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Exclusive: China in Talks with Automakers on EV Subsidy Extension - Sources

China is in talks with automakers about extending costly subsidies for electric vehicles (EV) that were set to expire in 2022, aiming to keep a key market growing as the broader economy slows, three people familiar with the matter said. The move by policymakers comes as the world’s second-biggest economy has slowed sharply – and […]

Kicking the China Habit: South Korea Hunts Tungsten Treasure

Blue tungsten winking from the walls of abandoned mine shafts, in a town that’s seen better days, could be a catalyst for South Korea’s bid to break China’s dominance of critical minerals and stake its claim to the raw materials of the future. The mine in Sangdong, 180 km southeast of Seoul, is being brought […]

Musk's New Twitter Funding Could Draw TikTok-Like U.S. Scrutiny - Analysis

Elon Musk’s decision to accept some foreign investors as part of his $44 billion buyout of Twitter Inc runs the risk of inviting the kind of regulatory scrutiny over U.S. national security that social media peer TikTok faced, legal experts say. Musk disclosed on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Qatar’s sovereign wealth […]

Smart Cities Sustainable Technologies

Planet Earth, a captivating and bountiful big blue marble, roaming in space. A Terra we call home. Yet, as humans, we tend to have detrimental and catastrophic environmental effects in ways exceeding expectations on our homeland. Effects that elicited disastrous climate issues and urbanization are one of them. This issue prompted the creation of intelligent […]

Chip Startups Using Light Instead of Wires Gaining Speed and Investments

Computers using light rather than electric currents for processing, only years ago seen as research projects, are gaining traction and startups that have solved the engineering challenge of using photons in chips are getting big funding. In the latest example, Ayar Labs, a startup developing this technology called silicon photonics, said on Tuesday it had […]

5G and Standalone Networks: The Unstoppable Duo Fuelling the 4.0 Paradigm

Standalone networks are key to unlocking new use cases Telcos and consumers are well-versed in the high-capacity, low-latency, high-speed connectivity benefits of 5G for the consumer market. What’s lesser known is that businesses can also unlock greater value with the rise of 5G standalone (SA) technology to access the increased levels of reliability, speed and […]

China Says Will Help Key Industries Resume Work in Locked-Down Shanghai

China said on Friday that it will help hundreds of companies in key sectors to resume production in locked-down Shanghai, the commercial capital at the centre of the country’s latest COVID-19 outbreak, as businesses warn of the growing economic toll of restrictions. The announcement comes as a growing number of business leaders and analysts warn […]

Xpeng CEO Warns China Automakers Face Production Suspensions in May

Automakers in China may have to suspend production in May if suppliers in Shanghai and surrounding areas are not able to resume work, He Xiaopeng, the chief executive officer of Chinese electric-car maker Xpeng, said on Thursday. Growing lockdowns to stop the spread of COVID-19 in China are clogging highways and ports and shutting countless […]

4 applications of AIoT being used today

We are fast approaching an era in which smart machines and big data gathering capabilities become part and parcel of global industries. Applications of AIoT, Artificial Intelligence of Things, being used today can be seen in most high-income residential areas and big businesses. While not as widespread as it is touted to be, adoption is […]