Why Silicon Valley Can’t Stop Looking Over Its Shoulder at China
Chinese companies are offering artificial intelligence that is nearly as good as the leading U.S. technologies, but it’s still America’s race to lose.
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Alibaba says Qwen3.8 is the world’s No.2 AI model. It has shown no proof.
Days after a rival Chinese lab shook Silicon Valley, Alibaba has fired back. The company previewed Qwen3.8, its most powerful model yet, and made a
China’s car market is heading for its worst year since 2021. Sales fell 20% in the first half.
China’s passenger car sales fell 20.2% in the first half of 2026 to 8.7 million units, and the China Passenger Car Association has lowered its
Samsung cuts 739 New Jersey jobs as its US headquarters heads for Texas
The glass campus in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, is barely a year old. Samsung opened it in September 2025 to replace the Ridgefield Park headquarters
Dutch company ASML is $300bn from a trillion. AI could close the gap
ASML has spent 2026 getting steadily, expensively larger. The Dutch company whose machines print the world’s most advanced chips is now Europe’s most valuable listed
India’s first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch
Indian space officials celebrated the debut flight of Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket, India’s first fully commercial satellite launcher, as a “grand success” Saturday after an
Turns Out Wayland Isn't the Input Lag Disaster Everyone Says it is
The idea that Wayland has worse input lag than X11 has been floating around Linux gaming circles for years. Some numbers backing the claim did
Rocket Report: India’s Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company?
Welcome to Edition 9.03 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX counted down all the way to T-0 on Thursday evening in South Texas before a handful
HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs
The Indian government has fined HP India and its partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (about $14.4 million) for working with reseller partners in
AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
Researchers from three French and Italian universities found that access to AI advice collapsed people’s willingness to say “I don’t know” from 44% to 3%.
Korea’s AI chip market is now the opening bell for global stocks
Fund managers in London, New York, and Tokyo have added a new step to their morning routine: checking South Korean stocks. Korea’s $4 trillion equity
Victoria proposes forcing social media platforms to unmask anonymous accounts accused of vilification
Victoria’s premier Jacinta Allan announced on Sunday that the state would propose laws granting the Victorian civil and administrative tribunal power to order social media
Rob Gurzeev on Why AI Has Changed Cybersecurity’s Biggest Blind Spot
Artificial intelligence is transforming how software is built, deployed, and secured. While AI has accelerated innovation across industries, it has also expanded the number of
Common Sense Media says Google’s AI Search poses an “unacceptable risk” to students. Google cannot turn it off.
Common Sense Media concluded that Google’s AI-powered Search poses an “unacceptable risk” to young users and recommended that students stop using it entirely until schools