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For Chinese Hisense, TV sales breakthrough looks solid
This is still only a first figure to be confirmed, but at Hisense, it makes a lot of noise. Internally, the Chinese company was delighted, at the start of the year, to…
Nintendo cuts sales forecast for its ageing Switch console after disappointing holiday season
Nintendo said its Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games for the Nintendo Switch hit an all-times sales record for the company. Pokémon is one of Nintendo's longest-running and…
U.S. is ‘absolutely’ behind on supply chain independence from China, Biden advisor says
The U.S. has some rapid catching up to do if it is to secure the reliability of its supply chain and its independence from competitors like China, a top White House advisor…
Chinese balloon: a counter-productive agitation
Bin Rhodes, the former diplomatic adviser to Democratic President Barack Obama, preferred to be ironic. “None of us will ever forget where he was when he heard the news…
SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts fourth straight quarter of losses as tech slump hits Japanese giant
SoftBank's Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company's founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump in technology stocks as a result of rising interest…
Baidu leaps to 11-month high as it reveals plan to launch ChatGPT-style ‘Ernie Bot’
Robin Li (or Li Yanhong in Chinese), founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, introduces the new AI-powered digital assistant "Duer" during the 2015 Baidu Technology Innovation…
North Korea: the army will intensify its military exercises in order to “perfect the preparation for the…
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, leader Kim Jong-un, center, attends a meeting of the Workers' Party Central Military Commission, in…
The next ‘White Lotus’ is expected to be filmed in one of these locations in Asia
When the HBO black comedy "The White Lotus" premiered in the summer of 2021, it took viewers to Hawaii's sunny Maui. It was a perfectly timed pandemic escape full of intrigue,…
Chinese “spy” balloon: Washington says it has recovered the first debris at sea and does not intend to…
The remains of a large balloon drift over the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, 2023. CHAD FISH / AP They…
Chinese spy balloon fallout roils Washington and Beijing
WASHINGTON — In the wake of a U.S. missile attack Saturday that destroyed a Chinese surveillance ballon, political and diplomatic fallout ramped up Monday in both Beijing and…