Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇰🇷 AI robots are helping South Korea’s seniors feel less alone - A ChatGPT-powered robotic companion called Hyodol is taking over some work from overburdened caregivers, much to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇮🇳 AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data - OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.
🇵🇭 A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over - Impersonators for OnlyFans models said their sales quotas are soaring, and once AI improves, they could be out of work.
🇰🇷 AI robots are helping South Korea’s seniors feel less alone - A ChatGPT-powered robotic companion called Hyodol is taking over some work from overburdened caregivers, much to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇮🇳 AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data - OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.
🇵🇭 A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over - Impersonators for OnlyFans models said their sales quotas are soaring, and once AI improves, they could be out of work.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇮🇳 Inside India’s billion-dollar e-waste empire - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
🇪🇬 How Africa’s e-commerce giant is fighting off Shein and Temu - Jumia is capitalizing on the U.S.-China trade war as Chinese vendors are exploring new avenues to route their products into markets such as Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.
🇲🇳 The Mongolian startup defying Big Tech with its own LLM - Egune is one of several linguistically and culturally aware AI models built by smaller nations to reduce reliance on American and Chinese tech giants.
🇮🇳 Inside India’s billion-dollar e-waste empire - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
🇪🇬 How Africa’s e-commerce giant is fighting off Shein and Temu - Jumia is capitalizing on the U.S.-China trade war as Chinese vendors are exploring new avenues to route their products into markets such as Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.
🇲🇳 The Mongolian startup defying Big Tech with its own LLM - Egune is one of several linguistically and culturally aware AI models built by smaller nations to reduce reliance on American and Chinese tech giants.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇳 Chinese EV makers are cashing in on Western luxury knockoffs - As the mainland’s electric-vehicle industry expands globally, design mimicry is reshaping competition.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇮🇳 AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data - OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.
🇨🇳 Chinese EV makers are cashing in on Western luxury knockoffs - As the mainland’s electric-vehicle industry expands globally, design mimicry is reshaping competition.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇮🇳 AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data - OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.
China is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇮🇳 Inside India’s billion-dollar e-waste empire - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
🇨🇳 China falls back on gasoline to drive its global EV conquest - Mainland EV makers are shifting from pure-electric to plug-in hybrid engines.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇮🇳 Inside India’s billion-dollar e-waste empire - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
🇨🇳 China falls back on gasoline to drive its global EV conquest - Mainland EV makers are shifting from pure-electric to plug-in hybrid engines.
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The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 Chinese EV makers are cashing in on Western luxury knockoffs - As the mainland’s electric-vehicle industry expands globally, design mimicry is reshaping competition.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇮🇳 AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data - OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.
🇨🇳 Chinese EV makers are cashing in on Western luxury knockoffs - As the mainland’s electric-vehicle industry expands globally, design mimicry is reshaping competition.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇮🇳 AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data - OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.
In today's more popular stories, 2 center on China:
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇮🇳 Inside India’s billion-dollar e-waste empire - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇮🇳 Inside India’s billion-dollar e-waste empire - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
A number of our more popular stories are focused on China:
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
🇨🇳 Chinese EV makers are cashing in on Western luxury knockoffs - As the mainland’s electric-vehicle industry expands globally, design mimicry is reshaping competition.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
🇨🇳 Chinese EV makers are cashing in on Western luxury knockoffs - As the mainland’s electric-vehicle industry expands globally, design mimicry is reshaping competition.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇮🇳 The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇮🇳 The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, tech workers are fueling a mini baby boom - As Taiwan’s fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island’s Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, tech workers are fueling a mini baby boom - As Taiwan’s fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island’s Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇰🇷 AI robot dolls charm their way into nursing the elderly - ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇵🇭 Clingy chatbots, AI recruiters and other new research findings - We sifted through the latest AI research so you don't have to. Here's what's new and worth knowing.
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, tech workers are fueling a mini baby boom - As Taiwan’s fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island’s Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.
🇵🇭 Clingy chatbots, AI recruiters and other new research findings - We sifted through the latest AI research so you don't have to. Here's what's new and worth knowing.
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, tech workers are fueling a mini baby boom - As Taiwan’s fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island’s Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
🇨🇳 China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia - Tapping investor interest and ex-Nvidia talent, China’s AI chipmakers are seizing openings created by U.S. export controls.
🇨🇳 Why China has a tech manufacturing advantage over the U.S. - In his new book, author Dan Wang compares China’s “engineering” state that is enabling its rapid rise on the tech ladder, with U.S. policy and immigration rules that threaten to dent its edge.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇧🇷 Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center - The Anacé Indigenous community is going to court to stop a planned TikTok data center they say is being built on their land.
🇵🇭 Clingy chatbots, AI recruiters, and other new findings - We sifted through the latest AI research so you don't have to. Here's what's new and worth knowing.
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
🇧🇷 Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center - The Anacé Indigenous community is going to court to stop a planned TikTok data center they say is being built on their land.
🇵🇭 Clingy chatbots, AI recruiters, and other new findings - We sifted through the latest AI research so you don't have to. Here's what's new and worth knowing.
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇨🇴 Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams - Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, tech workers are fueling a mini baby boom - As Taiwan’s fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island’s Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
🇨🇴 Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams - Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, tech workers are fueling a mini baby boom - As Taiwan’s fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island’s Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.
🇨🇳 My mom and Dr. DeepSeek - In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
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A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.
📷 How a movement against corruption on Nepali social media triggered unrest and death - In what has come to be known as the “Gen Z protest,” thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and 19 were reportedly killed.
🇧🇷 Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center - The Anacé Indigenous community is going to court to stop a planned TikTok data center they say is being built on their land.
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.
📷 How a movement against corruption on Nepali social media triggered unrest and death - In what has come to be known as the “Gen Z protest,” thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and 19 were reportedly killed.
🇧🇷 Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center - The Anacé Indigenous community is going to court to stop a planned TikTok data center they say is being built on their land.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 The cold truth about EVs: Freezing weather slashes battery mileage - Innovation in China and Norway makes strides, but in most markets EVs can lose almost half their driving distance when temperatures drop.
🇻🇳 How Vietnam’s military built one of the hottest tech companies in Southeast Asia - Over two decades, Viettel grew from a state telco into a tech powerhouse that makes everything from 5G chips to robots to affordable mobile phones.
🇨🇴 Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams - Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.
🇨🇳 The cold truth about EVs: Freezing weather slashes battery mileage - Innovation in China and Norway makes strides, but in most markets EVs can lose almost half their driving distance when temperatures drop.
🇻🇳 How Vietnam’s military built one of the hottest tech companies in Southeast Asia - Over two decades, Viettel grew from a state telco into a tech powerhouse that makes everything from 5G chips to robots to affordable mobile phones.
🇨🇴 Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams - Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.
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A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇳 The myth of sovereign AI: Countries rely on U.S. and Chinese tech - As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.
📷 How a movement against corruption on Nepali social media triggered unrest and death - In what has come to be known as the “Gen Z protest,” thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and 19 were reportedly killed.
🇨🇳 The myth of sovereign AI: Countries rely on U.S. and Chinese tech - As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.
📷 How a movement against corruption on Nepali social media triggered unrest and death - In what has come to be known as the “Gen Z protest,” thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and 19 were reportedly killed.
China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇨🇳 The myth of sovereign AI: Countries rely on U.S. and Chinese tech - As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
🇨🇳 The myth of sovereign AI: Countries rely on U.S. and Chinese tech - As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.
🇨🇳 EV jobs are starting to slip away - Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇲🇽 Countries are struggling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers - Mexico's lagging energy grid is forcing companies, including Microsoft, to use generators.
🇨🇳 The cold truth about EVs: Freezing weather slashes battery mileage - Innovation in China and Norway makes strides, but in most markets EVs can lose almost half their driving distance when temperatures drop.
🇻🇳 How Vietnam’s military built one of the hottest tech companies in Southeast Asia - Over two decades, Viettel grew from a state telco into a tech powerhouse that makes everything from 5G chips to robots to affordable mobile phones.
🇲🇽 Countries are struggling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers - Mexico's lagging energy grid is forcing companies, including Microsoft, to use generators.
🇨🇳 The cold truth about EVs: Freezing weather slashes battery mileage - Innovation in China and Norway makes strides, but in most markets EVs can lose almost half their driving distance when temperatures drop.
🇻🇳 How Vietnam’s military built one of the hottest tech companies in Southeast Asia - Over two decades, Viettel grew from a state telco into a tech powerhouse that makes everything from 5G chips to robots to affordable mobile phones.
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3 of our most popular stories right now:
📟 Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley - Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.
🇨🇳 The myth of sovereign AI: Countries rely on U.S. and Chinese tech - As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.
📟 Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley - Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.
🇨🇳 The myth of sovereign AI: Countries rely on U.S. and Chinese tech - As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.
🍎 Is Apple’s iPhone 17 launch a win for India? We asked experts - All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.