Malaysia is leaning towards Huawei silicon to run its national AI project, according to Bloomberg. No foreign government has openly chosen Chinese AI accelerators over American ones before. Washington told the world last year that buying these particul…
Taiwan spent this week’s SEMICON trade show in Taipei making the same argument twice over, once to Washington and once to Brussels: that its chips arrive with democratic governance attached. The commercial half of that argument came with a number, and …
When Armenia opened the biggest AI factory in its region last month, we filed it under compute diplomacy. The Wall Street Journal now reports what the compute actually bought. Robbie Whelan reported on Friday that US negotiators used the promise of acc…
Thailand has stopped construction on 49 data centres, which is more than it currently has running. Anuchit Nguyen reported the suspension for Bloomberg on Friday, after the first meeting of a new supervision commission chaired by finance minister Eknit…
Major Hurricane Lowell threatens Hawaii as Labor Day approaches. Here’s an explanation for why the island seems to be in the line of hurricane fire in 2026.
Most cities and regions don’t have formal plans for extreme heat, though they have the power to save lives. Still, these plans are far from perfect.
Moonshot AI is considering raising up to $5bn in a Hong Kong initial public offering as soon as this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Dong Cao, Julia Fioretti, Pei Li and Luz Ding sourced the account to people familiar with the matter, who asked not…
South Korea negotiated tariff protection for its chipmakers, and Washington is pressing for American factories anyway. Semiconductor investment is now part of the broader talks between the two governments, a presidential official in Seoul has confirmed…
At Xiaomi’s first IFA showing, the company showed off a new foldable powered by its own chip, as well as a host of home appliances.
The upcoming ‘Gundam Rogue Orbit’ showed off more gameplay footage during Sony’s State of Play yesterday and confirmed a March release date.