Category: Emerging Tech
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Google preparing to partner with Taiwan’s MediaTek on next AI chip, Information reports
TECHNOLOGY Alphabet’s Google is preparing to partner with Taiwan’s MediaTek on the next version of its AI chips, Tensor Processing Units, that will be made next year, the Information reported on Monday, citing people involved in the project. However, Google has not cut ties with Broadcom, the chip designer it has worked with exclusively on…
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Four Chinese firms looking to shake up the tech world in the wake of DeepSeek
TECHNOLOGY The success of the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek shocked financial markets and major US tech firms in January 2025. But it shouldn’t have come as such a surprise. Because, for decades now, plenty of companies in China have been developing competitive advantages that enable them to make remarkable progress. This involves a different strategy…
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Vietnam targets full 5G coverage by 2025
WORLD Vietnam aims to achieve nationwide 5G coverage spanning urban centers, industrial zones and key transportation hubs by 2025, state-owned Vietnam News Agency reported Friday (March 14). In the latest directive, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the need to accelerate 5G commercialization and expand high-speed broadband infrastructure as a new drive for economic…
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DeepSeek dims shine of AI stars
TECHNOLOGY China-based DeepSeek shook up the world of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) early this year with a low-cost but high-performance model that challenges the hegemony of OpenAI and other big-spending behemoths. Since late 2022, just a handful of AI assistants – such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini – have reigned supreme, becoming…
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Siemens announces $285 million investment in US manufacturing
WORLD Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said Thursday, including two new facilities in California and Texas. The U.S. is the largest market for the company. The recent investments in the Siemens’ U.S. manufacturing footprint and the planned acquisition of Altair, a Michigan-based software company, mark…