A flurry of model launches from China's AI sector is rapidly narrowing the gap with Silicon Valley, creating a death zone for anyone without frontier-pushing technology or market-breaking pricing.Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Qwen3.8-Max and Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 have shown performance comparable to US options, sparking questions over the effectiveness of US chip sanctions intended to slow China's tech ascent.China's progress in AI no longer looks like a single-company breakthrough, with a repeatable system for producing models close to the g...

Fuelled by wealth from its tech and pharmaceutical sectors, Hyderabad has attracted brands such as Chanel and Michael Kors to a city long dominated by domestic designers.Growing wealth from the IT and pharmaceutical industries is making the city a retail destination for consumers across Telangana state and the wider South India region.Global luxury brands are beginning to target the city, but limited retail infrastructure means long-established Indian designers still dominate the high-end segment.Young white-collar professionals are also dri...

A “rare” bout of currency appreciation across the region is eating away at profits for exporters.Across almost every corner of Latin America, agricultural and industrial exporters are facing a severe financial squeeze as local currencies rally aggressively against the US dollar. In Colombia, where some of the world’s most coveted coffee grows on the steep slopes of the Andes, the primary threat to the fortunes of local farmers is no longer drought, crop disease, or depressed global commodity prices. Instead, it is an unusually strong loca...

Wheelchairs are supposed to represent independence. Funny thing is, they often begin with the exact opposite.Not the driving part. That’s been solved for years. Electric motors, better batteries, smarter controls—you can find all of that without looking very hard. It’s the first thirty seconds that never get the same attention: **getting into the chair.For plenty of users, that still means waiting. A caregiver. A nurse. A family member who’s busy doing something else. It’s a frustrating little contradiction we’ve somehow accepted: the...

1. Bloomberg의 진단 : 한국 증시의 변동성 폭증과 정책 오류에 따른 투자 매력도 저하지수 변동성 급증과 외국인 자금 이탈: Kospi 지수가 27거래일 동안 약 40% 폭락하고 하루 5% 이상 변동한 날이 33일에 달하면서 리스크 관리를 중시하는 외국인 기관 투자자들의 지속적인 매도세 유발.단일 종목 레버리지 ETF 승인과 시장 왜곡: 단일 종목 Leveraged ETF 승인으로 SK Hynix 등 주요 종목에 대한 일일 Rebalancing 거래량이 급증하여 주가 변동성을 인위적으로 증폭시키는 정책적 오류 발생.개인 투자자 피해와 국민연금의 규칙 이탈: 36만 개 계좌의 강제 반대매매로 청년층 손실이...

South Korea is home to the world’s hottest and most volatile stock market this year. The Kospi’s near 40% tumble in just 27 trading days is comparable to China’s market crash in 2015. But with an easing of the global AI stock rout, it’s natural to ask if the benchmark index is destined for a rebound.Bulls might argue that unlike China a decade ago, Korea’s business fundamentals are sound. The two memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., which make up more than half of the index, are direct beneficiaries to the AI inf...

Chinese robot maker AI² Robotics is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter, looking to tap into interest for the growing sector.The Shenzhen-based company is working with advisers on a potential offering that may take place as soon as next year, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information.AI² Robotics recently raised almost 5 billion yuan ($740 million) in a funding round that pushed its valuation above 20 billion yuan, a level reached by just a...

Nine in ten CEOs say they are starting to see initial value from AI. To build on that momentum and unlock value at scale, they can adapt the proven disciplines of transformation.Many CEOs know that they need to transform the business with AI to create impact at scale—but most are unclear how to accomplish that goal.AI makes the familiar work of transformation harder. The impact on people is greater, plans must change as technology evolves, risks grow before companies fully understand them, and the value case is harder to quantify in advance...

Some singles are turning to AI-trained matchmakers as they burn out on swiping.When Zasckia Villatoro met Sebastian Mitchell for their first date in November, all she knew about him was what her chatbot told her.Villatoro, 33 years old, had spent weeks texting with the bot, telling it about her habits, values, background and dating preferences. The bot, in turn, pitched men with whom it predicted she would be compatible.It said Mitchell, 36, had a “diverse background, having been born in Germany and raised in Australia, Spain, and Scotland....