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Dutch delegation to visit China for Nexperia talks

A Dutch government delegation will travel to China “early next week” to seek a solution in the spat over chipmaker Nexperia, Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Karremans said on Thursday, reports Reuters. “A senior official delegation from my ministry will travel to Beijing to continue our efforts to find a mutually agreeable solution,” Karremans said in […]

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Baidu unveils AI chip roadmap

Baidu Inc. on Thursday unveiled a sweeping five-year roadmap for its Kunlun AI chips, outlining new products through 2030 and major upgrades to its large-scale computing clusters, reports Caixin. Baidu said its M100 and M300 AI chips will debut in 2026 and 2027, respectively, with the M100 designed for inference and the M300 supporting both […]

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Tencent, Apple talks progressing on WeChat game fees

Tencent Holdings Ltd. is making “constructive” progress in talks with Apple Inc. over how to share revenue from mini-games on its WeChat app, a development that could reshape China’s mobile gaming landscape, reports Caixin. “We have been discussing with Apple how to build a more active mini-game ecosystem, and we are constructive about the progress […]

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Alibaba wholesale platform to roll out AI search tool

Alibaba Group Holding’s global business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, the wholesale platform serving more than 200,000 merchants, on Friday unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool designed to make cross-border trade more efficient, reports the South China Morning Post. Alibaba.com, which operates under the group’s international commerce arm, has created “AI Mode” for its online search engine to […]

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And meanwhile…

There’s not much going on in China at the moment that we can comment on, but there is a sense that things are possibly moving in the United States. It appears the Epstein files are in the process of being released out into the public sphere, and one can only presume that’s going to have […]