As Wikipedia takes on a critical role in shaping artificial intelligence tools, its content moderators are feeling the pressure and responsibility of their task. On January 15, Wikimedia Foundation — the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia — announced a string of partnerships with major AI companies, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, “to integrate […]
To understand China today and where it’ll go tomorrow, we must learn to read the Chinese internet: what goes viral and what disappears just as swiftly, how it shapes and is shaped by the outside world, and how it is controlled from the top down and mobilized from the bottom up. Social media feeds allow […]
Micro EVs are going nowhere, fast. These compact electric cars, typically under 2.5 meters and designed for urban driving with top speeds of up to100 kilometres (62 miles) an hour, captured just $11 billion of the $800 billion global EV market last year. Despite a parade of new models, global sales are expected to stay […]
In June 2020, the Indian government abruptly banned 59 Chinese apps to protect the country’s “sovereignty and integrity” amid border tensions. By the end of the year, this number had gone up to over 250. Fast forward to February 2026, and India is in talks with Ant International to integrate Alipay+ into India’s unified payments […]
China’s ultracheap e-commerce app, Temu, took the world by storm, topping download charts in 2023 and 2024. Now, the very tactics that fueled its rise are becoming its biggest problem. On January 21, Turkish competition authorities raided Temu’s office in Istanbul, as part of an antitrust investigation. This was just weeks after European Union regulators […]
In just the past week, France has banned its public officials from using American technology, more governments are considering keeping young people off Silicon Valley’s biggest social media platforms, and UpScrolled saw a surge in users over censorship fears on TikTok in the U.S. All of these moves point to a growing unease with U.S. […]
The U.S. will open registrations for the highly sought-after H-1B visa in about a month. Each year, the visa category receives over five times as many applications as the number of visas available. Companies that rely on H-1B to bring staff to the U.S. start preparing for these applications months in advance. But this time, […]
Artificial-intelligence superusers in China are rushing to test out Moltbot, the AI assistant that has gone viral in Silicon Valley, with cloud providers offering special packages to early adopters. Developed by Austrian entrepreneur Peter Steinberger, Moltbot, an open-source AI agent, has excited the tech community with its ability to learn about users’ habits, take control […]
Ant Group, Alibaba’s fintech affiliate and parent of China’s ubiquitous payment app Alipay, is racing to lead the country’s digital health market with a chatbot designed to be a wellness companion. Its app, Ant Afu, uses artificial intelligence and agentic capabilities to answer health-related questions, suggest hospital appointments, analyze test results, and remind users to […]
At first glance, Que Tang Yu Fang in the Chinese city of Nanjing looks like any other milk-tea shop offering freshly brewed drinks. But step inside, and every order begins with a traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis carried out entirely by artificial intelligence-powered devices. Customers have their levels of yin, yang, and qi assessed with an […]