4 d. ago Shift Up CEO claims AI is essential for smaller nations competing with the manpower of China and the US

Shift Up CEO claims AI is essential for smaller nations competing with the manpower of China and the US  GamesIndustry.biz

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9 d. ago Russia slams Western ‘axis of war’ as Kyiv claims US guarantees ‘essentially ready’

Russia on Thursday slammed a plan for European peacekeepers to be deployed to Ukraine as “dangerous” and dubbed Kyiv and its allies an “axis of war”, dousing hopes the plan could be a step towards ending the almost four-year war. US President Donald Trump has been pushing the warring sides to strike a deal to halt the conflict, running shuttle diplomacy between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a bid to get an agreement across the line. An initial 28-point plan which...

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1 week ago Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang credits DeepSeek with accelerating open

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday credited Chinese start-up DeepSeek with “activating” a global shift towards open-source artificial intelligence, as he used a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to unveil new hardware aimed at training ever more powerful AI systems. Speaking at the annual trade show, Huang said DeepSeek’s models – released earlier last year – had accelerated the growth of the open-source ecosystem, even after the company’s R1 model, which required fewer...

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2 w. ago Trump’s pivot puts Pacific Rim at heart of global power shift

While US-China relations are likely to warm in 2026 and US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy strikes a comparatively softer tone, the long-term trajectory of the two nations’ rivalry remains irreversible. Strategic competition will only intensify, focusing ever more on economic and security issues in the Pacific Rim. Notably, the Pentagon’s call for a major US military overhaul centred on the Pacific Rim could raise the risk of security confrontation. This dynamic will further...

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3 w. ago New Central Kowloon Bypass to boost Hong Kong’s competitiveness: Paul Chan

Hong Kong’s newly opened Central Kowloon Bypass, along with a planned major road and rail expansion of over 40 per cent in the next few years, will boost the city’s competitiveness and integration with national development, the finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said on Sunday that the deeper integration of transport infrastructure between Hong Kong and its neighbouring cities in the Greater Bay Area would enhance connectivity and the efficient flow of people and...

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3 w. ago New Central Kowloon Bypass, transport links to boost Hong Kong’s competitiveness: Paul Chan

Hong Kong’s newly opened Central Kowloon Bypass, along with a planned major road and rail expansion of over 40 per cent in the next few years, will boost the city’s competitiveness and integration with national development, the finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said on Sunday that the deeper integration of transport infrastructure between Hong Kong and its neighbouring cities in the Greater Bay Area would enhance connectivity and the efficient flow of people and...

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