3 d. ago China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing.

China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing.  Inside Climate News

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6 d. ago Hong Kong least ready for AI adoption among global markets: survey

Hong Kong is the least ready to fully adopt artificial intelligence in workplaces among 30 global markets, according to a survey by US tech infrastructure and software company Cisco in August and released on Wednesday. Only about 2 per cent of organisations surveyed in the city were considered “pacesetters” – companies that outperformed their peers across a series of measures related to AI adoption. That compared with 13 per cent globally, according to Cisco’s study, which surveyed more than...

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9 d. ago China's Xi pledges US$110 million for women's empowerment as Beijing hosts global summit

China's Xi pledges US$110 million for women's empowerment as Beijing hosts global summit  Yahoo News Singapore

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9 d. ago 2 ‘mega galleries’ to close Hong Kong premises to find more suitable spaces

Two of the world’s biggest art galleries have announced the closure of their respective Hong Kong outposts as major players reassess their global footprint amid a multi-year slump in the market. Pace Gallery, which represents artists such as Yoshitomo Nara, David Hockney and the estates of Agnes Martin and Mark Rothko, will close its space in H Queen’s, in Central, after seven years, following the end of its final exhibition by Cuban artist Alejandro Piñeiro Bello on October 18. On the other...

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2 w. ago China unveils the world’s biggest water battery — 3.6 GW pumped storage to boost the grid

China unveils the world’s biggest water battery — 3.6 GW pumped storage to boost the grid  ecoportal.net

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2 w. ago Chinese AI models deemed a security risk by new US government report

Chinese models lag behind their American counterparts in performance, cost, security and adoption, despite their growing global popularity, according to a new report from the US government. Describing Chinese models as “adversary AI”, the report released on Tuesday by the Centre for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Commerce claimed that models such as those from DeepSeek posed risks to AI developers, consumers...

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2 w. ago How China was ready for Super Typhoon Ragasa – and what still needs to be done

Super Typhoon Ragasa may have been the biggest storm of its kind in the world this year, but when it made landfall in mainland China last month, it left no fatalities in its wake. Rewind to 2018 when Mangkhut, the last super typhoon to hit Guangdong province, struck and at least four people were killed in southern China. Typhoon Hato also left nine dead in Guangdong in 2017, and Typhoon Fanapi caused 34 deaths in the coastal province in 2010. The contrast is even sharper when compared with the...

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3 w. ago Singapore hosts world’s biggest crypto event as global adoption soars

The world’s largest cryptocurrency conference, Token2049, kicked off in Singapore on Wednesday, attracting a record-breaking 25,000 attendees amid growing adoption of digital assets by institutions and individuals globally, partly driven by a friendlier regulatory environment in the US. Participants from more than 160 countries formed a queue stretching hundreds of metres outside the Marina Bay Sands convention centre in the morning. The two-day event features five simultaneous forums and...

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3 w. ago Chinese woman convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure

Chinese woman convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure  BBC

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3 w. ago Chinese scammer convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure

Chinese scammer convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure  BBC

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4 w. ago Chinese tech workers miss mainland wedding, rethink plans amid H

Chinese technology workers in the United States saw their travel plans disrupted and reassessed their future in the world’s biggest economy, after US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation requiring companies to pay US$100,000 per year for new H-1B applications. The policy change, which initially appeared vague on who was responsible for paying the fee, prompted H-1B visa holders Selena Tang and her husband to skip their planned Chinese wedding on Tuesday in Wuxi, in eastern Jiangsu...

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4 w. ago Chinese tech workers miss mainland weddings, rethink plans amid H

Chinese technology workers in the United States saw their travel plans disrupted and reassessed their future in the world’s biggest economy, after US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation requiring companies to pay US$100,000 per year for new H-1B applications. The policy change, which initially appeared vague on who was responsible for paying the fee, prompted H-1B visa holders Selena Tang and her husband to skip their planned Chinese wedding on Tuesday in Wuxi, in eastern Jiangsu...

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