Arguments, opinions and essays from a global perspective. Last week, I read Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People and was reminded of Carl Jung’s Everyman archetype — someone who fears being left out, ...

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Owning its fleet could cut BYD’s cost to ship each car abroad by as much as 40% compared with renting carriers, according to ...

Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent ...

AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most ...

Incidents of AI misuse and malfunction are growing across Africa. Companies are piloting American and Chinese AI systems, ...

While China is engaged in a fierce struggle with the U.S. for AI supremacy, it is accelerating its development of other future technologies. In 2024, Chinese investors put nearly $1 trillion in ...

When Mauricio Bustos, 30, created the song “NostalgIA” in his humble apartment in downtown Santiago, he never expected that the Puerto Rican reggaeton and trap superstar Bad Bunny would actually pay ...

Six or seven days a week, Gilberto Alves de Souza drives through the bustling streets of São Paulo. He drives at least 12 hours a day and sometimes even longer, picking up one passenger after another.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia are rapidly expanding their AI infrastructure, attracting tech giants like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. Data centers powering AI in the Gulf are projected to consume over ...