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Tesla Competitor Reveals Electric Car That Can Charge in Five Minutes

Futurism

The buzzy new tech will be available next month in BYD's flashy new Han L sedan. Tesla's stock, meanwhile, crashed by 4 percent just on premarket trading alone, thanks to tumbling sales in China , Cybertruck quality issues , and the BYD charging race. In 2023, China exported 1.7

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

Wynn-Williams was previously Meta's director of global public policy, with Careless People covering her time at the company from 2011 to 2017. Specifically, Meta alleges that Wynn-Williams violated the non-disparagement agreement she signed as an employee.

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Global investors flee from Chinese tech stocks after the government crackdown on Ant and Alibaba

TechCrunch

Global investors are running from Chinese tech stocks in the wake of the government’s crackdown on Ant Group and Alibaba, two high-flying businesses founded by Ma Yun (Jack Ma) that were once hailed as paragons of China’s new tech elite. As the tit-for-tat tech conflict between the U.S. drop today.

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AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead, create cheaper models with “distillation”

Ars Technica

Leading artificial intelligence firms including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta are turning to a process called distillation in the global race to create AI models that are cheaper for consumers and businesses to adopt.

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As China shakes up regulations, tech companies suffer

TechCrunch

The Exchange spent a little time on Friday ruminating on the impact of then-rumored regulation in China targeting its edtech sector. News that the Chinese government intended to crack down further on the education technology market hit shares of public, China-based edtech companies. It was a mess. But there’s more.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

TechCrunch

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. It wasn’t a bad year, though. African startups nearly raised $1.5

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As Temu shakes up global ecommerce, PDD nears overtaking Alibaba

TechCrunch

PDD, the firm behind the fast-growing shopping app Temu, is shaking up China’s Big Tech club. This development marked a historic shift in China’s e-commerce space, where for years Alibaba had held the crown jewel. Now […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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