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China’s Geely sells Saxo Bank stake to Swiss private bank
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AI frenzy leads US venture capital to biggest splurge in three years
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Chinese investors privately take stakes in Musk’s companies
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Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks to play AI
Mainland Chinese investors are piling into the Hong Kong stock market at record volumes as its tech-heavy Hang Seng Index trades around three-year highs.CNBC - 1d -
A standard, open framework for building AI agents is coming from Cisco, LangChain and Galileo
The collective, called AGNTCY, aims to create a standard way for AI agents from different platforms and frameworks to talk to each other.VentureBeat - 5d -
New open-source math model Light-R1-32B surpasses equivalent DeepSeek performance with only $1000 in training costs
Companies can freely deploy Light-R1-32B in commercial products, maintaining full control over their innovations.VentureBeat - 6d -
Auto Legends adds $1M to its funding round in Coinbase Ventures deal
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Microsoft is open to using natural gas to power AI data centers to keep up with demand
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People 'underestimate' the importance of Chinese President Xi's entrepreneur meeting: Alibaba's Tsai
Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai said Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with entrepreneurs boosted confidence and has been underestimated.CNBC - 2h -
Tibetans scuffle with police outside Chinese Embassy in India on uprising anniversary
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US charges Chinese hackers and government officials in a broad cybercrime campaign
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Restore America's crime-plagued capital
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The case for China
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AI vs. AI: 6 ways enterprises are automating cybersecurity to counter AI-powered attacks
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Why Workday’s CEO Made a Tough Layoff Decision to Invest in AI
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Google Says Its New AI Mode Will Help You Find Better, Deeper Information
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Skirmish in Syrian Capital Raises Fears of Expanding Violence
The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping the country’s coastal region could spread.The New York Times - 1d -
McDonald’s Customers Will Get Their Meals With a Side of AI
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In Napa Vineyards, AI Boosts Grape Expectations
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Liminal Experiences raises $5.8M for UGC and AI gaming
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3 Ways AI Can Create More Tailored Marketing Strategies for Retail Brands
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AI Is Changing Everything. Here’s How to Stand Out as a Thought Leader
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The great software rewiring: AI isn’t just eating everything; it is everything
Gen AI is not just another technology layer; it has the potential to eat the entire software industry from the inside-out.VentureBeat - 2d -
Nvidia has teamed up with Utah to improve AI education and workforce training
Nvidia has teamed up with the state of Utah on an AI education initiative to improve workforce training and economic growth.VentureBeat - 1d -
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America
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DOJ claims soldiers offered documents to Chinese buyers
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Job openings see gains in January in a sign of labor market stability
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Investigation Into Scale AI Also Targets Its HR Partners HireArt and Upwork
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Cerebras just announced 6 new AI datacenters that process 40M tokens per second — and it could be bad news for Nvidia
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Polls open in Greenland for parliamentary elections as Trump seeks control of the strategic island
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Trump Organization Sues Capital One for Closing Its Accounts
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