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

Mashable Tech

The memoir paints a grossly unflattering picture of the tech giant, including allegations of sexual harassment and claims that Facebook ignored internal concerns about its impact on democracy and human rights. Specifically, Meta alleges that Wynn-Williams violated the non-disparagement agreement she signed as an employee.

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Tesla Competitor Reveals Electric Car That Can Charge in Five Minutes

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

Ars Technica

The technique caught widespread attention after Chinas DeepSeek used it to build powerful and efficient AI models based on open source systems released by competitors Meta and Alibaba. Through distillation, companies take a large language modeldubbed a teacher modelwhich generates the next likely word in a sentence.

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US-China tech war escalates over EV battery dominance

TechCrunch

’s efforts to impede China’s technological advancement. Now Washington has its eye on yet another red-hot tech sector where China is making great strides: batteries for electric vehicles. Semiconductors have in recent years become a focal point in the U.S.’s

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In rare move, BMW and China’s Huawei sign deal for in-car connectivity

TechNode

BMW and Huawei said on Monday that starting 2026, BMWs newest electric cars in China will be compatible with the latters HiCar, which would allow many of its owners to connect their Huawei smartphones to their cars infotainment system to access various phone apps. to approximately 714,500 units in China last year.

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New EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of range

Ars Technica

Now it seems that may not be an excuse for much longerin China, at least. New tech has been developed by BYD, the Chinese automaker that recently eclipsed Tesla as the leading EV maker by volume. Called the "super e-platform," the new batteries are able to charge at 10C, and the new DC chargers peak at 1,000 kW.

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Hands on with the worlds thinnest smartphone

Mashable Tech

Enter China's Tecno, which brought the world's thinnest smartphone (according to Tecno) to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona: the Spark Slim. Mashable's on the ground at MWC 2025 covering the best tech products that have Barcelona abuzz. Albeit just a concept device, it worked like any regular Android phone.

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