Apple changes Lake Ontario name to ‘Lake America’ for US users of its Maps, following Trump’s order
CHICAGO – Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its Maps app, following competitor Google…
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China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit
China’s science and technology minister Yin Hejun has called for global cooperation to manage the opportunities and risks posed by…
Lawmakers ask Army to explain why it told a military unit to stop specializing in drone warfare
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing the Army to explain why it told a unit based…
AI boom heats up Bay Area housing market as wealthy buyers drive demand for high-end homes across US
LOS ANGELES – Here’s another place the AI frenzy is making itself felt: the market for luxury homes. High-income earners,…
Frontier AI at a cost: what Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 means for the US-China model race
Anthropic’s powerful new Claude Fable 5.1 model has widened its lead in performance benchmarks over Chinese rivals, even as budget-friendly…
China cracks down on AI ‘slop’, clearing out clutter from WeChat, RedNote, Douyin
China is cracking down on artificial intelligence-generated “slop” – low-grade, mass-produced synthetic content cluttering social media and news feeds –…
China’s No 2 foundry Hua Hong invests US$2b in new fab to meet surging AI-driven demand
Major Chinese foundry Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor is pouring US$2 billion into a massive capacity expansion in the Chinese chip…
China’s AMEC unveils 6 chip-making machines in 1 day to speed self-reliance
Chinese chip equipment giant Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has unveiled six new machines – at different stages of commercialisation –…
Tencent’s Hy4 model gains in open-source AI rankings after ecosystem-driven training
Tencent Holdings’ strategy of using its vast product ecosystem to train its new Hy4 preview model gives it an edge…
Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its…