About 70% of manufactured goods go through traditional sari-sari shops. There is a big opportunity for local startups in digitizing the shops’ operations. Challenges include patchy and costly internet ...

Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face ...

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

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

From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, ...

Nvidia’s chips are driving the United Arab Emirates’ rise as an artificial-intelligence power. Next on offer is free software, a model built to rival China’s best. For years the UAE positioned itself ...

The world’s cheapest smartphones are disappearing because AI infrastructure is absorbing the components. Prices of existing smartphone models have risen by about 15% globally this year, while newly ...

Some Temu sellers use fake shipping labels to avoid delivery costs within the U.S. Scammers advertise counterfeit USPS postage on Chinese social media, charging as little as 60 cents to deliver ...

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, ...

Latin America’s diverse music scenes — from bachata to reggaeton — are under threat as AI-made tracks overwhelm streaming platforms. Musicians say AI-generated songs are flooding Spotify, Deezer, and ...

Chile wants to connect directly to Asia-Pacific via an undersea cable. The U.S. sanctioned Chilean officials for assessing a proposal from China Mobile for a subsea cable connecting to Hong Kong.