenAI to help him control cutting-edge AI technology.Mr Musk...

The Trump Administration Is Turning Science Against Itself

The nonsense jujitsu is absurd, but is it sincere? In some cases, it’s hard to say. In others it seems more likely that scientific illiteracy serves a cover for retribution. This week, the Commerce Department canceled federal support for...

US congressional speeches are getting less evidence-based over time

The language that elected members of the US Congress use in debate increasingly includes words such as “phony” and...

Meta whistleblower testifies before Senate panel that Facebook worked

Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams told senators in testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill that the social media company worked "hand in glove" with the Chinese government to censor its platforms, according to her written remarks obtained...

Here’s how much an iPhone could cost with Trump’s tariffs on China

Apple iPhones could become even pricier under President Trump's reciprocal tariffs on roughly 90 foreign nations, which were slated to take effect Wednesday, but are now on hold for 90 days, with the exception of...

This Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Big Time

Researchers this month will begin testing a high-voltage circuit breaker that can quench an arc and clear a fault with supercritical carbon dioxide fluid. The first-of-its-kind device could replace conventional high-voltage breakers, which use the potent greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride,...
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Xi’s real test is not Trump’s trade war

BBCIf you say the name Donald Trump in the halls of wholesale markets and trade fairs in China, you'll...
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