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China is restricting exports of two niche metals that are key to manufacture electronics and semiconductors, as the tech battle with the U.S. and Europe heats up. Germanium and gallium are the two metals in the spotlight. But what and how crucial are they? Why is China slapping export curbs on the metals? China and

HONG KONG, CHINA – MAY 22: A poster promoting ‘KeeTa’ is seen on May 22, 2023 in Hong Kong, China. Chen Yongnnuo | China News Service | Getty Images Chinese food delivery giant Meituan has launched a sister app in Hong Kong, its first roll-out outside of mainland China — but some analysts are skeptical it can

Thierry Breton, internal market commissioner for the European Union, delivers a keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union is looking to co-operate more closely with Japan on key technologies such as artificial intelligence, the bloc’s industry chief said, as the coalition looks to reduce its

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Lucas Jackson | Reuters Tesla posted its second-quarter vehicle production and delivery report for 2023 on Sunday. Here are the key numbers from the electric vehicle maker: Total deliveries Q2 2023: 466,140 Total production Q2 2023: 479,700 The numbers beat analysts’ expectations and indicate that deliveries

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Skype is not what it was. You may or may not have noticed. The voice, video and messaging app became a hit in the 2000s by letting people talk with friends and family members without paying long-distance fees. In 2005 eBay bought it. That deal

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Thousands of users reported problems as they tried to access Twitter Saturday, marking the latest widespread outage since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk acquired the social media site late last year. Many users who tried to access or post content on Twitter’s website or mobile app were

Over half of all new cars sold in the U.S. by 2030 are expected to be electric vehicles. That could put a major strain on our nation’s electric grid, an aging system built for a world that runs on fossil fuels. Domestic electricity demand in 2022 is expected to increase up to 18% by 2030

Aigen founders: Rich Wurden (CTO) and Kenny Lee (CEO) Courtesy: Aigen The Aigen Element looks like a drafting table on rugged tires. It drives itself continuously at around two miles per hour over farmland, using an advanced computer vision system to identify crops and unwanted botanical invaders. With two-axis robotic arms positioned close the ground,

In this article AAPL NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook stands next to the new Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 05, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The last time technology stocks had a better first half, Apple

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google tried to distance itself from a pre-planned drag show featuring longtime performer “Peaches Christ” in San Francisco but employees still attended. Some of them booed their employer for what they viewed as a caving to pressure of an internal religion-led protest. Jennifer Elias A

VMware at the NYSE, Dec. 14, 2021. Source: NYSE The compliance chief at a Chinese payment processor was charged by the SEC and New York federal prosecutors with violating insider trading laws after sneaking onto to his girlfriend’s computer to view meetings between investment bankers and companies. Steven Teixeira, who served as chief compliance officer

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou reacts as she leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, Canada, August 10, 2021. Jennifer Gauthier | Reuters SHANGHAI — Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou said Wednesday that applying 5G technology to business was more difficult than she had expected. One of the expectations

In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Gina Raimondo, US secretary of Commerce, from left, Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, and Katherine Tai, US trade representative, at a discussion during the US-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting in College Park, Maryland, US, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg

A Nvidia Corp. HGX H100 artificial intelligence supercomputing graphics processing unit (GPU) at the showroom of the company’s offices in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday, June 2, 2023. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s artificial intelligence stocks fell Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. is planning to impose new curbs

The Google logo is seen with the rainbow flag as a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and queer pride and LGBT social movements in New York City on June 7, 2022. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Google is distancing itself from a drag performance that it planned as the closing event

In this article BIDU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Chinese technology giant Baidu has launched its own ChatGPT rival, Ernie bot. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Baidu said Tuesday the artificial intelligence model underpinning its chatbot outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT in several key areas. The Chinese search engine has been publicly testing the

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple Watch Ultra underwater Apple Even as developers, financial analysts, and select members of the media get hands-on with Apple’s new Vision Pro headset, the company is slated to release refreshed versions of existing offerings, according to a report from Bloomberg. Apple is expected to

In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andriy Onufriyenko | Moment | Getty Images Bitcoin has rallied sharply this month — but not for reasons you might think. The world’s largest digital currency has risen more than 12% since the beginning of June. On Wednesday, its price topped $30,000 to hit its

In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ezra Miller stars as Barry Allen in Warner Bros.’ “The Flash.” Warner Bros. Discovery “The Flash” is a flop. “Black Adam” was a bust. And does anyone remember “Shazam: Fury of the Gods”? DC Studios needs more than a hero, it needs a new strategy

In this article ASAN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dustin Moskovitz, Asana’s co-founder and CEO. Asana The typical playbook for a successful tech founder looks something like this. Start a company with full ownership. Sell off significant chunks to venture investors as the business progresses. Eventually become a minority owner. Take the company public.